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...oilman who would speak at a conference, which I chaired, organized by Greenpeace, shortly after the environmental group had stormed one of his offshore platforms. Yet while he may not always look or act the part, John Browne is an oilman's oilman. He became CEO of British Petroleum (BP) in 1995, and since then he has absorbed Amoco (1998), ARCO (1999) and Burmah Castrol (2000) while driving his company into Russia. BP is now the second largest of the oil majors after ExxonMobil. Browne has turned a two-field British company, focused mainly on the North Sea and Alaska...
...Browne had successfully rebranded BP as the green oil company. Some environmentalists--and many others--have mocked its Beyond Petroleum motto and doubted BP's corporate commitment to be "green in everything we do and say." But Browne seems committed to the cause. As early as 1997, in a speech at the Stanford Business School, he acknowledged the problem of climate change, the first leader of the oil industry to do so. BP claims its efforts at controlling emissions have added $650 million of market value to the company in three years, for an investment of just $20 million...
...REBATE CARD. These gas-company cards give you credit on your bill--in some cases as much as a 10% rebate. Most gas-rebate cards require you to stick with one brand, such as BP or Citgo. But the Chase PerfectCard and the AAA Platinum Plus card are among the few that can be used at any gas station...
...reserves shortage two years before the company cut its official estimate by 20% in January. Even a deepening investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission failed to spark a sell-off. The reason: after the January surprise, Shell now trades at a 15% discount to its British rival BP, based on estimated earnings. With oil at over $32 per barrel, all oil majors are reporting hefty profits...
...over. Greenpeace, which kicked up a big fuss over the Erika spill, is frustrated because Total continues to use a leaky pipeline in Siberia and wants the company to show a greater commitment to developing renewable-energy sources such as wind and solar power. "The level of dialogue with BP or Shell is totally different," says Bruno Rebell, Greenpeace's head of international programs. At Henderson Global Investors, which manages about $127 billion in assets, fund managers also think Total needs to do more. A September 2001 accident at a Total fertilizer plant in Toulouse that killed 30 people raised...