BP

BP

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Basic information Ownership status: Publicly traded Number of employees worldwide: 97,600 Website: http://www.bp.com/ Tel: 44-20-7496-4000 Fax: 44-20-7496-4234 Corporate accountability Brief company history:

BP was originally called British Petroleum, which began as the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) and was founded in order to explore oil possibilities in Iran by William Knox D'Arcy in 1908. Since then, it has grown to be the third largest energy company in the world, behind Exxon-Mobile and Royal Dutch Shell. It transformed from British Petroleum when it merged with Amoco in 1998, first becoming BPAmoco until it was renamed BP in 2000. Financial information Detailed financial information Stock ticker symbol: BP Fortune 500 position: 4 Net Income: $22,000,000,000 Location(s) UK Headquarters 1st James's Square London, Sw1Y 4PD United Kingdom

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Major units/subsidiaries/affiliates:

* BP NGL - Naperville IL, USA * BP Lubricants USA, INC Wayne NJ USA * Air BP Limited, Sunbury-on-Thames, United Kingdom * BP Marine Limited, Sunbury-on-Thames, United Kingdom * BP Exploration Operating Company Limited, Wareham, United Kingdom * BP (China) Holdings Limited, Beijing, China * BP France, Cergy-Pontoise, France * Apex-BP Solar sa, Saint Mathieu de Treviers, France * BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust, New York, NY USA * BP Solar International, Frederick, MD, United States * OAO TK-BP Holding, Moscow Russia (joint venture between BP and Russian Investors) * BP Shipping Limited, Sunbury-on-Thames, United Kingdom * Deutsche BP AG, Bochum, Germany * BP Sakhalin, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia * TATA BP Solar India Limited, New Delhi, India (Joint Venture)

Major brands:

* BP   * am/pm * Aral * ARCO * Castrol * Wild Bean Cafe