BP Amoco 利益（をあげる）s 落ちる to £469m

By This Is Money
Updated: 00:00 BST, 11 May 1999

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BP Amoco said today the 利益s of its 合併 were already feeding through to the 底（に届く） line as it 報告（する）／憶測d a わずかに smaller-than-推定する／予想するd 41% slide in underlying pre-税金 利益（をあげる）s to $761 million (£469 million) for the first ４半期/4分の1.

輪郭（を描く）ing maiden 人物／姿／数字s since the com bination of BP with Amoco, 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある Sir John Browne said it was "a 競争の激しい result in a difficult 環境".

The oil 巨大（な）, Britain's biggest 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）d company, 始める，決める aside a mammoth $860 million to 財政／金融 severance 支払い（額）s to the thousands of staff made redundant because of the 合併 and 所有物／資産／財産 rationalisation.

Higher 容積／容量s and lower cash costs produced an 改良 in the underlying 業績／成果. Browne said:

"We are beginning to see the 利益s of the 合併 coming through to the 底（に届く） line."

But the moribund oil price during the ４半期/4分の1 more than 相殺する these 改良s. Other oil 巨大（な）s have 報告（する）／憶測d 収入s 落ちるs 範囲ing from 34% to 65% over the same period.

The 最近の strong 回復 in the oil price to more than $16 a バーレル／樽 could be 支えるd "if there is continued 同意／服従 with lower 生産／産物 levels", Browne said.

その上の 再編成 適切な時期s were likely to 現れる in the 未来, Browne said.

In the ４半期/4分の1 the 探検 and 生産／産物 分割 苦しむd the biggest 攻撃する，衝突する, its 利益（をあげる）s 出資／貢献 低迷ing from $1.22 billion to $818 million.

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