Motivated by these incentives and the emergence of "peak oil" theory, companies like Shell, Exxon, and Amoco became some of the largest investors in solar technology.

受到这些激励方案以及涌现出的“石油峰值”理论的刺激，像壳牌、埃克森石油公司以及阿莫科公司成为在太阳能技术上最大的投资者。

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Mr. Dudley joined BP in 1999 after the company bought Amoco, an American oil company, and he oversaw exploration and production in a variety of countries before heading BP’s Russian joint venture.

1999年,英国石油公司收购了美国石油公司后,杜德雷先生加入了BP公司,在担任BP英俄合资公司一把手之前,他负责在多个国家的石油勘探及生产工作.

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"We must remember that BP merged with the American oil company Amoco and dropped the Amoco label in 2001.

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Oil giants BP Amoco and Shell also fell sharply, carving 19 points from the FTSE 100 as a dip in crude prices sparked a bout of profit-taking.

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How Sir John Browne turned BP Amoco into the hottest prospect in the oil patch.

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The name BP Amoco Arco Burmah Castrol shows the extent of one oil giant's merger activity, before it wisely chose to rename itself BP.

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