Sidanko also transliterated as SIDANCO (Сиданко; Russian: Сибирско-Дальневосточная нефтяная компания, lit. 'Siberian-Far Eastern Oil Company') was a Russian oil company, the 8th largest company in the country by revenue in 1995.[1] Sidanko owned several oil production units, including Chernogorneft and Udmurtneft.[2]
History
editSidanko was established through the Decree No. 452 of the Russian government, published on 5 May 1994. The company counted among its assets oil extraction and processing facilities in the Udmurt Republic and in the Khanty-Mansiysk, Yamalo-Nenets, Irkutsk and Sakhalin regions.[3] It was privatized in December 1995, when the Russian government auctioned off a 51% share as part of the loans for shares scheme.[4][a] The 51% stake was awarded to the bank Mezhdunarodnaya Finansovaya Kompaniya in return for a $130 million loan, guaranteed by Vladimir Potanin's Uneximbank.[6] The company came under the ownership of Uneximbank, which exercised control over it through the Interros holding company.[7]
An additional 34% stake was sold by the government in September 1996,[8] in an auction designed to have Uneximbank as the only admissible bidder.[9] As with the rest of the loan for shares scheme, the Sidanko auction was considered rigged by most analysts.[10] In November 1997 British Petroleum bought a 10% share in the company for $484 million.[2]
Sidanko entered bankruptcy proceedings in February 1999, after ZAO Beta Ekho filed to recover a $22,000 debt.[11] Beta Ekho was later revealed to be a vehicle of Mikhail Fridman's Alfa Group, which was using bankruptcy laws to avenge Fridman's exclusion by Potanin from the Svyazinvest privatization.[12] In September 1999 western creditors agreed to cede their voting rights in the company to Russian government.[13]
Tyumen Oil Company bought Sidanko's Chernogorneft unit for $176 million at a bankruptcy auction in November 1999.[14][15][16][17] In 2001 Interros sold a 44% stake in the company for $650 million.[10] BP raised its stake to 25% in 2002, paying $375 million for a 15% share.[18] In 2003 Sidanko merged with TNK, Onako and the majority of BP's oil assets in Russia to form TNK-BP.[19]
Notes
edit- ^ Ziya 'Ziyaudi' Yusupovich Bazhaev (Russian: Зияуди Юсупович Бажаев) was president of Sidanko in the 1990s.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Рейтинг крупнейших компаний России по объему реализации продукции". raexpert.ru. Archived from the original on 10 June 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ a b Banerjee, Neela (13 August 1999). "From Russia, With Bankruptcy; A High Cost for BP Amoco's Investment in an Oil Concern". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ "Правительство создало новую нефтяную компанию". Kommersant. 19 May 1994. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ "Russia to Sell Majority of Sidanko". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 23 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ "Справка. Влиятельные криминальные этнические авторитеты и лидеры диаспор Москвы" [Help. Influential criminal ethnic authorities and leaders of the Moscow diaspora]. ovg.ru (in Russian). 1999. Archived from the original on 4 March 2000. Retrieved 27 October 2023. Alternate archive from Русский форум and another archive as Чеченская диаспора в Москве (Chechen diaspora in Moscow) author Ушкуйник.
- ^ "Newsline". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. December 8, 1995. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ "Too much trouble". The Economist. 8 January 1998. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ "Incomplete Privatization Mixes Ownership Of Russia's Oil Industry". www.ogj.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ "Entrepreneur In The Kremlin". Bloomberg. September 23, 1996. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ a b Whalen, Jeanne (3 August 2001). "Potanin Reaps Big Gain on Sidanko Sale Despite Firm's Rickety Financial Health". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ "Sidanko hit with suit". money.cnn.com. February 1, 1999. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ "Investors ask which Russian bank domino will be the next to topple". IntelliNews. Archived from the original on 26 September 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
- ^ "Russia handed rights to Sidanko". www.fn.com. September 8, 1999. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ "Tyumen to transfer key subsidiary to Sidanko". www.ogj.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ КИТАЕВ, Игорь (Kitaev, Igor) (19 July 2001). "БАНКФОРМИРОВАНИЕ ПЕРЕХОДИТ В НАСТУПЛЕНИЕ: Взяв под контроль все ветви власти, ╚Альфа-групп╩ расширяет свой бизнес" [BANKFORMIROVANIE THE OFFENSIVE: Taking control of all branches of power, ╚Alfa-grupp╩ expanding its business]. Novaya Gazeta (in Russian). Archived from the original on 3 August 2001. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Справка по материалам в отношении руководства финансово-промышленной группы "Альфа"" [Help on materials regarding the management of the financial and industrial group "Alpha"]. graniru.org (in Russian). 21 April 2005. Archived from the original on 15 February 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ^ "Справка по материалам в отношении руководства финансово-промышленной группы "Альфа", часть 2" [Help on materials regarding the management of the financial and industrial group "Alpha", part 2]. graniru.org (in Russian). 21 April 2005. Archived from the original on 15 February 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ^ "Gluttons for punishment?". The Economist. 18 April 2002. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ "Timeline: BP's chequered history in Russia". Telegraph.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
External links
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- Official website (archived)