BP plc (Formerly British Petroleum plc) is the third largest global energy company and the 5th largest company in the world. As a multinational oil company ("oil major") BP is the UK's largest corporation, with it's headquarters in St James's, City of Westminster, London. The company is among the largest private sector energy corporations in the world, and one of the six "supermajors" (vertically integrated private sector oil exploration, natural...
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BP plc (Formerly British Petroleum plc) is the third largest global energy company and the 5th largest company in the world. As a multinational oil company ("oil major") BP is the UK's largest corporation, with it's headquarters in St James's, City of Westminster, London. The company is among the largest private sector energy corporations in the world, and one of the six "supermajors" (vertically integrated private sector oil exploration, natural gas, and petroleum product marketing companies). The Company is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
In May 1901, William Knox D'Arcy was granted a concession by the Shah of Iran to search for oil which he discovered in May 1908. This was the first commercially significant find in the Middle East. On 14 April 1909, the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) was incorporated to exploit this.In 1923, the company secretly gave £5,000 -- the equivalent of perhaps millions in today's money -- to future Prime...
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