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BP published its Annual Report for 2017 in March. As I have in previous years, I have found several items that can be updated on Wikipedia based on the 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 the see as fitting? Beagel: Given your review of similar requests, would you be able to look at these suggestions?
Introduction
Operations
Operations by location
Main business segments Oil and natural gas
Oil refining and marketing
Alternative and low carbon energy
Corporate affairs
I am happy to discuss any questions. Thanks. Arturo at BP ( talk) 19:21, 21 May 2018 (UTC)
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spintendo 22:45, 22 May 2018 (UTC)
Introduction- Update the second paragraph with the following changes (green) As of 31 December 2017, BP had operations in 70 countries, produced around 3.6 million barrels per day (570,000 m3/d) of oil equivalent, and had total proved reserves of 18.441 billion barrels (2.832×109 m3) of oil equivalent.[1] The company has around 18,300 service stations worldwide.[2] Its largest division is BP America in the United States. In Russia BP owns a 19.75% stake in Rosneft, the world's largest publicly traded oil and gas company by hydrocarbon reserves and production. BP has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It has secondary listings on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange. Operations
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Update the first paragraph with the following changes (green). I suggest using BP's At A Glance as a reference here as it is a more easily accessible source. Also, I've added "approximately", since the figure has not changed much in the last several years, and this makes it more evergreen and not in need of updating annually. BP has operations in approximately 70 countries worldwide with the global headquarters in London, United Kingdom.[1] Operations by location
Approved.
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Update the first paragraph under United States with the following changes (green) The United States operations comprise nearly one-third of BP's worldwide business interests,[3] and the United States is the country with the greatest concentration of its employees and investments.[4][5] BP employs approximately 14,000 people in the United States.[6] In 2017, BP's total production in the United States included 370,000 barrels per day (59,000 m3/d) of oil and 1.659 billion cubic feet per day (47.0 million cubic metres per day) of natural gas,[7] and its refinery throughput was 713,000 barrels per day.[8]
Partly approved. [note 1]
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Update the third paragraph under United States with the following changes for 2017 production in the Gulf of Mexico (green). I recommend removing the detail that BP "produces nearly 10% of its global output in the region" as the citation for that statistic dates to 2015 The company produces about 300,000 barrels per day (48,000 m3/d) of oil equivalent in the Gulf of Mexico, as of 2017.
Unable to implement. [note 2]
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Also in the third paragraph under United States, the number of fields in the Gulf of Mexico is no longer accurate. The company does not have 10 fields in the Gulf of Mexico anymore. Update with the following (green): BP's production is from several fields, including Atlantis, Mad Dog, Na Kika, and Thunder Horse fields operated by the company itself.
Not approved. [note 3]
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Update the sixth paragraph under United States with the following (green).Husky Energy does not operate the Toledo Refinery, BP does. BP operates Whiting Refinery in Indiana, Cherry Point Refinery in Washington, and the Toledo Refinery in Ohio, which is owned by BP and Husky Energy.
? Clarification needed. [note 4]
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Also in the sixth paragraph under United States, update to clarify the sentence about BP and ARCO stations (green) BP licenses ARCO brand rights for service stations in northern California, Oregon, and Washington.
Approved.
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Main business segments Oil and natural gas: Update this subsection 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 2017, BP produced around 3.6 million barrels per day (570,000 m3/d) of oil equivalent,[1] of which 2.26 million barrels per day were liquids and 7.744 billion cubic feet per day was natural gas,[15] and had total proved reserves of 18.441 billion barrels of oil equivalent,[1] of which liquids accounted 10.672 billion barrels[16] and natural gas 45.06 trillion cubic feet.
Partly approved. [note 5]
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Oil refining and marketing: Update the first paragraph with the following changes (green). Note that I have changed the number of petrochemical plants from 17 to 15; page 37 of the annual report notes the divestments of BP's share in the SECCO joint venture in 2017 and the Decatur petrochemicals complex in 2016. This page lists BP's current refineries and petrochemical plants. As of 2017, BP owned or had a share in 11 refineries[18] and 15 petrochemical manufacturing plants worldwide.
Not approved. [note 6]
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Alternative and low carbon energy: Add a couple of sentences to this section noting recent acquisitions - As part of a joint venture with DuPont in April 2017, BP acquired an ethanol plant in Kansas, for commercial production of renewable isobutanol.[20] The company also acquired Clean Energy's biomethane business and assets in early 2018, including its production sites and existing supply contracts.
