24.) BP’s businesses worldwide rely heavily on highly-skilled people from diverse backgrounds. We compete for the most talented people not only with our peers in the energy sector, but also with many other industries and increasingly with the services sector. Our business is complex, so we need employees with a wide range of specialist skills. These skills range from the capabilities needed to explore for new sources of energy and to develop our expertise in deep water, to transporting and distributing hydrocarbons safely across the world.