AMOCO CORP
8-K, 1998-08-26
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             SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                   Washington, D.C.  20549

                          FORM 8-K

                       CURRENT REPORT
             PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
             THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)  August 12, 1998



                         AMOCO CORPORATION

        (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



        Indiana                  1-170-2          36-1812780

(State or other jurisdiction   (Commission       (IRS Employer
 of incorporation)              File Number)      Identification No.)



200 East Randolph Drive, Chicago, Illinois             60601

(Address of principal executive offices)          (Zip Code)



Registrant's telephone number, including area code (312) 856-6111


                      (No Change)

(Former  name  or former address, if changed  since  last report).
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INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT

Item 5.  Other Events

Following  the  announcement  of  a  merger  between   Amoco

Corporation  ("Amoco")  and  The British  Petroleum  Company

p.l.c.  ("BP"),  representatives from Amoco and  BP  gave  a

presentation  on the merger to the financial  community  and

press  in  New York City on August 12, 1998 (the "Meeting").

The   presentation   slides   and   supplemental   materials

distributed to attendees are included as Exhibit 99 (a)  and

Exhibit 99 (b) to this Current Report on Form 8-K.



Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

Exhibit 99 (a) Slides for presentation given at the Meeting.

        99  (b)  Supplemental  materials  distributed to attendees at the
                 Meeting.

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                          SIGNATURE


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange  Act

of  1934, the registrant has duly caused this report  to  be

signed  on  its  behalf  by  the undersigned  hereunto  duly

authorized.









                                   AMOCO CORPORATION
                                      (Registrant)




Date: August 26, 1998             A. J. NOCCHIERO
                                  A. J. Nocchiero
                                  Vice President and Controller
                                  (Duly Authorized and Chief
                                  Accounting Officer)




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                                          Exhibit 99 (a)

          [BP LOGO]                          [AMOCO LOGO]


                       PRESENTATION TO THE
                   FINANCIAL COMMUNITY & PRESS
                                
                                
                        LONDON & NEW YORK
                                
                                
                                
                                
                           AUGUST 1998



The following statements, particularly those regarding synergies,
performance, debt, costs, dividends, returns, share buy-backs,
divestments, reserves and growth are or may be forward looking
statements and actual results may differ materially from the
statements made depending on a variety of factors, including
successful integration of BP and Amoco.  Additional information
concerning factors that could cause the actual results to differ
materially from those in the forward looking statements are
contained in BP's Annual Report on Form 20-F and Amoco's Annual
Report on Form 10-K filed with the US Securities and Exchange
Commission.
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[BP LOGO]                [Amoco LOGO]


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SCALE AND REACH
                                
[Graph containing the following data:]
                 Reserves  Market Capitalisation
                 (bn boe)     ($bn)
                                
BP + Amoco         15          119
Exxon              14          172
Shell              19          181
                                
Amoco               6           38
Arco                4           23
BP                  9           81
Chevron             6           53
Elf                 3           37
ENI                 5           54
Mobil               7           56
Texaco              4           32



["boe" denotes barrels of oil equivalents.]
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INTENT

- - Creation of a new  global `super-major'

       - Top trio oil & gas reserves
       
       - Global R&M business
       
       - World class petrochemicals company

- - Identified synergies of $2bn pre-tax p.a.

- - Financial Strength

- - Sustainable long term growth
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STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK
                                
- - Distinctive assets

- - Organisational capability

- - Global reach

- - Strongly competitive returns

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DISCIPLINED FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK
                                
- - Prudent capital structure

       - 30% gearing ceiling
       
- - Dividend policy
       
       - Payout 50% of underlying earnings
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KEY FEATURES
       
- - Simple structure

       - UK holding company
       
- - Accounting & Reporting
       
       - As a merger
       
       - Reporting in $
       
- - Global integration of management, assets, operations


- - Value generation for shareholders

       - $2bn of pre-tax synergies by 2001

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BOARD

- - Two Co-Chairmen

- - One CEO

- - Two Deputy CEOs

- - One CFO

- - Majority of non-executives


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SENIOR MANAGEMENT
                                
                               CEO
                           John Browne
                                /
                                /
                                /
     EVP Chief of Staff --------/--------General Counsel
        Stephen Gates           /          Peter Bevan
                                /
                                /
             CFO    ------------/-------EVP Policies & Technology
         John Buchanan          /           Chris Gibson-Smith
                                /
                                /
                                /
             --------------------------------------
             /                                     \
             /                                     \
     President & Deputy CEO             President & Deputy CEO
          Rodney Chase                       Bill Lowrie
              E&P                          R&M and Chemicals
          /                             /                   /
          /                             /                   /
          /                             /                   /
    EVP Int'l            Refining & Marketing        Chemicals
    Dick Olver                EVP Int'l               Chairman
                           Peter Backhouse        Bryan Sanderson
 EVP New Business
   Richard Flury              EVP USA                 President
                           Douglas Ford             Enrique Sosa
 EVP W Hemisphere
   Byron Grote
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MANAGEMENT

