BP loses second senior executive as reign of new Irish CEO Bernard Looney begins

BP’s head of downstream — or oil refining and processing — operations Tufan Erginbilgic will step down next month after six years in the job, the company said, becoming the latest top executive to leave as Bernard Looney takes over as CEO.

Mr Erginbilgic, who joined BP in 1997, oversaw the expansion of the downstream business, which includes refining, retail and petrochemicals, into electric vehicle charging and added thousands of petrol stations in developing economies.