The RBC daily reported last year that Rosneft had asked the government to ease taxes for the formation where it plans to develop the giant Kharampur project with its shareholder, BP .
The ministry said it has proposed to cut the mineral extraction tax for Berezovskaya. The proposal is subject to further discussion.
The oil giant and German power firm Energie Baden-Wuerttemberg AG (EnBW) have been selected as preferred bidder for two 60-year leases in the North Sea.
The loss contrasted sharply with net profit of $4.0 billion in 2019, the British energy major said, adding that the oil sector had been "hit hard" by the fallout from the Covid-19 crisis.
BP wants to boost its renewable generation capacity 20 fold by 2030 while Total is aiming to have 100 gigawatts (GW) of gross renewable energy generation capacity by 2030.
The regional STOXX 600 index closed up 0.05pc after a mixed session, while Germany's DAX rose 0.1pc, France's CAC inched 0.2pc lower and Britain's FTSE 100 fell 0.7pc.
The FTSE 100 touched its lowest since Dec. 2 in early trading, but clawed back some of its losses to trade down 1.2% as the pound's 2% drop limited a fall in the exporter-heavy index.
Wise has been the global head of crude since 2015 and the role is considered one of the most powerful in the oil industry given BP's large presence in US crude exports and refining.
Investors have welcomed BP's shift but have also questioned the financial viability of the plan as renewables typically generate lower returns than oil and gas.
In the first six months of 2020, the company produced more than 12 million tonnes of oil and 1.3 billion cubic metres (bcm) of associated gas in Azerbaijan, BP said.
The strategy was discussed at a BP executives meeting in July, the sources said, soon after the oil major lowered its long-term oil price forecast to $55 a barrel, meaning that $17.5 billion worth of its assets are no longer economically viable.
After companies worldwide closed their doors and airlines grounded planes towards the end of the first quarter, oil dropped off a cliff, causing prices to briefly turn negative.