? Clarification needed. [note 7]
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Corporate affairs - Update the second paragraph with the following changes (highlighted) In 2017, the company's revenue was US$240.208 billion, compared to $183.008 billion in 2016.[22] In 2017, operating loss was $7.180 billion and net loss was $3.468 billion.[23] As of 2017, BP employed 74,000 worldwide.[24] In 2016, 74,500 people were employed by the company worldwide.
Unable to implement. [note 8]
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BP said it had begun removing all remaining offshore personnel and shutting in production at its four operated platforms: Thunder Horse, Mad Dog, Atlantic and Na Kika. Together, those facilities produce about 300,000 barrels per day of oil and gas equivalent for BP.
Dormskirk: Thank you for making these edits. In case we do need to clarify where in the annual report certain bits of information came from, I have some notes below. This got lost in the shuffle of the review process, and the At a Glance reference (this is already used in the live article using ref name="ataglance", so I only included the shortened citation in my text below) has also been left off in a few places. I am not sure what is the best way to do this, as these updates rely on several parts of BP's annual report. Attempting to make this as easy as possible, I will paste specific phrases from the live article along with a general citation to the annual report followed by the specific page. Does this help?
United States
Oil and natural gas
Oil refining and marketing
Thanks again for your time on this. I'm happy to discuss. Thanks. Arturo at BP ( talk) 19:50, 24 May 2018 (UTC)
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I'm glad to help where I can, Beagel. A request to update one of the bits of detail was denied earlier in this request, but after taking the editor's feedback into consideration, I will clarify my request.
United States The third paragraph of United States under Operations contains this outdated sentence (referencing the company's 2015 annual report): "BP's production is from more than ten fields, including Atlantis, Mad Dog, Na Kika, and Thunder Horse fields operated by the company itself."
BP no longer has more than ten fields, so I propose we rewrite the sentence as follows, referencing BP's Gulf of Mexico page and a 2017 story in The Telegraph:
Refining and marketing We can update the citation to reference page 37 of the annual report for the following sentence:
Exploration and production We can update the following sentence: "The [upstream] activities in this area of operations take place in 25 countries worldwide"
Other details cited to the older annual reports are not updated in the company's most-recent annual report. I can propose updates to them as sourcing becomes available in the future.
I am happy to discuss any questions. Thanks. Arturo at BP ( talk) 16:27, 30 May 2018 (UTC)
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There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:BP (disambiguation) which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. — RMCD bot 16:46, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
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
United States
I am happy to discuss. Thanks. Arturo at BP ( talk) 16:51, 14 May 2019 (UTC)
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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)
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
Introduction
Operations by location
Main business segments Oil and natural gas
Oil refining and marketing
Additional items to consider
Corrections
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help page).I am happy to discuss any questions. Thanks. Arturo at BP ( talk) 22:18, 12 July 2019 (UTC)
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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)
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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:
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?
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)
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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)
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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).
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)
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With recent changes to leadership at BP, there are several portions of this article that are outdated. Would someone be willing to update the following?
Corporate affairs
Board of directors
2010 to Present
Lastly, do mentions of Mr. Dudley elsewhere in the article need amending to say "then-CEO"?
Dormskirk: If you have time, could you look at this request? 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) 20:14, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
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I'm concerned that Arturo at BP continues to write drafts for this article, which are being added as written. Recently he drafted a bio about a BP executive that was also added as written. Arturo works for BP corporate communications. This means that, over seven years after this issue was discussed in the media, BP is still writing articles about itself on Wikipedia. This is bad for Wikipedia and for BP.
For example, BP released a statement in February 2020 that it wants to reach "net zero" by 2050. Jonathan Watts discusses this at "BP's statement on reaching net zero by 2050 – what it says and what it means", The Guardian, 12 February 2020.
At 16:35, 20 February, Arturo requested that four sentences be added to the Wikipedia article, including: "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." Just over one hour later, Dormskirk added the suggested text word-for-word, including the sources Arturu offered, which were presumably based on press releases written by BP corporate communications.
