-- （更新：新增BP聲明） 根據倫敦《金融時報》週二報道，BP（BP.L）執行長梅格·奧尼爾計劃將這家石油和天然氣巨頭重組為兩個業務部門。 報道稱，歐尼爾表示，其中一個部門將專注於石油和天然氣生產，而另一個部門將負責煉油、分銷和零售，以提高效率。但她並未透露擬議改革的具體時間表。 BP發言人在回覆的置評請求時表示：“為了使BP成為一個更精簡、更強大、更有價值的公司，我們計劃建立一個上游和下游業務清晰劃分的組織。” （市場閒談新聞來自與全球市場專業人士的對話。這些資訊據信來自可靠來源，但可能包含傳聞和猜測。準確性無法保證。）
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