- - London - Global headquarters

- - Chicago - American headquarters

- - Integrated team

- - Global business streams

- - Business Unit structure
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PEER GROUP

1997                      BP Amoco      Shell     Exxon
- ----------------------------------------------------------

Net Income* $bn              6.4          8        8.2

Production mmboe/d           2.9         3.7       2.7

     Oil:Gas ratio          65:35       63:37     59:41

Reserves (bn bbls)          14.8        19.4      14.1

Refinery t'put mmb/d         2.6         4.3        4

Capital Employed ($bn)        53          73       56

Staff (000)                  100         105       80
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                                                  *US GAAP

["mmboe/d" denotes millions of barrels of oil equivalents per
day.]
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INCOME BY BUSINESS SECTOR

[Bar Graph showing the following information, in $bn:]

       Chevron   Mobil   BP / Amoco  Shell  Exxon
E&P      1.99     1.93      4.12     4.29    4.39
R&M      0.94     1.18      1.41     2.73    2.01
Chems    0.21     0.32      1.01     1.02    1.33
Other    0.04     0.00      0.00     0.00    0.42
Total    3.18     3.43      6.54     8.04    8.15

Source: 1997 Annual Reports and company estimates

["E&P" denotes exploration and production.  "R&M" denotes
refining and marketing.]
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INCOME BY REGION

[Bar Graph showing the following information, in $bn:]

            Chevron  Mobil BP / Amoco  Shell  Exxon
USA           1.71   1.43     3.19     1.70   2.97
Europe        0.00   0.90     2.17     3.02   2.46
Rest of       1.47   1.10     1.21     3.34   2.73
World
Total         3.18   3.43     6.57     8.06   8.16


Source: 1997 Annual Reports and company estimates
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UPSTREAM: BP AMOCO



[Map of the world showing the locations of upstream operations of
Amoco, BP and overlap between the two, as follows:]

Amoco:    2 sites in North America
          2 sites in South America
          1 site in Africa
          1 site in Middle East

BP:       1 site in North America
          1 site in South America
          1 site in Europe
          1 site in Middle East
          1 site in Asia
          1 site in Australia

Overlap:  1 site in Caribbean
          1 site in South America
          1 site in Europe
          2 sites in Africa
          1 site in Asia
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UPSTREAM PRODUCTION

[Bar graph containing the following information concerning
upstream production, in mmboe/d:]


           Chevron     Mobil      Exxon     BP Amoco    Shell
Oil          1.07       0.93       1.6        1.89       2.33
Gas          0.42       0.78       1.09        1         1.38
Total        1.49       1.71       2.69       2.89       3.71

["mmboe/d" denotes millions of barrels of oil equivalents per
day.]
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UPSTREAM: PERFORMANCE

[Bar Graph showing the following information:]

                 BP /   Shell  Exxon  Mobil Chevron
                Amoco
                                                
R:P ratio         14     14.3  13.9   11.2    11.4
Finding $/bbl    1.64    1.85  1.72   1.92    2.52
F&D $/bbl        4.19    2.88  4.61   6.81    4.59
Lifting $/bbl    3.05     3     2.9    n/a    3.8

["R:P" denotes reserves:production.  "F&D" denotes finding and
developing.]
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US DOWNSTREAM: BP

[Map of the US illustrating the market share of BP (as provided
below) and BP's refineries in Toledo, Ohio and Alliance,
Louisiana:]

         
No. 1 or 2
      Georgia
       Ohio
         
No. 3-5
      Indiana
     Kentucky
   Pennsylvania
     Tennessee
  North Carolina
  South Carolina
    Mississippi
      Alabama
         
Below 5
     Michigan
   West Virginia
     Virginia
     Arkansas
     Louisiana
      Florida
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US DOWNSTREAM: AMOCO

[Map of the US illustrating the market share of Amoco (as
provided below) and Amoco's refineries In Whiting, IN; Yorktown,
VA; Texas City, TX; Mandan, ND; and Salt Lake City, UT:]

