Tony Hayward, BP's chief executive, on Wednesday visited Abu Dhabi, which is home to a range of sovereign investment vehicles and is one of the oil company's main partners in the Middle East.
Mr Hayward met senior officials including Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, Abu Dhabi's crown prince, before leaving on Wednesday night.
The trip comes after the troubled oil company put out feelers to investment entities in the Middle East to gauge their interest in buying the group's shares following their dramatic decline after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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