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2020
Immerse partners with bp on VR training
Immerse announced a partnership with bp to support employee training using Immerse's Virtual Enterprise Platform. The training is to be deployed internationally.
2020
Greenpeace launches second legal challenge to BP drilling permit
Greenpeace UK launched a second legal bid to have BP’s North Sea drilling permit cancelled. Greenpeace said it would continue its challenge; the source does not report an outcome of this second bid.
2020
Greenpeace fined £80,000 over BP rig protest
A Scottish court fined Greenpeace UK £80,000 for breaching an interdict obtained by BP rig operator Transocean in connection with Greenpeace’s protest blocking BP’s oil rig. Greenpeace said it would continue its campaign against the drilling.
2020
BP agrees to sell petrochemical unit to Ineos
BP reached a $5 billion deal to sell its petrochemical unit to Ineos; the deal was expected to complete by year-end.
2020
BP Shipping partners with Windward on maritime digitisation
BP Shipping entered into a partnership with Windward. Windward will deliver behavioral analytics and insights to help digitise BP Shipping’s trade practices relating to sanctions compliance.
2020
BP lowers long-term oil and gas price expectations
BP announced lower long-term oil and gas price assumptions, expecting Brent crude to average about $55 a barrel and Henry Hub gas to average $2.90 from 2021 through 2050. It said the revised assumptions were expected to result in second-quarter non-cash impairment charges and write-offs estimated at $13 billion to $17.5 billion after tax.
2020
BP announces workforce reduction
BP said it would begin a process in which close to 10,000 people would leave the company, most by the end of 2020; the cuts would largely affect senior office-based jobs.
2020
BP announces jet-fuel donation for FedEx Express and Alaska Airlines flights
BP announced that it would donate three million gallons of jet fuel at no cost to FedEx Express charter flights and Alaska Airlines. BP said the donation would support delivery of PPE and other essential goods, and Alaska Airlines said it would use one million gallons to support critical flying in Alaska.
2020
BP reports a first-quarter loss
BP reported a first-quarter bottom-line loss of $4.4 billion, after making a $3 billion profit in the same period the previous year.
2020
BP offers fuel discounts to first responders and medical personnel
BP is offering a $0.50-per-gallon discount at BP and Amoco stations for first responders and medical personnel across the country.
2020
BP and Amoco announce a fuel discount for frontline workers
BP and Amoco announced that their gas stations would offer eligible first responders, doctors, nurses, and hospital workers 50 cents off per gallon. The promotion required eligible workers to verify their status through ID.me.
2020
BP entities settle Toledo Refinery lawsuit
A federal judge approved a settlement requiring BP Products North America Inc. and BP-Husky Refining LLC to pay $2.6 million to the U.S. government and Ohio over alleged clean-air-law and hazardous-substance-reporting violations at the Toledo Refinery.
2020
Deliveroo teams up with BP and M&S for essentials deliveries
Deliveroo teamed up with BP fuel stations and Marks & Spencer to offer deliveries of basic essentials to households in self-isolation. The service was available to customers in Cambridge, with a broader UK rollout planned.
2020
BP announces departures from three U.S. trade associations
BP announced that it would leave the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers and the Western States Petroleum Association because of material differences regarding carbon-pricing policy positions, and would not renew its Western Energy Alliance membership because of differences around federal methane regulation and asset divestments.
2020
BP announces net-zero emissions plan
BP announced plans to eliminate or offset carbon emissions from its operations and the oil and gas it sells to customers by 2050, alongside a shift toward promoting carbon reduction instead of corporate reputation advertising.
2020
BP pledges to cut emissions to net zero by 2050
BP announced that it aimed to eliminate or offset by 2050 emissions from its operations and emissions caused by burning the oil and gas it produces. The article notes that BP provided few details on how it would achieve the goal.
2020
BP vows to end corporate advertising campaign criticized as greenwashing
BP chief executive Bernard Looney vowed to end a corporate advertising campaign that critics had called greenwashing.
2020
BP sale of North Sea interests to Premier Oil
BP is selling its interests in the Andrew area and its non-operating interest in the Shearwater field to Premier Oil for US$625 million. The sale was expected to complete in the third quarter of 2020.
2020
Total signs agreement to acquire stakes in two Angolan offshore blocks
Total signed a sale and purchase agreement with Sonangol to acquire interests in offshore Blocks 20/11 and 21/09 in Angola's Kwanza Basin, subject to approvals. Total plans to hold 50% and 80% working interests in the respective blocks.
2019
BP and AWS agree on renewable energy supply for European data centres
BP and Amazon Web Services agreed that BP will begin supplying AWS servers with 170 MW of renewable energy each year starting in 2021. The energy is to be generated by a new wind farm in Sweden and a new solar farm in Spain.