I should have mentioned that even though these big oil analytical groups are a miniscule amount of the overhead, they have a much higher order magnitude effect on how projects are prioritised and DCF are determined, eg what oil price profile to use for forecasting DCF. Buried in the BP pile are evidence of laziness or perhaps a feeling of it doesn't matter anyway.
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