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Annual updates

BP recently published its Annual Report for 2018.[1] As I am an employee of BP and have a WP:Conflict of interest, I do not make any edits myself. Each year around this time, there are several areas in this article that could be updated based on the company's most-recent annual reports and I typically bring this to the attention of volunteer editors. While it's important for readers that information in the article be accurate and updated, I also understand the burden placed on volunteers to help with these updates.

Previously, I have requested updates to the number of employees, production numbers from specific regions around the world, wind energy generation, number of facilities, etc. This is all important information to understand the scope of BP's operations, but it is difficult to keep updated. Are there ways we could make some of this important information evergreen, while still providing readers with enough information that they come away from the article with a good understanding of BP? Given Beagel's and Dormskirk's involvement with my requests in the past, I want to bring this to their attention. If you do not mind the annual updates, then I am happy to help put them together, but I also want to be respectful of your time.

Provided below are some examples to potentially make content more evergreen.

Introduction

  • Update the number of countries by adding the word "approximately". The article currently says 70, but it's now at 78, so if we do not make the article more evergreen, that would need to be updated
    • BP had operations in approximately 70 countries worldwide
  • Update the number of service stations sentence with the following changes (green). The article says "around 18,300 service stations", but it's about 18,700 service stations now, so that would need to be updated if we do not make the article more evergreen
    • The company has more than 18,000 service stations worldwide.

United States

  • Update the last paragraph to read:
    • BP operates 10 onshore wind energy sites in the U.S. with a net generating capacity of about 1,000MW.

I am happy to discuss. Thanks. Arturo at BP (talk) 16:51, 14 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ "BP Annual Report and Form 20-F 2018" (PDF). BP. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
Done. I have changed the "more than 18,000" to "19,000". Best wishes. Dormskirk (talk) 19:34, 14 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, Dormskirk. Do you think we should continue to make other areas more evergreen, or continue with the annual updates as we have in recent years? Thanks. Arturo at BP (talk) 21:28, 20 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I would continue with annual updates. Otherwise you wind up with estimates. Best wishes. Dormskirk (talk) 21:40, 20 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Position on global warming

The Position on global warming subsection says, "BP also funded a campaign against a prior carbon fee initiative, I-732, as a member of the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers." This is incorrect. BP did not take a position on I-732 and was not involved in the campaign. The individual sentence is unsourced, but a citation used later in the paragraph mentions the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers' opposition. It seems the article is using American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers as a proxy for BP, and BP opposition is not explicitly stated in the source material.

If the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers' opposition to I-732 should be in Wikipedia, it's better mentioned on its article, not the BP article. I also want to note that we were not on the executive committee of AFPM at the time, so we did not have a part in the decision making. You can see that we were not on the executive committee on page 21 of AFPM's 2016 annual report.

Lastly, this section suggests BP has only opposed legislation along these lines in Washington state. Is it possible to include that BP is open to supporting legislation, such as BP's support for SB 5981?

Given Beagel's and Dormskirk's involvement with my requests in the past, I want to bring this to their attention. As I am an employee of BP and have a WP:Conflict of interest, I will not edit the article myself. Thanks. Arturo at BP (talk) 16:47, 17 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I have removed the unsourced bit about I-732. Dormskirk (talk) 16:56, 17 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, Dormskirk. I noticed that without the unsourced I-732 bit you removed, this sentence is irrelevant: "While I-1631 exempts certain industries as Allendorfer states, I-732 did not." Can you remove that, too? Thanks. Arturo at BP (talk) 18:43, 17 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed and removed. Dormskirk (talk) 18:48, 17 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Updates from the 2018 Annual Report

BP published its Annual Report for 2018[1]. As I have in previous years, I have found several items that can be updated on Wikipedia based on these newest filings. My suggestions are below. As I am an employee of BP and have a WP:Conflict of interest, I will not make any of these edits myself. Would someone be able to look at my suggestions and make edits they see as fitting? Beagel and Dormskirk: Given your reviews of similar requests, would either or both of you be able to look at these suggestions?

Infobox

  • Update the number of employees to 73,000[2]

Introduction

  • Update with the following:
    • As of 31 December 2018, BP had operations in nearly 80 countries worldwide,[3] produced around 3.7 million barrels per day of oil equivalent,[4] and had total proved reserves of 19.945 billion barrels of oil equivalent.[5]

Operations by location

  • Update United States with the following changes (green) (please note that the number of employees remains the same, but the source can be updated)
    • The United States operations comprise nearly one-third of BP's worldwide business interests, and the United States is the country with the greatest concentration of its employees and investments. BP employs approximately 14,000 people in the United States.[6] In 2018, BP's total production in the United States included 385,000 barrels per day of oil and 1.9 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas,[7] and its refinery throughput was 703,000 barrels per day[8]
  • Update United States with the following changes for 2018-2019 production in the Gulf of Mexico (green) (please note that the barrels per day remain the same, but the year and citation should be updated, per Reuters).
    • As of 2019 the company produces about 300,000 barrels per day of oil equivalent in the Gulf of Mexico.[9]

