Troubled oil giant BP has raised more than $400m (£260m) through the sale of two of its interests in Malaysia to help meet its bill for the Gulf of Mexico disaster.The oil group's 15% interest in downstream businesses Ethylene Malaysia and 60% stake in Polyethylene Malaysia are being sold to Petronas, which operates the facilities of the pair located at Kertih, on the east coast of Malaysia.The total consideration is $411m, consisting of $363m cash and a $48m dividend from Ethylene Malaysia."Whilst these are attractive businesses with strong domestic and regional markets, BP recognizes that Petronas is their natural owner, with various integration opportunities uniquely available to them at the Kertih site," said Sue Rataj, president of BP's Global Petrochemicals business. The disposals do not affect BP's other businesses in Malaysia, it added.BP has stepped up its programme of asset disposals recently to pay for the costs of clearing up the Macondo well leak in the Gulf.It has already paid out $6bn directly on the clean-up operation but also has to put $20bn into an escrow account under a deal agreed with the US government. On top of that, the firm faces potentially huge litigation payouts.