No. 1 or 2
    North Dakota
    South Dakota
      Minnesota
        Iowa
      Wisconsin
      Illinois
       Indiana
       Kansas
      Missouri
   North Carolina
       Georgia
       Florida
          
No. 3-5
        Idaho
      Nebraska
      Colorado
      Michigan
      New York
    Pennsylvania
     Connecticut
      Delaware
     New Jersey
      Maryland
      Virginia
      Tennessee
   South Carolina
          
Below 5
    West Virginia
      Arkansas
     Mississippi
        Utah
        Ohio
      Kentucky
       Alabama
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US DOWNSTREAM: BP AMOCO

[Map of the US illustrating the market share of BP Amoco (as
provided below) and BP Amoco's refineries In Toledo, OH; Whiting,
IN; Yorktown, VA; Texas City, TX; Mandan, ND; Salt Lake City, UT;
and Alliance, Louisiana:]

No. 1 or 2
    North Dakota
    South Dakota
      Minnesota
        Iowa
      Wisconsin
      Illinois
       Indiana
        Ohio
       Kansas
      Missouri
      Kentucky
      Tennessee
      Virginia
   North Carolina
   South Carolina
       Georgia
       Alabama
     Mississippi
       Florida
          
No. 3-5
        Idaho
      Nebraska
      Colorado
      Michigan
      New York
    Pennsylvania
     Connecticut
      Delaware
     New Jersey
      Maryland
          
Below 5
    West Virginia
      Arkansas
      Louisiana
        Utah
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GLOBAL DOWNSTREAM: BP AMOCO


[Map of the world showing the locations of emerging markets and
established markets of downstream operations for BP Amoco, as
follows:]

Emerging markets:        1 site in Central America
                         1 site in South America
                         1 site in Europe
                         3 sites in Asia

Established markets:     1 site in North America
                         1 site in Europe
                         1 site in Africa
                         1 site in Southeast Asia
                         1 site in Australia
                         1 site in New Zealand

[List indicating that International Businesses include Trading,
Shipping, Marine and Aviation.]
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DOWNSTREAM: ROACE

[Graph illustrating the following information, in %:]

               1993     1994    1995     1996     1997
Minimum of      8.7     7.7     8.2      5.6      10.1
Competitors*
Maximum of     12.9     10.9    9.3      8.9      13.2
Competitors*
BP + Amoco     11.5     9.5     7.8      9.6       13

* Shell, Exxon & Mobil

Source: 1997 Annual Reports and company estimates

["ROACE" denotes return on average capital employed.]
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CHEMICALS: BP AMOCO

[Map of the world showing the locations of chemical operations of BP
and Amoco as follows:]

Amoco:    8 sites in North America
          1 site in South America
          1 site in Europe
          3 sites in Asia
          3 sites in Southeast Asia

BP:       2 sites in North America
          7 sites in Europe
          2 sites in Asia
          2 sites in Southeast Asia
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PETROCHEMICAL SCALE

[Bar graph providing the following
information:]

1997 Sales -
Petchem segments
        
                      $bn
UCC                   6.5
Dow                  10.18
Exxon                 12.2
BP / Amoco            12.8
BASF                 13.42
Shell                14.27

                    Leading Positions & Proprietary Technologies:
                    
                    -    Acetyls (1st)
                    
                    -    Nitriles (1st)
                    
                    -    PTA (1st)
                    
                    -    Aromatics (1st)
                    
                    -    PIB (1st)
                    
                    -    Polypropylene (2nd)
                    
                    -    Polyethylene
                    
                    -    Solvents

- ---------------------------

- - Scale

- - Integration

- - Balanced portfolio

- - High demand growth
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Chemicals: ROACE

[Graph illustrating the following information, in %:]

               1993     1994     1995     1996    1997
Minimum of     -1.2      8.2     16.8     8.4     9.2
Competitors*
Maximum of      6.9     13.9     29.6     16.1    17.4
Competitors*
BP + Amoco      2.5     14.9     29.2      16     14.9

*Shell, Exxon & Mobil

Source: 1997 Annual Reports and company estimates

["ROACE" denotes return on average capital employed.]
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SYNERGIES

                                   Annual Pre-Tax ($m)
                                   Cost Savings by 2001
                                   --------------------

Organisational efficiency                 1,000

Focussed exploration                        300

Business process                            200

Procurement                                 250

Operational rationalisation                 250
                                           -----
                                           2,000
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DELIVERING SHAREHOLDER VALUE

