With this BP Plaque, the famous oil manufacturer, decorate your interior by giving it a unique, original, and inimitable retro style!
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- Materials:
- Metal protected against corrosion, built to last.
- Very light and easy to install.
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- Size: 20 (W) × 30 (L) cm / 30 (W) × 40 (L) cm.
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Description of this BP Plaque
BP plc (formerly The British Petroleum Company plc and BP Amoco plc) is a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London, England. It is one of the world’s “Big Seven” oil and gas companies, a vertically integrated company that operates in all areas of the oil and gas industry, including exploration and production, refining, distribution and marketing, power generation, and trading. It also has interests in renewable energy, including biofuels, wind power, smart grids, and solar technology.
As of December 31, 2018, BP operated in nearly 80 countries worldwide, produced approximately 3.7 million barrels per day (590,000 m3/d) of oil equivalent, and had total proven reserves of 19.945 billion barrels (3.1710×109 m3) of oil equivalent. The company owns approximately 18,700 service stations worldwide. Its largest division is BP America in the United States. In Russia, BP holds a 19.75% stake in Rosneft, the world’s largest publicly traded oil and gas company by hydrocarbon reserves and production. BP is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a component of the FTSE 100 Index. It has secondary listings on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange. In the 2020 Forbes Global 2000, BP was ranked as the 357th largest public company in the world.
BP’s origins date back to the creation of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company in 1908, established as a subsidiary of the Burmah Oil Company to exploit oil discoveries in Iran. In 1935, it became the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company and in 1954, it adopted the name British Petroleum. In 1959, the company expanded beyond the Middle East to Alaska and was one of the first companies to discover oil in the North Sea. British Petroleum acquired majority control of Standard Oil of Ohio in 1978. Previously majority-owned by the state, the British government privatized the company in stages between 1979 and 1987. British Petroleum merged with Amoco in 1998, becoming BP Amoco plc, and acquired ARCO and Burmah Castrol in 2000, becoming BP plc in 2001. From 2003 to 2013, BP was a partner in the TNK-BP joint venture in Russia.
BP has been directly involved in several major environmental and safety incidents. These include the 2005 Texas City refinery explosion, which killed 15 workers and resulted in a record OSHA fine; Britain’s largest oil spill, the 1967 Torrey Canyon sinking; and the 2006 Prudhoe Bay oil spill, the largest oil spill on Alaska’s North Slope, which resulted in a civil penalty of US$25 million, the largest per-barrel penalty at the time for an oil spill.
From 1988 to 2015, BP was responsible for 1.53% of global industrial greenhouse gas emissions. BP has set a goal of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by 2050. BP plans to increase its investment in renewable energy tenfold and reduce oil production by 40% from current levels by 2030.