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BP to link bonuses to safety targets

Bob Dudley, BP’s new chief executive, has moved quickly to rebuild the energy group’s tattered reputation, declaring that employees’ performance on safety issues will be the only measure for awarding fourth-quarter bonuses.

As part of the new emphasis on safety, BP will lead a group of oil companies operating in the UK in the design and procurement of a device that could cap a deep-water blowout in the North Sea similar to that which occurred in the Gulf of Mexico.