- - $2bn extra pretax income by 2001

- - Revenue synergies not included

- - More upside after 2001

- - Management compensation linked to delivery
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TIMETABLE

By end 1998

- - Regulatory approvals

- - Shareholder approval

- - Target final agreement
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SECTOR LEADING PERFORMANCE

- - Strong base founded in US and Europe

- - Blend of the best of two companies into a new super-major

- - Momentum, capacity and confidence to deliver accelerated growth
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[BP LOGO]          [Amoco LOGO]











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                                                Exhibit 99 (b)

August 11, 1998
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Supplemental Information


[BP LOGO]       [AMOCO LOGO]


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Highlights



Transaction summary                 Transaction Overview
- ----------------------------------  -------------------------------------
- -   Merger of Amoco into a          Transaction description
    newly formed BP first-tier      -   UK Holding Company Structure
    US subsidiary                   -   Amoco shareholders exchange
                                        their shares in Amoco for ADRs
- -   Amoco shareholders receive          representing shares in BP
    BP plc ordinary shares          Accounting/reporting
    as ADRs                         -   Accounted for as a merger under
                                        UK GAAP (or "pooling"
- -   Unified global management           under US GAAP)
    team                            -   BP to report in US
                                        dollars, under UK GAAP with
- -   US and UK GAAP results              supplementary US GAAP information
    presented using merger              provided
    accounting or on a              Dividends
   "pooling of interest" basis      -   Dividends to be declared in
                                        dollars, with a sterling
- -   US dollar denominated group         alternative to be
    financials and dividends            offered to all UK shareholders of
                                        BP who require Sterling
- -   Transaction recommended by      -   Dividends to be distributed in
    both Boards                         the normal course of business up
                                        until closing
- -   Target closing:                 Listing/index
    December 31, 1998               -   BP+Amoco remains in the FTSE 100
                                        index
                                    -   FTSE weighting expected to
                                        increase
                                    Approvals
                                    -   Approvals by shareholders of BP
                                        and Amoco
                                    -   Regulatory & tax authorities

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The Supermajors1


Reserves2 vs. Market Capitalisation3

[Graph containing the following data:]

                 Oil/NGL/Gas     Market
                   Reserves  Capitalisation
                   (mm boe)      ($ MM)

The Supermajors                                    
BP + Amoco          14782        119242
Exxon               13812        171581
RD Shell Group      19036        180507
                                    
Amoco                5601         38265
Arco                 4111         23043
BG Plc               824          25397
BP4                  8666         80977
Chevron              6167         53346
Elf                  3375         37061
ENI                  4558         54153
Enron Corp.          741          18594
Marathon             1445         9968
Mobil                6931         56260
Occidental           1425         8724
Petrofina            848          9312
Phillips             2276         11715
Repsol               1037         16641
Total                4583         29518
Texaco               4308         31926
YPF                  3073         10680

Source: annual report for BP and Amoco; Petrocompanies for the remainder;
Datastream

1 Worldwide publicly traded companies included
2 Barrels of oil equivalent, excluding affiliates, 1997 data
3 As of July 24, 1998; on a combined basis for BP+Amoco
4 Includes associated undertaking (Abu Dhabi)

["boe" denotes barrels of oil equivalents.]
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Top three ranking1
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------

#2 Oil and gas           #2 Oil and gas           #3 Net refining
    production4              reserves2,4              capacity
- ------------------------ -----------------------  ----------------------
             000 boe/d                   mm boe        000 barrels/day  
RD/Shell         3,662   RD/Shell        19,036   RD/Shell       4,463
BP+Amoco3        2,889   BP+Amoco3       14,782   Exxon          2,922
Exxon            2,656   Exxon           13,812   BP+Amoco       2,714

Mobil            1,686   Mobil            6,931   Mobil          2,283
Chevron          1,421   Chevron          6,167   Chevron        1,548
Texaco           1,196   Total            4,583   Texaco         1,546
Elf              1,013   ENI              4,558   ENI              955
ENI                961   Texaco           4,308   Elf              930

               #2 SEC 10 5              #3 1997 net income             
               -----------------------  ----------------------------
                              US $bn                       US $bn      
               RD/Shell         44.8    Exxon                 8.5      
               BP+Amoco         34.4    RD/Shell              7.8      
               Exxon            33.1    BP6+Amoco             6.4      

               ENI              19.4    Chevron               3.2      
               Mobil            17.8    Mobil                 3.2      
               Chevron          15.0    ENI                   3.0      
               Texaco           12.1    Texaco                2.7      
               Arco             11.2    Arco                  2.0      


