When Chris Finlayson took over as chief executive of BG Group at the start of the year, he set 12 objectives. As it turns out, the 12th was achieved this week, neatly in time for his first anniversary.
At the same time, but less noticed, Mr Finlayson has been revamping his team to focus BG on its two main strengths: its attractive position in the global liquefied natural gas (LNG) market; and exploration and production.
In November, BG saw the first production at the Jasmine field in the North Sea, operated by Conoco. Yesterday it announced that gas production had started at phase two of the Itau development in Bolivia.
Both are among those 12 key milestones for 2013. Not included, but arguably as important,