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Bp Magazine Issue 2 2009 Ce + 18 FAMILY AFFAIR 44 SHIP SHAPE 52 TIME TRAVEL Five generations A century on A timeline of at Whiting the high seas pivotal moments THE INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE OF THE BP GROUP ISSUE 2 2009 BPMAGAZINE CENTENARY SPECIAL PIONEER SPIRIT To celebrate BP’s centennial year this special edition of BP Magazine reports on key moments in the company’s history, including the discovery that began it all. Welcome. So much of modern business is driven by a desire to move contents / issue 2 2009 forward – to be better today than you + Features were yesterday – that it is easy to forget the value in taking stock of 06 Centennial thoughts Group chief executive Tony Hayward reflects on the company’s history. Interview by Lisa Davison what has gone before. Which is why Photography by Richard Davies, Marc Morrison & Stuart Conway anniversaries can offer a chance to Cover story reflect on standout moments that 12 First frontier The search for oil in Persia was a long one, but when it have made a company great. This came, it began a chain reaction of events that changed the industrial face of the Middle East forever, and led to the incorporation of a company that would year is BP’s 100th anniversary and endure for 100 years. By Vartan Amadouny & Amanda Breen throughout this issue, we look back at 18 Generation game The family and the refinery that have grown up together. some of the people who have worked By Paula Kolmar Photography Marc Morrison tirelessly on geographical, technical 24 Historic launch How BP Shipping has navigated the waterways of the world and political frontiers to meet global for almost a century. By Ian Valentine Photography by Barry Halton & Stuart Conway energy needs. In some instances, the 32 Commercial break A whistle-stop tour of BP advertising. By Tim Wickham geographical frontiers have not 38 Frozen assets The story of Alaska’s giant Prudhoe Bay field. By Frank Baker changed but the technical challenges Photography by Marc Morrison have moved on. In others, the focus 44 Technical evolution The technological advances that have changed the has been on creating long-lasting way the industry searches for oil and gas. By Nina Morgan Illustrations by Matt Herring partnerships that enable resource 52 Memory lane Discover some of the key moments in BP’s history and its development that benefits both heritage companies in a special foldout timeline. business and community. What this 56 Best of British Thirty years since oil first flowed, BP’s North Sea business is proves is the key to longevity is in a planning a prosperous future. By Helen Campbell company’s values. As group chief 62 North Star How the Forties field influenced a nation. By Professor A Kemp executive Tony Hayward says: “Values do not change with the year. They are 64 Perfect match The partnerships that make BP distinctive. By Lisa Davison probably the most enduring thing a 70 Environmental experts Behind a speech on climate change lies more company has.” In this issue, both he than 30 years of dedication to environmental issues. By Lisa Davison and chairman Peter Sutherland talk 74 Distribution network A visual look at some of the different ways oil and gas have been transported to market. about what BP means to them. I hope you enjoy this centennial edition. 78 Growth opportunity The history behind some of BP’s largest mergers and acquisitions. By Lisa Davison Lisa Davison> Editor 82 Silver screen Writer/director Nigel Williams talks about making his first corporate film. By Nev Pierce Photography by Steven Croston BP MAGAZINE 86 Stop the press BP’s history as seen through the headlines of the day. The international magazine of the BP Group – ISSUE 2 2009 By Hester Thomas Illustrations by Jason Ford BP Magazine is published quarterly for external readers around the 90 Profile An interview with BP chairman Peter Sutherland. world, as well as past and present BP employees. Its contents do not necessarily reflect official company views. By Martin Vander Weyer Photography by Graham Trott The copyright for photographs and illustrations in BP Magazine is not always owned by BP. Please contact BP Photographic Services + Regulars for details. A snapshot of global news from 1909. managing editor design 04 For the record Barbara Peen Phil Steed – Steed Design Meet some of the people – from chairmen to project engineers – [email protected] [email protected] 11 BP Faces www.steeddesign.com who have helped shape BP. editor Lisa Davison print management 36 Viewpoint The development of a socially responsible corporation. [email protected] Williams Lea distribution image contributors 68 Viewpoint The changing face of the energy industry in Azerbaijan. Carolyn Copland BP Archive +44 (0) 20 7496 4340 BP Imageshop 96 Viewpoint The evolution of a brand. Corbis Debut Art 98 Factfile The largest oil producers in 1909. Heart Illustration 100 BP faces to celebrate 100 years. Rex Features 100 Parting shot © BP p.l.c., 2009 52 Giant in the field The Thunder Horse platform in the Gulf of Mexico is the world’s largest floating platform. Learn more about it and other significant events in BP’s history in the timeline. 