Source:  Annual Reports and Financial Supplements for BP and Amoco;
Petrocompanies for the remainder
1  Worldwide publicly traded companies included
2  As at 31/12/97
3  Includes associated undertakings
4  One barrel of oil equivalent = 5,800 cubic feet of gas
5  Standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows relating to
   proved oil and gas reserves
6  US GAAP

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The merged company structure and management
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Structure                               Management
- ----------------------------------      ---------------------------------------

   Amoco                   BP             Co-Chairman  --------Co-Chairman
 shareholders         shareholders      P. D. Sutherland   |   H. L. Fuller
                                                           |
     \                    /                                |
  ADR \                  /                       Board of 22 members
       \                /                13 nominated by BP and 9 nominated by
        \              /                                 Amoco
         \            /                                    |
          \          /                                     |
                                                     Group Chief
          BP+Amoco plc                                Executive
                                                    Sir John Browne
             /   \                                         |
            /     \                                        |
           /       \                      Group chief      |
          /         \                   Financial Officer -|
         /           \                  J. G. S. Buchanan  |
                                                           |
Amoco Corp           BPsubs                                |
                                               ------------|----------
                                               |                     |
                                          Deputy CEO/            Deputy CEO/
                                         Co-President            Co-President
                                          R.F. Chase              W.G. Lowrie
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Value creation
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Annual pre-tax cost savings
     by 2001 (US $MM)                   Delivering shareholder value
- -----------------------------------     ----------------------------

Organisational efficiency     1,000        -  $2bn pretax income
                                                boosted by end 2000

Focused exploration             300        -  Revenue synergies not
                                                included

Business process                200        -  More upside after 2001

Procurement                     250        -  Management compensation
                                                linked to delivery

Operational rationalisation     250

                            _______
                              2,000
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Upstream operations
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BP+Amoco reserves (million barrels of oil equivalent)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
By product          1993     1994     1995      1996     1997   1997%
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Oil                8,760     8,743    8,899    9,194    9,272     63%
Gas                4,808     4,960    5,092    5,233    5,510     37%
     Total        13,568    13,703   13,991   14,427   14,782
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
By region           1993      1994     1995     1996     1997   1997%
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
US                 6,330     6,328    6,306    6,158    6,044     41%
Europe             2,877     2,897    2,928    2,946    2,876     19%
Rest of world1     4,361     4,478    4,757    5,323    5,862     40%
     Total        13,568    13,703   13,991   14,427   14,782



BP+Amoco production (000 barrels of oil equivalent per day)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
By product         1993     1994     1995     1996     1997    1997%
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
Oil               1,920    1,933    1,873    1,903    1,888      65%
Gas                 911      947      946    1,020    1,001      35%
     Total        2,831    2,880    2,819    2,923    2,889
- ------------------------------ --------------------------------------
By region          1993     1994     1995     1996     1997     1997%
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
US                1,369    1,344    1,301    1,315    1,252       43%
Europe              702      790      748      799      831       29%
Rest of world1      759      746      770      809      806       28%
     Total        2,831    2,880    2,819    2,923    2,889

Highlights

- -  OECD core in:  the North Sea, the North American gas business,
and Alaska where the new group will be the leading producer in
each area, with the profitability, infrastructure, and resource
base to sustain itself for the foreseeable future

- -  Enhanced scale and competitive advantage in emerging areas in
Caspian, Gulf of Mexico, Angola, Venezuela and Norway

- -  Portfolio of gas plays in emerging markets in Trinidad, the
Southern Cone of South America, in northern European the Greater
Mediterranean, and the Far East

- -  Access/Options/Relationships in:  Russia, and the Middle East


Source:  Annual Reports and Financial Supplements
Note: one barrel of crude oil = 5,800 cubic feet of gas
1  Includes BP's associated undertaking in Abu Dhabi 
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Downstream operations
- ----------------------------------------------------------------

BP+Amoco downstream volumes and share
- ----------------------------------------------------------------
Downstream volumes worldwide (000 boe/day)

                     1993     1994     1995     1996      1997
- ----------------------------------------------------------------
Gasolines           1,277    1,245    1,270    1,253     1,312
Distillates1        1,250    1,193    1,189    1,179     1,200
Other2                622      627      645      637       734
     Total          3,149    3,065    3,104    3,069     3,246
- -----------------------------------------------------------------
Highlights
- -  Largest gasoline retail share in the US east of the Rockies
    (excluding Texas)
- -  #1 or #2 in 20 out of 35 States in which it operates
- -  #2 for  the whole US (Shell/Texaco strong on West Coast)
- -  Refining portfolio in 1st or 2nd quartile for performance
- -  Top tier with respect to sale of premium gasolines (Amoco
   32% vs. BP 20%)

