It's a different world. The new group will have to operate differently. The industrial partners will play an important role. If there's a product the government wants, they will necessarily be focused on delivering that. A lot more money will be at stake. |
Our 2005 result was a record; this reflects the quality of our asset base and operations. |
Our continued performance delivery has underpinned our capacity to increase the dividend, |
Our recent experience, particularly with solar, has given us the expertise and confidence to develop new products and markets alongside our mainstream business, |
Prices are expected to be well supported into the winter, |
Prices could remain well above $40 a barrel for a considerable period of time, but predicting the future is a dangerous game, and we prefer to test long term investments on the basis of prices of not more than $25 a barrel. |
The (low) price of oil clearly put pressure on us, |
The industry has not been an attractive place for people to work, |
The market system has responded remarkably to all those disruptions. |
the people who create it want the most to protect it. |
The recent hurricanes in the US have impacted our results. |
The result reflects the positive environment, but also continuing performance improvements ... with higher reported production being a particular feature, |
The strong trading environment, together with the benefits of recent integration and restructuring and productivity improvements, has produced an outstanding worldwide result for BP, |
This deal is the very best of a number of good offers. |
This is an extremely serious matter, and we are taking swift actions to deal with it. |