Citation | Lord Browne is distinguished for his application of science, particularly of earth science, to the transformation of a major UK company, BP, and in this way improving peoples' way of life, and for his leadership of the climate debate within the oil and gas industry. As Managing Director of BP Exploration he was responsible for exploiting advances in seismic reflection to increase greatly BP's reserves of oil and gas. As Chief Executive of BP, he was the first large oil company leader to accept the scientific arguments that burning fossil fuels may be affecting the Earth's climate. |