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The document provides 5 potential assignment questions about the oil and gas industry: 1) Why large oil companies grew to be so big, 2) Why they are vertically integrated, 3) How favorable economics were before a merger and the effects of recent mergers, 4) How industry structure may evolve and if more large company mergers are expected, and 5) Evaluating the choices made by the CEO of BP in 2002 and what options they have going forward.

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The document provides 5 potential assignment questions about the oil and gas industry: 1) Why large oil companies grew to be so big, 2) Why they are vertically integrated, 3) How favorable economics were before a merger and the effects of recent mergers, 4) How industry structure may evolve and if more large company mergers are expected, and 5) Evaluating the choices made by the CEO of BP in 2002 and what options they have going forward.

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Suggested Assignment Questions

1. Why are the big oil companies so big?


2. Why are they vertically integrated?
3. How favourable were the economics of the oil and gas industry before the BP-Amoco
merger? What were the effects of the recent mergers on industry structure and on BP’s
profitability?
4. How will the structure of the industry evolve? Do you expect more mergers among the
largest oil companies?
5. Consider the four alternative course of action that Lord Browne was contemplating at the
end of 2002 case: acquisition, internal growth, divestiture, and diversification. Did he choose
the right ones? Could have been done better? What should he do now?

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