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    The Telegraph: Ed Davey Orders Russians to Sell North Sea Petroleum Licences

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The UK's energy secretary Ed Davey has order LetterOne, owned by Mikhail Fridman, to sell petroleum licences it acquired from RWE Dea or revoke its gas fields

by: Erica Mills

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The Telegraph: Ed Davey Orders Russians to Sell North Sea Petroleum Licences

The Government has ordered a group of Russian billionaire investors led by Mikhail Fridman to sell North Sea petroleum licences amid concerns over the UK’s energy security.

LetterOne – an investment vehicle controlled by Mr Fridman – acquired the licences earlier this year as part of a €5bn (£3.6bn) deal to buy RWE Dea.

On Monday, energy secretary Ed Davey informed LetterOne that “he proposes to revoke Dea UK’s North Sea petroleum licences unless LetterOne arranges for a further change of control of the Dea UK gas fields in the North Sea".

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