Meg O'Neill
ON THE RECORD · 4 verbatim quotes · every quote source-verified
“Roll forward, the next wave of the crisis was jet fuel in Europe, and everybody was saying, ‘Can people go on their holidays? Maybe we shouldn’t travel.’ Our refineries were able to adapt their runs to produce 30% more jet [fuel] in May than they did before the conflict, again to make sure that the customer need was met,”
Meg O'Neill · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-14
O'Neill said BP's refineries adapted to produce 30% more jet fuel in May to meet customer demand during the European jet fuel shortage.
“If you go back to March and April, the first front of shortage risks was in Australia, where they were very worried about diesel and diesel availability; and you might have seen news coverage of petrol stations being out of diesel. Our team responded very quickly.”
Meg O'Neill · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-14
O'Neill said BP responded quickly to diesel shortage risks in Australia by shipping diesel from its Rotterdam and Cherry Point refineries.
“Roll forward to even more recently, the diesel price pressures that we’re seeing around the world, and our refineries have adjusted back to try to max diesel.”
Meg O'Neill · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-14
O'Neill said BP's refineries adjusted their runs to maximize diesel production in response to global diesel price pressures.
“Think about the early days of the crisis,”
Meg O'Neill · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-14
O'Neill spoke last week at an industry conference in London about BP's response to the fuel crisis.