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Murray Auchincloss says BP’s growth engines will be clean energy and not oil and gas

BP’s temporary boss gave a robust defence of the company’s strategy, batting away suggestions that he needs to follow the big oil deals done by US competitors Exxon Mobil and Chevron.

“We’re focused really on transition” to net zero emissions, interim chief executive Murray Auchincloss said on Tuesday. BP’s growth engines will be clean energy “and not the oil and gas side.”

Speaking at his first earnings presentation since taking the top job after the …