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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Part of that, Gheit says, is because BP has considered itself an exploration company above all else.

盖特表示，其部分原因是由于BP将自己视为一家勘探公司。

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"The reason BP and other oil companies have to push the limits of technology in exploration and extraction is that they have no other option remaining," says geologist Bitzer.

“英国石油公司等之所以拼命开发勘探钻探技术，是因为他们别无选择。”地质学家比泽尔说。

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"We think that the future may be sooner than some of us are considering, " Robert Hunter, president of ASRC Energy Services, which led the first major field study in Alaska's Prudhoe Bay with BP Alaska Exploration and the Department of Energy, told Petroleum News.

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The main casualty of the latest restructuring is Andy Inglis, head of BP's exploration-and-production arm and essentially the company's No. 2 executive.

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The day began with another BP executive, exploration and production head Lamar McKay, who finished his live testimony, repeating the line he gave on Tuesday that others shared the blame with BP.

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