Jonathan Watts makes several points about the BP statement, including:
Was any of the above taken into account before the BP draft was added? A second Guardian article that could be used as a source: Matthew Taylor and Jonathan Watts, "Revealed: the 20 firms behind a third of all carbon emissions", 9 October 2019. Another long-term issue that should be resolved is that the lead is too long, which pushes the environmental issues below the fold. Four paragraphs is the usual maximum. Pinging Coretheapple, Buster7, Gandydancer, Dormskirk, Smallbones. SarahSV (talk) 21:13, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
I added [ here] to the opening paragraph that BP is an admitted felon for criminal misconduct and negligence for causing the Deepwater Horizon explosion, one of the greatest environmental catastrophes in history. It was removed with the explanation that this information is already found in the Deepwater Horizon section of the article. However, it's important to include this right up front just as we would if this were an article about a human person who was a felon. It's an essential aspect of the corporate persona--it's a felon. It admitted criminal culpability in causing this monumental destruction of nature. That characteristic is not just limited to a particular episode, as would be implied if this info were discussed just in the Deepwater Horizon section.-- NYCJosh ( talk) 15:09, 26 December 2020 (UTC)
I notice the article does not mention when the company ceased to be a subsidiary of Burmah Oil or when the British Government became the majority shareholder. If anyone knows these dates could they add them to the history. Penrithguy ( talk) 03:51, 21 September 2021 (UTC)
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Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT ( talk) 15:09, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
In the first section of the history, we read "Immediately after establishing the company, the British government asked Percy Cox...". This implies that the British government established the company. The Real Walrus ( talk) 19:03, 24 August 2022 (UTC)
In the introduction, it reads, “On 2 July 2015, BP and five states announced an $18.7 billion settlement”, however in the article depicting the oil spill, it states that “BP agreed to pay $20.8 billion in fine which is the largest corporate settlement…”. The sources were different, and the oil spill article's was updated in 2017, yet this one was in 2015 and has 'roughly' before the amount. go on then ( talk) 21:16, 3 September 2022 (UTC)
Hello editors, I wanted to make a note here that I will be retiring my account and will no longer be acting as bp's representative on Wikipedia. My colleague Vishal BP, who will be taking over for me, knows the various rules and best practices. Thank you for the guidance and assistance over the past decade. Arturo at BP ( talk) 21:06, 12 May 2023 (UTC)
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BP published its Annual Report for 2017 in March. As I have in previous years, I have found several items that can be updated on Wikipedia based on the 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 the see as fitting? Beagel: Given your review of similar requests, would you be able to look at these suggestions?
Introduction
Operations
Operations by location
Main business segments Oil and natural gas
Oil refining and marketing
Alternative and low carbon energy
Corporate affairs
I am happy to discuss any questions. Thanks. Arturo at BP ( talk) 19:21, 21 May 2018 (UTC)
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spintendo 22:45, 22 May 2018 (UTC)
Introduction- Update the second paragraph with the following changes (green) As of 31 December 2017, BP had operations in 70 countries, produced around 3.6 million barrels per day (570,000 m3/d) of oil equivalent, and had total proved reserves of 18.441 billion barrels (2.832×109 m3) of oil equivalent.[1] The company has around 18,300 service stations worldwide.[2] Its largest division is BP America in the United States. In Russia BP owns a 19.75% stake in Rosneft, the world's largest publicly traded oil and gas company by hydrocarbon reserves and production. BP has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It has secondary listings on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange. Operations
Approved.
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Update the first paragraph with the following changes (green). I suggest using BP's At A Glance as a reference here as it is a more easily accessible source. Also, I've added "approximately", since the figure has not changed much in the last several years, and this makes it more evergreen and not in need of updating annually. BP has operations in approximately 70 countries worldwide with the global headquarters in London, United Kingdom.[1] Operations by location
Approved.
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Update the first paragraph under United States with the following changes (green) The United States operations comprise nearly one-third of BP's worldwide business interests,[3] and the United States is the country with the greatest concentration of its employees and investments.[4][5] BP employs approximately 14,000 people in the United States.[6] In 2017, BP's total production in the United States included 370,000 barrels per day (59,000 m3/d) of oil and 1.659 billion cubic feet per day (47.0 million cubic metres per day) of natural gas,[7] and its refinery throughput was 713,000 barrels per day.[8]
Partly approved. [note 1]
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Update the third paragraph under United States with the following changes for 2017 production in the Gulf of Mexico (green). I recommend removing the detail that BP "produces nearly 10% of its global output in the region" as the citation for that statistic dates to 2015 The company produces about 300,000 barrels per day (48,000 m3/d) of oil equivalent in the Gulf of Mexico, as of 2017.
