BP lobbied the British government to conclude a prisoner-transfer agreement which the Libyan government had wanted to secure the release of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi , the only person convicted for the 1988 Lockerbie bombing over Scotland , which killed 270 people . BP stated that it pressed for the conclusion of prisoner transfer agreement amid fears that delays would damage its " commercial interests " and disrupt its £ 900 million offshore drilling operations in the region , but it said that it had not been involved in negotiations concerning the release of Megrahi
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