Parked cars stand outside a Russian oil company Rosneft petrol station near the Ostankino television tower in MoscowBy means of Vladimir Soldatkin MOSCOW (Reuters) – Top Russian oil firm Rosneft stated it could sell about $6 billion price of subtle merchandise to BP, organising the British major amongst its greatest patrons after years with out this kind of deal. Both got here simplest months after Rosneft hired a former senior BP trader, Marcus Cooper, as head of its personal trading arm in Geneva. BP has turn into Rosneft's second-biggest shareholder, at the back of best the Kremlin, after Rosneft took over BP's Russian challenge TNK-BP for $55 billion in March. However the participation in Rosneft's possession was sluggish to translate into cooperation in upstream tasks, while Exxon Mobil signed a flurry of deals with Rosneft to tap the Russian Arctic together.