British Petroleum facts for kids
British Petroleum, now called "BP plc", is one of the world's seven biggest oil and gas companies. Its headquarters are in London. The company grew out of the old Anglo-Persian Oil Company, which was founded in 1908. It was privatised by the British government in stages between 1979 and 1987.
- Bamberg, James H 1994/2000. The history of the British Petroleum Company. vols 2 & 3 of 3 vols, Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 9780521785150
Images for kids
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A BP Motor Spirit advertisement from 1922
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A BP truck from 1967
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Steven Koonin, BP's then-Chief Scientist, speaking in the company boardroom in 2005 (top right of picture)
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President Barack Obama meeting with BP executives at the White House in June 2010 to discuss the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico
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A modern BP filling station on the Kapiti Coast, New Zealand with Wild Bean Cafe and BP Connect, shop built in late 2015
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BP North Sea Headquarters, built by the Bowmer and Kirkland group at a cost of £50 million
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The BP chemicals plant in Saltend near Hull, United Kingdom
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The headquarters of BP America in Westlake Park, Houston
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The Thunder Horse PDQ semi-submersible oil platform in the Thunder Horse Oil Field
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A BP road train in the Australian outback
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A GDH (subsidiary of BP) oil depot, Frontigan, Hérault, France.
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An Aral service station in Weiterstadt, Germany
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A BP photovoltaic (PV) module that is composed of multiple PV cells. Two or more interconnected PV modules create an array.
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Fire-extinguishing operations after the Texas City refinery explosion
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Aerial view of Prudhoe Bay
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Striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) observed in emulsified oil on 29 April 2010
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See also
In Spanish: BP para niños
