- BP appoints new heads of production and drilling, as it launches a record number of projects this year with plans for production growth through 2021.
- Gordon Birrell, who previously headed BP in Azerbaijan, will become COO for production, transformation and carbon in BP's upstream segment, and Andy Krieger, previously vice-president for drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, will become the new head of drilling; both will report to upstream division chief Bernard Looney.
- The previous head of drilling, Gary Jones, will lead operations in Azerbaijan, a key global growth area where BP wants to expand the ACG oilfields and the Shah Deniz gas development.