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

VOA: standard.2010.07.27

He spent many years at Amoco, before it merged with BP.

VOA: standard.2010.07.27

"BP actually when they merged with Amoco some years ago, the profile of the employees within the organization changed significantly and now for every British employee of BP there are two and a half Americans working for BP."

VOA: standard.2010.06.18

Winning the operating rights for what may prove to be one of the greatest oil discoveries ever is a major victory for ENI, which was competing against the likes of Royal Dutch Shell (nyse: RD - news - people), BP Amoco (nyse: BP - news - people), TotalFinaElf (nyse: TOT - news - people), Exxon Mobil (nyse: XOM - news - people) and Phillips Petroleum (nyse: P - news - people).

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The London-based BP Amoco once confined its efforts to buying small stakes in the deepwater forays led by bigger rivals.

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