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London - BP said on Tuesday that chief executive Tony Hayward will leave the troubled energy giant in October and will be replaced by the US national Bob Dudley, currently in charge of the Gulf oil-spill clean-up operation.
"BP today announced that, by mutual agreement with the BP board, Tony Hayward is to step down as group chief executive with effect from October 1, 2010," it said in a statement, adding that Hayward would be nominated as a non-executive director of TNK-BP.
"He will be succeeded as of that date by fellow executive director Robert Dudley."
BP also announced it suffered a loss of $16.9bn in the second quarter, after taking an enormous charge of $32.2bn on costs arising from the devastating Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
The troubled British group added in its results statement that it will look to sell $30bn of assets over the next 18 months.
"BP announced today that it has taken a pre-tax charge of $32.2bn for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, including the $20bn escrow compensation fund previously announced," it said.
"The company will also tell analysts later today that it plans to sell assets for up to $30bn over the next 18 months, primarily in the upstream business, and selected on the basis that they are worth more to other companies than to BP.
"This portfolio high grading will leave the company with a smaller but higher quality exploration and production business."
- AFP