Unable to implement. [note 2]
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Also in the third paragraph under United States, the number of fields in the Gulf of Mexico is no longer accurate. The company does not have 10 fields in the Gulf of Mexico anymore. Update with the following (green): BP's production is from several fields, including Atlantis, Mad Dog, Na Kika, and Thunder Horse fields operated by the company itself.
Not approved. [note 3]
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Update the sixth paragraph under United States with the following (green).Husky Energy does not operate the Toledo Refinery, BP does. BP operates Whiting Refinery in Indiana, Cherry Point Refinery in Washington, and the Toledo Refinery in Ohio, which is owned by BP and Husky Energy.
? Clarification needed. [note 4]
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Also in the sixth paragraph under United States, update to clarify the sentence about BP and ARCO stations (green) BP licenses ARCO brand rights for service stations in northern California, Oregon, and Washington.
Approved.
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Main business segments Oil and natural gas: Update this subsection 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 2017, BP produced around 3.6 million barrels per day (570,000 m3/d) of oil equivalent,[1] of which 2.26 million barrels per day were liquids and 7.744 billion cubic feet per day was natural gas,[15] and had total proved reserves of 18.441 billion barrels of oil equivalent,[1] of which liquids accounted 10.672 billion barrels[16] and natural gas 45.06 trillion cubic feet.
Partly approved. [note 5]
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Oil refining and marketing: Update the first paragraph with the following changes (green). Note that I have changed the number of petrochemical plants from 17 to 15; page 37 of the annual report notes the divestments of BP's share in the SECCO joint venture in 2017 and the Decatur petrochemicals complex in 2016. This page lists BP's current refineries and petrochemical plants. As of 2017, BP owned or had a share in 11 refineries[18] and 15 petrochemical manufacturing plants worldwide.
Not approved. [note 6]
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Alternative and low carbon energy: Add a couple of sentences to this section noting recent acquisitions - As part of a joint venture with DuPont in April 2017, BP acquired an ethanol plant in Kansas, for commercial production of renewable isobutanol.[20] The company also acquired Clean Energy's biomethane business and assets in early 2018, including its production sites and existing supply contracts.
? Clarification needed. [note 7]
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Corporate affairs - Update the second paragraph with the following changes (highlighted) In 2017, the company's revenue was US$240.208 billion, compared to $183.008 billion in 2016.[22] In 2017, operating loss was $7.180 billion and net loss was $3.468 billion.[23] As of 2017, BP employed 74,000 worldwide.[24] In 2016, 74,500 people were employed by the company worldwide.
Unable to implement. [note 8]
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BP said it had begun removing all remaining offshore personnel and shutting in production at its four operated platforms: Thunder Horse, Mad Dog, Atlantic and Na Kika. Together, those facilities produce about 300,000 barrels per day of oil and gas equivalent for BP.
Dormskirk: Thank you for making these edits. In case we do need to clarify where in the annual report certain bits of information came from, I have some notes below. This got lost in the shuffle of the review process, and the At a Glance reference (this is already used in the live article using ref name="ataglance", so I only included the shortened citation in my text below) has also been left off in a few places. I am not sure what is the best way to do this, as these updates rely on several parts of BP's annual report. Attempting to make this as easy as possible, I will paste specific phrases from the live article along with a general citation to the annual report followed by the specific page. Does this help?
United States
Oil and natural gas
Oil refining and marketing
Thanks again for your time on this. I'm happy to discuss. Thanks. Arturo at BP ( talk) 19:50, 24 May 2018 (UTC)
References
I'm glad to help where I can, Beagel. A request to update one of the bits of detail was denied earlier in this request, but after taking the editor's feedback into consideration, I will clarify my request.
United States The third paragraph of United States under Operations contains this outdated sentence (referencing the company's 2015 annual report): "BP's production is from more than ten fields, including Atlantis, Mad Dog, Na Kika, and Thunder Horse fields operated by the company itself."