Main business segments Oil and natural gas

  • Update with the following changes (green)
    • BP Upstream's activities include exploring for new oil and natural gas resources, developing access to such resources, and producing, transporting, storing and processing oil and natural gas. The activities in this area of operations take place in 25 countries worldwide. In 2018, BP produced around 3.7 million barrels per day of oil equivalent,[10] of which 2.191 million barrels per day were liquids and 8.659 billion cubic feet per day was natural gas, and had total proved reserves of 19.945 billion barrels of oil equivalent, of which liquids accounted 11.456 billion barrels and natural gas 49.239 trillion cubic feet.[11] In addition to the conventional oil exploration and production, BP has a stake in the three oil sands projects in Canada.

Oil refining and marketing

  • Update with the following changes (green)
    • As of 2018, BP owned or had a share in 11 refineries[12] and 15 petrochemical manufacturing plants worldwide.[13]

Additional items to consider

  • Under United Kingdom, add a couple sentences
    • In 2018, BP bought a 16.5% interest in the Clair field in the UK from ConocoPhillips, increasing BP's share to 45.1%[14]
    • BP acquired Chargemaster, which operated the UK's largest electric vehicle charging network[15]
  • Under Alternative and low carbon energy, add a sentence
    • Lightsource BP increased its presence into five new countries in 2018, doubling the number of countries since December 2017[16][17]

Corrections

  • Detail on BP's wind farms is outdated. Unfortunately, there is not great secondary sourcing to confirm this. But this page on the BP site has a map of our wind farms, and here it says BP operates "nine sites in six states and hold an interest in another facility in Hawaii". Outdated information appears in BP#United_States, where it says: "As of May 2017, BP operated 13 wind farms in seven states in the U.S., and held an interest in another in Hawaii." Also, outdated info appears in BP#Alternative_and_low_carbon_energy: "As of May 2017, BP operated 13 wind farms in seven states in the United States, and held an interest in another in Hawaii. These wind farms include the Cedar Creek Wind Farm, Titan Wind Project, Sherbino Wind Farm, Golden Hills Wind Project, and Fowler Ridge Wind Farm. As of 2017, the company had total gross generating capacity of 2.3 GW of wind energy in the United States." If possible, I ask to update this material to say:
    • As of 2019, BP operated nine wind farms in six states in the United States, and held an interest in another in Hawaii.Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).
  • Lastly, BP sold its 25% interest in the Fayetteville basin. This is confirmed in this Federal Energy Regulatory Commission filing. If possible, please delete "Fayetteville, Arkansas" from the following under BP#United_States: "It has shale positions in the Woodford, Oklahoma, Fayetteville, Arkansas, Haynesville, Texas, and Eagle Ford, Texas shales"

I am happy to discuss any questions. Thanks. Arturo at BP (talk) 22:18, 12 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ BP. BP Annual Report and Form 20-F 2018 (PDF). Retrieved July 3, 2019.
  2. ^ BP (2018), p.2
  3. ^ BP (2018), p.2
  4. ^ BP (2018), p.3
  5. ^ BP (2018), p.21
  6. ^ BP (2018), p.63
  7. ^ BP (2018), p.235
  8. ^ BP (2018), p.31
  9. ^ Resnick-Ault, Jessica (May 6, 2019). "BP to boost Gulf of Mexico spending as shale-focused rivals pull back". Reuters. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
  10. ^ BP (2018), p.3
  11. ^ BP (2018), p.21
  12. ^ BP (2018), p.31
  13. ^ BP (2018), p.284
  14. ^ BP (2018), p.2
  15. ^ BP (2018), p.2
  16. ^ BP (2018), p.8
  17. ^ BP (2018), p.47
All done, I think. Best wishes. Dormskirk (talk) 23:28, 12 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for updating the article, Dormskirk! Arturo at BP (talk) 20:25, 15 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Lack of info about BP america's headquarters in Cleveland

This article should contain info relevant to when BP America's headquarters were based in Cleveland and the building of the BP tower — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mdb007 (talk • contribs) 20:16, 17 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Integrity and compliance

The Integrity and compliance subsection is misleading and inaccurate in several areas. Although there are other issues here, they are subjective and the reporting is not always clear, however, one clarification that can be made based on sourcing is as follows:

  • BP acquired Timis Corporation's interests in 2017, yet the way the article is written could lead readers to incorrectly conclude that BP was involved as early as 2012, which is not the case. The timeline in this section needs to be clarified for accuracy. See suggestions below.

