FRANKFURT (Dow Jones)--U.K. oil-major BP Plc (BP) is looking to sell its German petrol station business Aral as part of its divestment program to raise money to cover the cost of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, weekly magazine WirtschaftsWoche reports ahead of publication Monday, citing unnamed investment bankers. The around 2,500 Aral petrol stations in Germany are worth some EUR2 billion, WirtschaftsWoche cites the investment bankers as saying. Potential buyers include France's Total SA (TOT), European rival Avia International, and Russia's Rosneft (ROSN.RS), the report says. A spokeswoman for BP Deutschland called the report "pure speculation". She added that BP is looking to sell upstream assets to fund the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Magazine website: www.wiwo.de -Frankfurt Bureau, Dow Jones Newswires; 49 69 29 725 500. (END) Dow Jones Newswires August 01, 2010 07:58 ET (11:58 GMT)