Big Oil Meets Its Match.

California's reputation for being unfriendly to big oil has spread far and wide.

That was evident when BP Amoco plc Group Chief Executive Sir John Browne John Browne may refer to:

John Browne, Baron Browne of Madingley (born 1948), Baron Browne of Madingley, former Group Chief Executive of BP
John Harris Browne (1817–1904), English born explorer of Australia

paid his first visit to Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. since BP Amoco bought L.A.-based Atlantic Richfield Co. Browne was in town to award $10 million grants to Caltech and UC Berkeley for methane methane (mĕth`ān), CH₄, colorless, odorless, gaseous saturated hydrocarbon; the simplest alkane. It is less dense than air, melts at −184°C;, and boils at −161.4°C;. research.

Speaking at a news conference at the L.A. Athletic Club, Browne also fielded questions about the global energy crisis.

With the world now facing an oil crunch (1) To process data. See number crunching.

(2) To compress data. See data compression.

1. (jargon) crunch - To process, usually in a time-consuming or complicated way. , a reporter asked Browne if BP Amoco planned to build more refineries in California.

"I think it's unlikely that anyone would have a plan to build or get a permit to build a new refinery in California," Brown replied. "It would be very tough, I think. And that is a British understatement."

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Title Annotation:	BP Amoco says it's unlikely that it will build refinery in California
Comment:	Big Oil Meets Its Match.(BP Amoco says it's unlikely that it will build refinery in California)
Publication:	Los Angeles Business Journal
Article Type:	Brief Article
Geographic Code:	1U9CA
Date:	Oct 2, 2000
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