bps & the fountain of youth
“Reading bps news”, writes East Wales regional organiser Frank Byrne, “I was surprised to learn of the great age of some of the Society’s members, especially Alan Mackley, who is looking very healthy as he starts his 100th decade!”
An early adopter
Many thanks to Eric Martin of Surrey for sharing the following insight into BP’s early adoption of environmental assessments and his role in these. “Earlier this month [July]”, Eric writes, ”I found myself talking to the Men’s Group at my local church [about] how in the years when I worked for BP (1960 to 2000) […]
Christopher (Chris) Willy (1929-2024)
It is with great sadness that we have to report the death of Chris Willy on 6 July 2024. Chris spent two action-packed decades at BP, which he joined in 1960, initially in the Middle East and latterly North Africa and London. These are summarized below by Chris’s godson and fellow bp pensioner, David Pilcher, […]
Back to Kirkuk
bp looks set to return to the Kirkuk region of Iraq, five years after pulling out at the end of an earlier contract. In August, it said that it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Iraq to negotiate an energy redevelopment programme for Kirkuk, covering power generation and new solar facilities, as well […]
bp to sell US onshore wind assets
bp has announced plans to divest bp Wind Energy, which operates nine onshore windfarms in six US states with 1.7 GW of gross installed capacity, and has a stake in Hawaii’s 25 MW Auwahi plant. The sale, which some industry analysts have estimated could be worth around $2 billion, is expected to be launched this […]