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Nov 30, 2006

BP: the price of a tarnished image

Two disasters in rapid succession have hit BP’s reputation and share price, but the IR team is fighting back

When two crises hit its US operations within a year and a half, UK oil giant BP saw its reputation drop along with its share price. ‘The last six months have been pretty tough from an IR point of view,’ comments Peter Hall, head of IR for the London-based company. ‘We have been dealing with this almost full-time.’ The first crisis was an explosion at the company’s Texas City refinery that killed 15 people and injured at least 500 more in March 2005. The second crisis

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