BP to create safety division after Gulf spill disaster
HOUSTON, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- British oil giant BP said Wednesday it will create a new safety division with sweeping（彻底的） powers to oversee 1 and audit 2 the company's operations around the world.
In a news release issued Wednesday, incoming BP CEO Robert Dudley also vowed 3 to make other changes to the way the company operates to rebuild the battered（磨损的） image of BP, the operator of the Deepwater Horizion drilling rig that exploded in the Gulf 4 of Mexico and unleashed 5 the worst spill in U.S. history.
As part of the changes, Andy Ingilis, BP's head of global exploration and production will leave the company at the end of the year. The move is the first management change since BP chief executive Tony Hayward announced in July that he would step down effective Oct. 1.
The new safety division, to be led by BP's head of safety and operation Mark Bly, will be "powerful" and "designed to strengthen（加强） safety and risk management across the BP group." It will be responsible for ensuring that all operations are carried out to common standards, and for auditing 6 compliance 7 with those standards, " the company said.
Dudley also disclosed that BP is to re-structure its Upstream（逆流而上的） segment from a single business into three functional 8 divisions -- Exploration, Development and Production -- and to carry out a detailed 9 and wide-ranging review of how it manages third-party contractors 10.
"There are the first and most urgent steps in a program I am putting in place to rebuild trust in BP -- the trust of our customers, of governments, of our employees and of the world at large. That trust is vital to the restoration of shareholder 11 value which has been so adversely 12 affected 13 by recent events," said Dudley.
"The changes are in areas where I believe we most clearly need to act, with safety and risk management our most urgent priority," he said.
Latest figures given by U.S. researchers indict 14 that 4.4 million barrels of oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded and sank in April.
BP said its costs to clean up the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico had amounted to about 9.5 billion U.S. dollars.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)
- Soldiers oversee the food handouts.士兵们看管着救济食品。
- Use a surveyor or architect to oversee and inspect the different stages of the work.请一位房产检视员或建筑师来监督并检查不同阶段的工作。
- Each year they audit our accounts and certify them as being true and fair.他们每年对我们进行账务审核，以确保其真实无误。
- As usual,the yearly audit will take place in December.跟往常一样，年度审计将在十二月份进行。
- He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
- I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。
- The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
- There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
- The government's proposals unleashed a storm of protest in the press. 政府的提案引发了新闻界的抗议浪潮。
- The full force of his rage was unleashed against me. 他把所有的怒气都发泄在我身上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Auditing standards are the rules governing how an audit is performed.收支检查标准是规则统治一个稽核如何被运行。
- The auditing services market is dominated by a few large accounting firms.审计服务市场被几家大型会计公司独占了。
- I was surprised by his compliance with these terms.我对他竟然依从了这些条件而感到吃惊。
- She gave up the idea in compliance with his desire.她顺从他的愿望而放弃自己的主意。
- The telephone was out of order,but is functional now.电话刚才坏了，但现在可以用了。
- The furniture is not fancy,just functional.这些家具不是摆着好看的，只是为了实用。
- He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
- A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。
- We got estimates from three different contractors before accepting the lowest. 我们得到3个承包商的报价后，接受了最低的报价。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Contractors winning construction jobs had to kick back 2 per cent of the contract price to the mafia. 赢得建筑工作的承包商得抽出合同价格的百分之二的回扣给黑手党。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The account department have prepare a financial statement for the shareholder.财务部为股东准备了一份财务报表。
- A shareholder may transfer his shares in accordance with the law.股东持有的股份可以依法转让。
- We commented adversely upon the imbecility of that message of telegraphic style. 我们对着这条电报式的愚蠢的留言发泄了一通不满。
- Widely fluctuating exchange rates may adversely affect international trade. 浮动幅度很大的汇率可能会对国际贸易产生有害的影响。
- She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
- His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。