	british petroleum completes standard oil merger british petroleum company plc bp l has completed its merger with standard oil co of the u s srd raising its holding to pct from pct bp said in a statement the uisition was made through bp s wholly owned subsidiary bp america inc bp took a pct stake in standard in raising its stake to pct in and pct in bp chairman sir peter walters will be chairman of bp america while robert horton is to be vice chairman and chief executive officer with frank mosier as president bp said further details would be released on july reuter 