12 51 74 For the record Highlights from around the globe > Spring 1909 the century in numbers Germany 900 US The number of staff Belgium Northern Ireland evacuated from BP’s England Britannic House France headquarters during Persia the Second World War (Iran) 1967 Antarctica The year Mrs P Harris of the computer Persia/England: Company incorporated department became A new company has been The majority of its 1 million businessman William Knox the first woman to formed to progress ordinary £1 shares have D’Arcy in 1901. He has development of a major oil been purchased by Burmah subsequently ploughed reach a senior position discovery in Persia. The Oil, with another 30,000 much of his fortune into in BP – as defined by prospectus for the company acquired by Lord Strathcona that search. In 1904, D’Arcy – known as the Anglo- – APOC’s new chairman. Oil turned to Burmah Oil for joining the senior Persian Oil Company was struck in May last year, financial support and has dining room Limited (APOC) – was after years of searching in a since been made a director issued on 19th April 1909. concession acquired by of the APOC board. 1978 The year BP removed the stipulation that directors had to be British 251.7million The number of tonnes of crude and products transported by BP Shipping in 2006 In writing: official documentation detailing the Persia concession. 04 Issue 2 2009 BP MAGAZINE top performers France Channel flight Louis Blériot (below), a French inventor and engineer, has completed the first flight across the English Channel. The 37-minute flight began a little after 4.30am on 25th July 1909, at the break of dawn. Bad weather caused Blériot to lose sight of landmarks at one point and declare: “I am alone. I can see nothing at all. For 10 minutes, I am lost.” ■ In January 2005, the world’s largest passenger plane, the Airbus A380, was unveiled in France. Northern Ireland US the New York section of Luxury liner Instant success the American Chemical Construction has begun on An Anglo-Belgian inventor Society. what is expected to be the living in the US has begun ■ Early radios and telephones world’s largest passenger selling his newly-devised were made of Bakelite because steamship (above). Capable instant coffee. Although of its properties of insulation of carrying around 3,500 not the inventor of the and heat resistance. people, the White Star Line process, George Washington Antarctica ocean liner is using some of is the first to manufacture Germany Pole position the most advanced it commercially. It is said he Nobel cause Anglo-Irish explorer Ernest Shackleton technology of our time, and was inspired by seeing Wilhelm Ostwald has (below right) has received a knighthood is being described as dried powder on the edge of received the Nobel Prize in from King Edward VII. It follows his ‘unsinkable’. a silver coffee pot while in Chemistry for his work on return from the Antarctic, where he led ■ On the night of 14th April Guatemala. catalysis, chemical an expedition to within 156 kilometres 1912, during her maiden ■ During its height in the equilibria and reaction (97 miles) of the South Pole – the closest voyage, Titanic hit an 1970s, almost a third of the velocities. He is recognised convergence on either pole in iceberg and sank, killing roasted coffee in the US was as almost single-handedly exploration history. 1,517 people. converted into an instant establishing physical ■ In 1911, Norwegian explorer Roald product. chemistry as an academic Amundsen reached the South Pole. Three US discipline. years later, Shackleton made his third trip on NAACP founded Belgium ■ Today, catalysts are used the Endurance, which became trapped in ice The National Association Plastic invented throughout the oil and gas and and sank. Incredibly no one died. for the Advancement of Belgian chemist Leo petrochemical industries. Colored People has been Baekeland (below) has founded. Appalled at the announced his creation of Top 10 violence committed against ‘Bakelite’, the first fully African-Americans, a group synthetic resin – or plastic Largest oil fields in of white liberals issued a – to become commercially history with BP call for a meeting to discuss successful, at a meeting of involvement racial justice. Some 60 1. Burgan, Kuwait people signed the call, 2. Rumaila, Iraq/Kuwait which was released on the 3. Ahwaz, Iran centennial of Abraham 4. Kirkuk, Iraq Lincoln’s birth.
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