Tag Archives: BP

BP CEO Bob Dudley: five of our seven planned major projects now onstream

LONDON, 15-Aug-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Gas projects in Australia and Trinidad are fourth and fifth of seven major projects start-ups BP expects in 2017 BP today confirmed the start of production from another two of the seven Upstream major projects that … Read the full press release

TomTom Telematics and BP to offer innovative fuel and driver management solution

AMSTERDAM, 26-Apr-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — TomTom Telematics and BP have joined forces to offer businesses an innovative fuel and driver management solution. BP FleetMove combines fuel transaction information from BP fuel cards with driver behavior data from the TomTom Telematics Service … Read the full press release

INEOS to acquire BP’s Forties Pipeline System business

LONDON, 07-Apr-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — BP today announced it has agreed to sell its Forties Pipeline System (FPS) business, with assets including the main Forties offshore and onshore pipelines and other associated pipeline interests and facilities, to INEOS. Subject to … Read the full press release

Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC acquires Nesika Energy, LLC and its ethanol facility in Scandia, Kansas

LONDON, 07-Apr-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC, a 50/50 joint venture between BP and DuPont, combining expertise in fuels with industrial biotechnology, today announced the acquisition of Nesika Energy, LLC and its state-of-the-art ethanol facility in Scandia, Kansas. Butamax … Read the full press release

Wood Group awarded engineering and procurement services contracts for BP’s Mad Dog 2 project

ABERDEEN, 14-Mar-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Wood Group has won two separate contracts related to BP’s Mad Dog 2 project providing engineering services to further develop deepwater production. Wood Group has been contracted by Samsung Heavy Industries to provide detailed engineering and … Read the full press release

Eni completes sale of 10% stake in the Shorouk concession, offshore Egypt to BP

Cairo (Egypt), 15-Feb-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Eni’s CEO, Claudio Descalzi, Bob Dudley, CEO of BP, and   the Egyptian Minister of Petroleum, Tarek El Molla signed a deed completing the sale to BP of a 10% stake in the Shorouk concession, offshore … Read the full press release

Eni to sell 10% stake in the supergiant gas field Zohr to BP

Eni has agreed to sell to BP a 10% participating interest in the Shorouk Concession, offshore Egypt, where the supergiant gas field Zohr is located. The deal was struck for 375 million USD and a 150 million USD pro-quota reimbursement … Read the full press release

BP enhances its position in the PTA market in China with the official start-up of the Phase 3 PTA plant of Zhuhai Chemical Co.

LONDON, 9-7-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — BP today celebrated the official start-up of the Phase 3 PTA plant of Zhuhai Chemical Co., enhancing its position in the purified terephthalic acid (PTA) market and its long-term commitment in China. BP Zhuhai, in … Read the full press release

BP reached agreements in principle to settle all federal and state claims arising from the Deepwater Horizon accident and spill in 2010

LONDON, 3-7-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The Disclosure and Transparency Rules (“DTR”) made by the Financial Conduct Authority govern amongst other matters the disclosure of inside information. Accordingly in compliance with Rule 2.2, BP plc makes the following announcement Five years … Read the full press release

Rosneft and BP strengthen relationship with production, exploration and refining agreements

This press release was jointly issued by Rosneft and BP LONDON, 23-6-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Rosneft and BP today signed several agreements strengthening the long term strategic relationship between the two companies, at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. Rosneft … Read the full press release

BP to sell its equity in the Central Area Transmission System (CATS) to Antin Infrastructure Partners for £324 million

LONDON, 27-4-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — BP today announced it has agreed to sell its equity in the Central Area Transmission System (CATS) business in the UK North Sea to Antin Infrastructure Partners for £324 million ($486 million). BP is currently … Read the full press release

BP: four students from Wells Cathedral Senior School in Somerset won the inaugural Ultimate STEM Challenge

Somerset young science enthusiasts win with novel idea on how to keep hydrated LONDON, 25-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — BP, the international oil and gas company, today announced that four students from Wells Cathedral Senior School in Somerset have won the … Read the full press release

BP to invest EUR 2 million in fundamental research by the department of Physics of Complex Fluids of the University of Twente research institute MESA+

Research should result in knowledge to extract more oil from existing fields Enschede, Netherlands, 23-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — In the next five years, BP will invest two million euros in fundamental research by the department of Physics of Complex Fluids of  the … Read the full press release

Shell, BP, Maersk, Stena, NYK, MOL and “K” Line Joint Shipping Initiative give $1.5M additional funds to UNDP’s “Alternative Livelihoods to Piracy in Puntland and Central Regions of Somalia” project

The Joint Shipping Initiative – made up of Shell, BP, Maersk, Stena and Japanese shipping companies NYK, MOL and “K” Line – today announced it has given $1.5 million of additional funds to a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) project … Read the full press release

BP acquires all interests in PT Amoco Mitsui PTA Indonesia

LONDON, 11-3-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — On 28 February, BP completed the purchase of all interests previously held by Japan’s Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (MCI) and Mitsui & Co. Ltd. (MBK) in PT Amoco Mitsui PTA Indonesia (AMI). For over fifteen years, AMI was … Read the full press release

BP awarded over £1B in contracts to UK companies for the re-development of Schiehallion and Loyal oil fields to the west of Shetland

11-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — BP announced today that it, and its partners, have now awarded over £1 billion in contracts to UK-based companies to provide services and equipment for the major re-development of the Schiehallion and Loyal oil fields to the west … Read the full press release

BP America to sponsor six U.S. Olympic and Paralympic athletes training for Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games

BP-Sponsored Team USA Athletes Include Two Returning London 2012 Competitors and Wounded Veteran CHICAGO, 11-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — BP America announced today that it will sponsor six U.S. Olympic and Paralympic athletes training for the Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games … Read the full press release

AB Sugar, BP, and DuPont joint venture Vivergo Fuels opened UK’s largest bioethanol plant in Hull

11-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The £350 million Vivergo bioethanol plant in Hull was officially opened today by the Rt. Hon Vince Cable MP, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills. The new plant is the UK’s biggest bioethanol producer and … Read the full press release