BP molds security strategy to fit the country

• Published in: The Oil & gas journal Vol. 95; no. 23; pp. 31 - 33
• Main Author: KNOTT, D
• Format: Magazine Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tulsa, OK Pennwell 09.06.1997; PennWell Publishing Corp; Endeavor Business Media
• Subjects: Access control; Applied sciences; Case studies; Chemical plants; Crude oil, natural gas and petroleum products; Crude oil, natural gas, oil shales producing equipements and methods; Energy; Exact sciences and technology; Fields monographs; Foreign investment; Fuels; General, economic and professional studies; Government; Human rights; Oil and gas fields; Oil exploration; Oil fields; Organizational structure; Petroleum; Petroleum industry; Political risk; Politics; Prospecting and production of crude oil, natural gas, oil shales and tar sands; Regional security; Security management; Security systems; Staff. Occupational work. Work management. Control. Safety. Accidents. Professional diseases; South America; Colombia; America; United Kingdom; United Kingdom > UK; Drilling; Oil field; War; Safety; Exploitation
• ISSN: 0030-1388; 1944-9151

British Petroleum Co. PLC has a strong track record for upstream and downstream operations worldwide and continues to develop projects in promising regions around the world. Among BP's recent campaigns are field development in Colombia, Algeria, and Azerbaijan; marketing expansion in eastern Europe and Africa; and chemical plants in China and elsewhere in the Far East. Recently, BP has been subject to media allegations of links to human rights violations in Colombia, where troops are deployed by the government to prevent guerrillas from damaging oil field installations. BP has a well established strategy for dealing with security, which allows a range of approaches to fit different ways of working in various countries and with a spectrum of political regimes. The company's entire structure is made up to autonomous businesses.