Although the bank's income has fallen by 14% in the first nine months of the year, this was outstripped by further benefits from cost-cutting - which saw 4, 796 jobs cut - and a reduction in the amount of money it has had to set aside for losses on past loans that have turned bad.
But the 29-year-old saw his four-shot overnight lead cut by one as American Ben Curtis fired six birdies in a six-under-par round of 64 to move second.
Moscow's flexing of its muscles in the energy sector - which saw state-owned firm Gazprom temporarily cut off gas supplies to neighbouring Ukraine - as well as new rules for the foreign ownership of Russian companies and export tax rises, all have implications for BP.