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...After Amoco, the oil company, combined with BP in 1998, it adopted the name and logo of the UK energy group across its petrol stations....
...The fall in crude after the 1997 Asian financial crisis ushered in today’s oil and gas supermajors after a flurry of megamergers that included BP’s tie-up with Amoco, Exxon with Mobil and Texaco with Chevron...
...And the oil producers have consolidated during past slumps (as in the case of the BP — Amoco merger of 1998). If metal prices continue to fall, miners will be under pressure to do big divestments....
...The company’s name was changed from British Petroleum to BP (via, for a brief period, BP Amoco) and the logo evolved from a shield to the “helios”, a sort of green and yellow sunflower....
...BP Energy Company, Amoco International Petroleum Company, BP Exploration & Production and Amoco Caspian Sea Petroleum Company are major subsidiaries within BP America that we estimate hold not only much...
...In his new book, Lord Browne, ex-chief executive of BP, admits his fear that integration with Amoco, “implemented with what seemed to be military precision”, did not “go deep or far enough” to prevent later...
...In his new book, Lord Browne, ex-chief of BP, admits integration of Amoco, “implemented with what seemed to be military precision”, may not have gone far enough to prevent later fatal accidents at the Texas...
...Amoco in what was then the largest industrial merger....
...In 2007, for example, BP announced a $500m Energy Biosciences Institute at UC Berkeley. Of all the renewable energy sources, sunlight is arousing most scientific excitement....
...Joined Alcan in 1989 after eight years as petroleum geologist in oil exploration for Amoco. She is a non-executive director of BP, Anglo Platinum and De Beers....
...In recent years, BP, Royal Dutch Shell, Chevron and ConocoPhillips have trumpeted their investments in wind, solar and biofuels....
...That is certainly the history in the oil business – the low prices of the late 1990s triggered a rush of consolidation, such as the merger of Exxon and Mobil, BP and Amoco, Total and Fina....
...– which saw the opportunity for BP to pounce on Amoco, owner of Texas City; his quest for higher production; his ability to wring savings out of the combined group....
...Since then, many UK companies have made big acquisitions in the US, such as BP buying Amoco, HSBC buying Household and Vodafone buying AirTouch....
...It was in 1998 that BP bought Amoco, followed by Atlantic Richfield the next year. Right now, some of those US operations are – shall we say – challenging. But no-one has accused BP of overpaying....
...He shifted BP’s weight to the US by acquiring Amoco and Arco in the late 1990s and became the only oil company executive to orchestrate successfully a major Russian joint venture when he created TNK-BP three...
...If 1998 marked the birth of the super major as Exxon merged with Mobil, BP with Amoco and Total with PetroFina, then the past 12 months appear to haveheralded the beginning of the end of the US mid-tier...
...In 2000 Citigroup and Morgan Stanley shared $135m for advising America Online on its takeover of Time Warner; and in 1999, BP Amoco said it would spend $600m in “transaction costs” in its takeover of Atlantic...
...Mergers and acquisitions in the oil and gas industry tripled in value last year to $160bn - the highest level since the boom year of 1998 when Exxon and Mobil merged, BP took over Amoco, and Total bought...
...While many past big mergers have not panned out - AOL's deal with Time Warner comes to mind - many have, such as BP's acquisition of Amoco, the rival oil group....
...At a meeting with BP Amoco in London to seal a $600m contract, Mr Ebbers felt ?embarrassed? by his lack of understanding of what the telecoms business had become....
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