Directorate Change

BP PLC
7 February 2002

BP BOARD ANNOUNCEMENT


The board of BP p.l.c. announced today that Mr W Douglas Ford, chief executive
downstream will step down from the board on March 31, 2002.


Mr Ford, 58, joined the board of BP in January 2000, following the merger of BP
with Amoco in 1998. Prior to the merger he was executive vice president of Amoco
Corporation, having been with Amoco since 1970.


The board expressed its appreciation to Mr Ford for his valuable contribution as
a director and for his leadership in a number of major initiatives in the
downstream business over the last two years. His board responsibility for
downstream will be assumed by Mr Rodney Chase, BP deputy chief executive.


BP group chief executive Lord Browne said: 'I also wish to express my thanks to
Doug Ford for his considerable contribution to the progress that this company
has made since the merger with Amoco. As we have strong succession plans in
place, we have felt able to respond to Doug's desire to return to the US for
personal reasons.'


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BP Press Office, [phone]


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