In general, I open the discussion to editors as to whether this subsection is given too much weight and / or should be moved elsewhere in the article? I do understand if the complicated nature of the topic calls for it to be fully explained, however the level of detail about this under Corporate affairs doesn't feel like the right placement, as it is surrounded by information on BP's board of directors, stock, etc. Is History a better fit?

Integrity and compliance
Investigative journalism by BBC Panorama and Africa Eye aired in June 2019 criticizing BP for the way in which it had obtained the development rights of Cayar Offshore Profond and St. Louis Offshore Profond blocks, off the coast of Senegal, in 2017. In 2012, a Frank Timiș company, Petro-Tim, though previously unknown to the oil industry, was awarded a license to explore the blocks despite having no known record in the industry. Soon after, Aliou Sall, brother of Senegal's president, Macky Sall, was hired at the company, implying a conflict of interest,[1] causing public outrage in Senegal. The 2019 program by BBC Panorama and Africa Eye accuses BP for a failure in due diligence when it agreed on a deal with Timis Corporation in 2017. The deal by BP is expected to provide substantial royalties to Frank Timiș despite accusations of initially obtaining the exploration rights through corruption. Kosmos Energy was also implicated.[2] BP refutes any implications of improper conduct. Regarding the acquisition of Timis Corporation interests in Senegal in April 2017, BP states that it ”paid what it considered a fair market value for the interests at this stage of exploration/development”. However, BP has not made public what was the basis of the valuation, and states that ”the details of the deal are confidential”.[3] BP argues that ”the amount which would be paid separately by BP to Timis Corporation would be less than one percent of what the Republic of Senegal would receive”. Senegal’s justice ministry has called an inquiry into the energy contracts.[1]

Given Beagel's and Dormskirk's involvement with my requests in the past, I want to bring this to their attention. As I am an employee of BP and have a WP:Conflict of interest, I will not edit the article myself. Thanks. Arturo at BP (talk) 22:41, 13 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ a b "Senegal justice ministry calls for inquiry into energy contracts". Reuters. 10 June 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Response to BBC Panorama". Kosmos Energy | Deepwater Exploration and Production. 2019-06-06. Retrieved 2019-06-16.
  3. ^ "BP Response to BBC Panorama Programme" (PDF). BP Press Release. 6 June 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
I have inserted the amended text but on balance believe that it should remain where it is. Dormskirk (talk) 19:31, 30 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for updating the article, Dormskirk! Arturo at BP (talk) 21:56, 5 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

New CEO

I am seeking an update to the infobox, as Bernard Looney is now CEO[1] following Bob Dudley stepping down from the role on February 5.[2] Would someone be willing to update the infobox to change Looney's title to "Chief executive officer" and remove Dudley?

As BP's representative on Wikipedia, I do not directly edit articles relating to the company. Thanks for taking the time to consider this. Arturo at BP (talk) 16:16, 13 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ Raval, Anjli (February 12, 2020). "New BP boss Bernard Looney pledges net-zero emissions by 2050". Financial Times. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
  2. ^ McFarlane, Sarah (October 4, 2019). "BP Chief to Retire, Having Steered Oil Giant Through Gulf-Spill Fallout". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
Done. Best wishes. Dormskirk (talk) 16:21, 13 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for updating the article, Dormskirk! The Bob Dudley article is also outdated. If you have time, could you look at this request, too? Arturo at BP (talk) 21:15, 13 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Carbon emissions pledge

An editor created the new Carbon Neutrality section following BP CEO Bernard Looney's announcement that BP has established a new carbon emissions target. Please see some additional detail worth considering for an update (citing Financial Times and Los Angeles Times).

  • In February 2020, BP set a goal to cut its greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by 2050. BP seeks net-zero carbon emissions across its operations and the fuels the company sells, including emissions from cars, homes, and factories.[1][2] However details on the scope of this and how this will be achieved are currently limited.[3] BP said that it is restructuring its operations into four business groups to meet these goals: production and operations; customers and products; gas and low carbon; and innovation and engineering.[1]

Given Re276's and Dormskirk's editing on this topic, I want to bring this to their attention. As I am an employee of BP and have a WP:Conflict of interest, I will not edit the article myself. Thanks. Arturo at BP (talk) 16:35, 20 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ a b Raval, Anjli (February 12, 2020). "New BP boss Bernard Looney pledges net-zero emissions by 2050". Financial Times. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
  2. ^ Crowley, Kevin (February 12, 2020). "All eyes on Exxon and Chevron after BP pledges to go carbon neutral". Bloomberg News. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
  3. ^ Marchese, David Hodari and Adriano (2020-02-12). "BP Wants to Become Carbon Neutral by 2050, but Doesn't Say How". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
Done. Thanks. Dormskirk (talk) 17:44, 20 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for updating the article, Dormskirk Arturo at BP (talk) 19:30, 20 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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