BP Replaces Azeri Staff as CEO Faces Demand to Raise Output

BP Plc added engineers in Azerbaijan and replaced officials as Chief Executive Officer Bob Dudley met with the state oil company after the country’s president told Europe’s second-biggest crude producer to stem falling output.

Ten engineers “hand-picked” from BP’s assets in the North Sea, North America, Angola and Egypt will join the wells team in the Azeri capital of Baku, BP’s local office said today.