BP’s U.S. Suspension Allows Airport-Fuel Exception for Pentagon

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BP Plc’s temporary ban from new U.S. government work now includes a bit of wiggle room for the Defense Department.

The military may buy fuel at certain commercial airports where BP is the sole provider or “when no other refueling option will meet the mission requirements,” Mark Harnitchek, director of the Defense Logistics Agency, wrote in a Dec. 7 memo obtained by Bloomberg.