BP was founded by William Knox D 'Arcy in 1909. Its original name was Anglo-Persian Oil Company, and it was renamed British (China)-Iranian Oil Company in 1935, and its current name was renamed in 1954. 1973, BP China was established.
BP is one of the largest petroleum and petrochemical companies in the world, which is formed by the integration and reorganization of former BP, Amoco, Arco and Castrol. BP's sun flower logo is named after the ancient Greek sun god.
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The main business of BP is oil and gas exploration and development; Refining; Natural gas sales and power generation; Retail and transportation of petroleum products; And that production and sale of petrochemical product. In addition, the company's business in solar power generation is also growing. BP is headquartered in London, England. At present, the market value of the company's assets is about 200 billion US dollars, with more than/kloc-0 million shareholders and 85,900 employees.
Since its business in China expanded from 65438 to 0973, BP has invested more than 4 billion dollars in a series of commercial projects and actively participated in the economic construction of China.
Up to now, BP is the largest offshore natural gas producer in China, the only foreign partner of China's first liquefied natural gas (LNG), the largest foreign-funded enterprise in petrochemical industry, the largest import and marketing enterprise of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in China, and the only foreign partner involved in aviation fuel service.
The main joint ventures include: Yacheng natural gas field supplying gas to Hainan and Hong Kong, BP Guangdong LNG station line project, Shanghai Secco, Ningbo Huadong BP LPG Co., Ltd., Zhuhai PTA, Chongqing Yangzi Acetyl, Blue Sky Aviation Oil Service Company, etc.
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Baidu encyclopedia -BP