By Howard Amos
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| Putin meeting with Dudley, left, and Sechin, fourth left, at his Novo-Ogaryovo residence near Moscow on Friday. |
Positive experience gathered by BP in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, the largest oil leak in U.S. history, contributed to Rosneft's decision to strike an $8 billion share-swap and wide-ranging cooperation agreement with the international oil giant Friday night.