BP does not get away from sanctions.

The hopes of Bob Dudley, the head of BP, that the U.S. sanctions imposed personally on Igor Sechin, the head of "Rosneft", will not affect the company, did not turned out to be true. The British banks HSBC and Lloyds have refused to participate in the consortium for BP to raise up to $ 2 billion for the prepay transaction with "Rosneft". The sources and experts believe that BP will have to use its own funds or address the Asian banks, which are not afraid of sanctions, "the Kommersant" informs.

The British banks HSBC and Lloyds exited the organization of a $ 1.5-2 billion loan for BP, Reuters and Bloomberg told. The company was going to spend the money to prepay the contract with "Rosneft" for buying its oil and petroleum products. The banks, BP and "Rosneft" do not comment the reasons for the refusal. The Reuters source states that "the decision to leave the deal was made not to embarrass the government (of Britain, holds a 40 % stake in the bank. - Ed.), given the current situation in relations with Russia". "I think that Lloyds did not want to "go up" to ask permission" - the agency believes. Deutsche Bank and Bank of China had to be other creditors, but they declined to comment yesterday.