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\n<\/span><\/p>\nBP could face a wave of protesters and angry shareholders at its first annual general meeting since a disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. <\/p>\n
It is almost one year since 11 workers were killed when a drilling rig leased by BP exploded, unleashing millions of barrels of oil.<\/p>\n
Fishermen from the US are set to be among protesters at the AGM in London.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, BP is trying to save a \u00a310bn alliance with the Russian state-owned oil company, Rosneft, from collapse. <\/p>\n
The share swap deal would have resulted in both companies jointly exploiting potential vast new energy reserves in the Russian Arctic Circle.<\/p>\n
It was a key part of BP’s turnaround strategy and aimed at delivering future growth.<\/p>\n
But it was put on hold after Russian partners in its current Russian joint venture won an injunction. <\/p>\n
BP had until Thursday to complete the deal. If it is to be saved, they will need to secure more time.<\/p>\n
The handling of the deal with the Russian oil company is likely to stir up anger at the AGM, already set to be a noisy, angry affair.<\/p>\n
On top of shareholder ire over boardroom bonuses, some fishermen and women, whose livelihoods were affected by the oil spill on 20 April 2010, will be at the meeting as shareholders.<\/p>\n
They will be joined by indigenous communities angry at BP’s involvement in extracting tar sands – a heavily polluting form of oil – in Canada. <\/p>\n
Outside, a protest is set to be staged by environmentalists, with more planned over the next week across London.<\/p>\n
And workers involved in a dispute at a BP-owned biofuels plant near Hull will also demonstrate, some dressed as an oil slick, linking their row with the firm’s behaviour in the Gulf.<\/p>\n
They say they have been “locked out” of the contract to build the new plant at Saltend, near Hull, after the project fell behind schedule.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n
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