BP interim CEO says strategy and focus on cost cuts is not changing after abrupt exit of Auchincloss

LONDON, Jan 12 (Reuters) - BP is maintaining its strategy of prioritising cost cuts, its interim CEO Carol Howle told an internal town hall meeting on Monday, according to two people with knowledge of the meeting.

BP declined to comment.

Last month, the group abruptly replaced its chief Murray Auchincloss with Woodside Energy's Meg O'Neill. Howle, who ran BP's supply and trading unit, is in charge until O'Neill takes over in April.

(Reporting by Shadia NasrallaEditing by Tomasz Janowski)