BP’s Interim CEO Defends Strategy Amid US Flurry of Megadeals

  • Exxon, Chevron have done deals worth more than $100 billion
  • BP is focused on growing low-carbon business, not oil and gas

Murray Auchincloss

Photographer: Christopher Pike/Bloomberg

BP Plc’s temporary boss gave a robust defense of the company’s strategy, batting away suggestions that he needs to follow the big oil deals done by US competitors Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp.

“We’re focused really on transition” to net zero emissions, Interim Chief Executive Officer Murray Auchincloss said on Tuesday. BP’s growth engines will be clean energy “and not the oil and gas side.”

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BP’s Interim CEO Defends Strategy Amid US Flurry of Megadeals