                             Estimated 1996 market
                             share of retail fuel
US gasoline retail share4,7  sales in OECD Europe5
- ---------------------------  ----------------------
BP+Amoco           14%       Shell           12%
Shell-Texaco       13%       Exxon           10%
Exxon               7%       BP/Mobil        10%
                             
Mobil               7%       Agip             7%
Marathon/Ashland    7%       Elf6             6%
Citgo               7%       Repsol           5%
Others             45%       Aral             5%
                             Others          45%
Total             100%       Total          100%

BP+Amoco refining capacity3
- ---------------------------------------------
                              Net capacity3
Country                       (000 boe/day)
- ------------------------    ----------------
US                                    1,420
UK                                      270
Australia                               212
France                                  207
Netherlands                             182
Germany                                 102
South Africa                             83
Singapore                                75
Spain                                    75
Turkey                                   48
New Zealand                              28
Kenya                                    12
- --------------------------------------------
Total                                 2,714

Source:   Annual Reports and Financial Supplements
1  Includes aviation fuels
2  Includes fuel oil
3  Crude distillation rated capacity
4  Source:  Lundberg
5  Source:  Wood Mackenzie, April 1998
6  Includes 100% of Cepsa
7  Excluding Pacific Coast, S.W. States, and Texas 
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Chemicals operations


Chemicals ranking

Company               1997 sales (US$ bn)    
- -----------------------------------------    
Royal Dutch/Shell                    14.3    
                                             
BASF                                 13.4    
                                             
BP+Amoco1                            12.8    
                                             
Exxon                                12.2    
                                             
Dow                                  10.2    
- -----------------------------------------    
                                             
                                             
Other Oil Companies   1997 sales (US$ bn)    
- -----------------------------------------    
ENI                                   5.7    
                                             
ARCO                                  3.7    
                                             
Phillips                              3.5    
                                             
Chevron                               3.5    
                                             
Mobil                                 3.0    
- -----------------------------------------    

Global market position         Leading technology
- ---------------------------------------------------
#1 Acetic acid free market    - Acetic acid and VAM2

#1 Acrylonitrile              - Acrylonitrile

#1 Aromatics                  - Polyethylene

#1 PTA3                       - PTA

#1 PIB4                       - Solvents

#2 Polypropylene              - Alpha-Olefins
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Source:  Annual Reports and Financial Supplements
1  Includes joint venture sales
2  Vinyl acetate
3  Purified terephthalic acid
4  Polybutene
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Major chemical site locations


Site                 Country       Main products
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Lima                    US         Acrylonitrile

Green Lake              US         Acrylonitrile

Texas City              US         Acetic acid, Solvents

Whiting                 US         Polymers

Joliet                  US         Industrial Chemicals

Decatur                 US         Paraxylene/PTA

Cooper River            US         PTA

Pasadena Dear Park      US         Alpha-olefins

Chocolate Bayou         US         Olefins
                                   Polypropylene
Texas City              US         Styrene, Paraxylene

Cedar Bayou             US         Polypropylene

Cosoleacaque         Mexico        PTA

Sao Paulo            Brazil        PTA

Baglan Bay              UK         Solvents, Styrene,

Grangemouth             UK         Polymers, Olefins,
                                   Solvents
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Site                 Country       Main products
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Hull                    UK         Acetic acid, Solvents

Wilton                  UK         Polymers and Olefins

Feluy                Belgium       Alpha-olefins

Geel                 Belgium       PTA, Polypropylene

Lavera               France        Polymers, Olefins,
                                   Solvents

Gonfrevile           France        Polypropylene

Wingles              France        Styrenics

Dormagen             Germany       Polymers, Olefins

Marl                 Germany       Styrenics

Merak                Indonesia     Polymers, PTA

Kertih               Malaysia      Polymers, Olefins

Singapore            Singapore     Paraxylene,
                                   Electronic materials
Kuantan              Malaysia      PTA

Ulsan                South Korea   PTA, Acetic acid,
                                   solvents
Kaohsiung            Taiwan        PTA


Source:  Annual Reports and Financial Supplements
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Timetable




By end 1998:

- -  Regulatory approvals

- -  Shareholder approval

- -  Target for final agreement




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