Deal Makes Russian Oil Company Biggest Producer  Russia's
Rosneft oil company inked a $55 billion deal to buy out TNK-BP.
The acquisition is subject to Russian government approval. But
if finalized, it could pump more oil and gas than Exxon Mobil.
Two of the world's biggest oil companies have announced a deal
that will slurp up millions of barrels of crude and billions of
dollars in earnings, if it works. The move would make Russia's
state-owned company Rosneft the biggest publicly traded oil
producer in the world - and it would give the British energy
giant BP more opportunities in Russia.  NPR's Corey Flintoff
reports from Moscow.  COREY FLINTOFF, BYLINE: Here's how the
deal works: BP currently owns 50 percent of a joint-venture
Russian oil company called TNK-BP. Its partners in that company
are four Russian billionaires, and though they've been making
plenty of money, they haven't always gotten along that well. So,
BP will sell its share in that partnership to Rosneft for $17
billion in cash, plus more