BP no longer has more than ten fields, so I propose we rewrite the sentence as follows, referencing BP's Gulf of Mexico page and a 2017 story in The Telegraph:
Refining and marketing We can update the citation to reference page 37 of the annual report for the following sentence:
Exploration and production We can update the following sentence: "The [upstream] activities in this area of operations take place in 25 countries worldwide"
Other details cited to the older annual reports are not updated in the company's most-recent annual report. I can propose updates to them as sourcing becomes available in the future.
I am happy to discuss any questions. Thanks. Arturo at BP ( talk) 16:27, 30 May 2018 (UTC)
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There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:BP (disambiguation) which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. — RMCD bot 16:46, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
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
United States
I am happy to discuss. Thanks. Arturo at BP ( talk) 16:51, 14 May 2019 (UTC)
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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)
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?
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help page).I am happy to discuss any questions. Thanks. Arturo at BP ( talk) 22:18, 12 July 2019 (UTC)
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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)
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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:
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?
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)
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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)
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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).
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)
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With recent changes to leadership at BP, there are several portions of this article that are outdated. Would someone be willing to update the following?
Corporate affairs
Board of directors
2010 to Present
Lastly, do mentions of Mr. Dudley elsewhere in the article need amending to say "then-CEO"?
Dormskirk: If you have time, could you look at this request? 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) 20:14, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
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I'm concerned that Arturo at BP continues to write drafts for this article, which are being added as written. Recently he drafted a bio about a BP executive that was also added as written. Arturo works for BP corporate communications. This means that, over seven years after this issue was discussed in the media, BP is still writing articles about itself on Wikipedia. This is bad for Wikipedia and for BP.
For example, BP released a statement in February 2020 that it wants to reach "net zero" by 2050. Jonathan Watts discusses this at "BP's statement on reaching net zero by 2050 – what it says and what it means", The Guardian, 12 February 2020.
At 16:35, 20 February, Arturo requested that four sentences be added to the Wikipedia article, including: "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." Just over one hour later, Dormskirk added the suggested text word-for-word, including the sources Arturu offered, which were presumably based on press releases written by BP corporate communications.
Jonathan Watts makes several points about the BP statement, including:
Was any of the above taken into account before the BP draft was added? A second Guardian article that could be used as a source: Matthew Taylor and Jonathan Watts, "Revealed: the 20 firms behind a third of all carbon emissions", 9 October 2019. Another long-term issue that should be resolved is that the lead is too long, which pushes the environmental issues below the fold. Four paragraphs is the usual maximum. Pinging Coretheapple, Buster7, Gandydancer, Dormskirk, Smallbones. SarahSV (talk) 21:13, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
I added [ here] to the opening paragraph that BP is an admitted felon for criminal misconduct and negligence for causing the Deepwater Horizon explosion, one of the greatest environmental catastrophes in history. It was removed with the explanation that this information is already found in the Deepwater Horizon section of the article. However, it's important to include this right up front just as we would if this were an article about a human person who was a felon. It's an essential aspect of the corporate persona--it's a felon. It admitted criminal culpability in causing this monumental destruction of nature. That characteristic is not just limited to a particular episode, as would be implied if this info were discussed just in the Deepwater Horizon section.-- NYCJosh ( talk) 15:09, 26 December 2020 (UTC)
I notice the article does not mention when the company ceased to be a subsidiary of Burmah Oil or when the British Government became the majority shareholder. If anyone knows these dates could they add them to the history. Penrithguy ( talk) 03:51, 21 September 2021 (UTC)
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In the first section of the history, we read "Immediately after establishing the company, the British government asked Percy Cox...". This implies that the British government established the company. The Real Walrus ( talk) 19:03, 24 August 2022 (UTC)
In the introduction, it reads, “On 2 July 2015, BP and five states announced an $18.7 billion settlement”, however in the article depicting the oil spill, it states that “BP agreed to pay $20.8 billion in fine which is the largest corporate settlement…”. The sources were different, and the oil spill article's was updated in 2017, yet this one was in 2015 and has 'roughly' before the amount. go on then ( talk) 21:16, 3 September 2022 (UTC)
Hello editors, I wanted to make a note here that I will be retiring my account and will no longer be acting as bp's representative on Wikipedia. My colleague Vishal BP, who will be taking over for me, knows the various rules and best practices. Thank you for the guidance and assistance over the past decade. Arturo at BP ( talk) 21:06, 12 May 2023 (UTC)