British Petroleum Co Plc
Other Business Names:
- D'Arcy, William
- Burmah Oil Co Ltd
- Anglo Persian Oil Co Ltd
- British Government
- Shel Mex & BP Ltd
- Anglo Iranian Oil Co Ltd
- Standard Oil Co
- Britoil
- Amoco Corp
- Atlantic Ritchfield Co
- Burmah Castrol Plc
- PB Plc
- BP Shipping Ltd
- British Tanker Co Ltd
- Walters, Sir Peter
- Cadman, Sir John, Lord Cadman
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Iran
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Chemical production
Basic chemicals production
-
Distribution - retailing
Fuel retailing inc coal, wood, petrol, oil products, etc
-
Extraction
Oil & gas extraction
-
Oil, coal, coke, etc, products manufacture
Oil products refining
-
Transport services
Shipping services - long distance, inc ship ownership & management
Notes:
Traces origins to concession won by William D'Arcy to explore for oil in Iran. Financed by Burmah Oil Co Ltd. 1909 Anglo Persian Oil Co Ltd established as a subsidiary of Burmah. For strategic reasons, British government took two thirds interest in business in 1914. 1920s and 30s exploited oil elsewhere in Middle East. 1932 established a joint maketing company with Shell called Shell Mex & BP Ltd. 1935 renamed Anglo Iranian Oil Co Ltd . 1951 Iranian assets nationalised and in 1954 renamed British Petroleum Oil Co Ltd. 1970s and 80s developed assets in North Sea and Alaska. British government sold its major shareholding in 1987. 1987 bought Standard Oil Co of USA and, in 1988, Britoil. 1998 merged with Amoco Corp and in 2000 acquired both Atlantic Richfield Co and Burmah Castrol Plc. 2001 renamed PB Plc. Also developed substantial shipping and chemical interests. Shipping interests were held, inter alia, in British Tanker Co Ltd, later BP Shipping Ltd. Basic chemical assets sold to Ineos Group from 2005
Publications:
- 50 Years of Oil. A survey of the world wide activities of the Anglo Iranian Oil Co by Unknown
- A Hole at the Bottom of the Sea. The race to kill the BP oil gusher by Achenbach, Joel
- ABZ and Big Oil. 50 years of black gold in the Silver City by Cresswell, Jeremy
- 'Admirals and the oilmen. The relationship between the Royal Navy and the oil companies, 1900-24' in S R Palmer & G Williams (eds), Charted and Uncharted Waters. Proceedings of a conference on British maritime history ... 1981 by Jones, Geoffrey
- Adventure in Oil. The story of British Petroleum by Longhurst, Henry C
- Ambassador for Oil. The life of John, 1st Lord Cadman by Rowland, John, & 2nd Lord Cadman
- Anglo American oil agreement and the wartime search for foreign oil policy by Stoff, Michael B
- Anglo American Special Relationship and the Anglo Iranian Oil Crisis, 1950-54 by Marsh, Steve
- 'Anglo Iranian Oil Co and the industrial structure of the oil industry after 1945. Harvesting the fruits of secret and illicit associations' in M Davids et al (eds), Proceedings of the Conference on Business History by Morelli, Carlo
- Anglo Iranian Oil Company and Iran. A description of the Company's contribution to Iran's revenue and national economy and its welfare activities for employees in Iran by Unknown
- Anglo Iranian Oil Company Ltd by Unknown
- Anglo Iranian Oil Dispute. A study of problems of nationalization of foreign investment and their impact on international law by Ghosh, Sunil K
- 'Anglo Iranian oil dispute. A triangular relationship' in J A Bill & W R Louis (eds), Musaddiq, Iranian Nationalism and Oil by Ferrier, R W
- Anglo Iranian Oil Dispute of 1951-1952. A study of the role of law in the relations of states by Ford, Alan M
- Banking and Empire in Iran. The history of the British Bank of the Middle East. Volume 1 by Jones, Geoffrey
- Beyond Business by Browne, John
- BP and Britain's Oil by Unknown
- 'BP and the company which makes it' in W B Beable, Romance of Great Businesses by Beable, William H
- BP and the Macondo Spill. The complete story by Read, Colin
- BP Blowout. Inside the Gulf oil disaster by Jacobs, David
- BP. Britain's biggest company by Unknown
- BP One Hundred by Bamberg, Jim H, Valerie Johnson & Stephen Shaw
- Britain's Quest for Oil. The First World War and the peace conferences by Gibson, Martin W
- Britannic House. 'A palace upon a cliff' by Knevitt, Charles, & Colin Amery (ed)
- British Foreign Policy Towards Iran with Special Reference to the Nationalisation of the Anglo Iranian Oil Co, 1948-54 by Moussavizadeh, A R
- British government and the oil companies, 1912-1924. The search for an oil policy by Jones, G Gareth
- British Oil Policy, 1919-1939 by McBeth, Brian S
- British Petroleum and Global Oil, 1950-75. The challenge of nationalism by Bamberg, Jim H
- British Petroleum Archive. What's in it for you? by Hollier, Anita
- British Petroleum vs the Nigerian government. The capital gains tax dispute, 1972-79 by Uche, Chibuike Ugochukwu
- British Policy on Oil Resources, 1936-1951; with particular reference to the defence of British controlled oil in Mexico, Venezuela and Persia by Thynne, John F
- Business diplomacy. Walter Teagle, Jersey Standard and the Anglo French pipeline conflict in the Middle East, 1930-31 by Fitzgerald, Edward P
- Choices in oil refining. The case of BP, 1900-1960 by Williams, Mari E W
- Corporate social responsibility and corporate control. The Anglo Iranian Oil Co, 1933-1951 by Abdelrehim, Neveen, Josephine Maltby & Steven Toms
- Drowning in Oil. BP and the reckless pursuit of profit by Steffy, Loren C
- 'Early management organisation of British Petroleum and Sir John Cadman' in L Hannah (ed), Management Strategy and Business Development by Ferrier, R W
- East of Suez. A study of Britain's greatest trading enterprise by Anderson, John R L
- Eighty Years' Experience in Exploration and Production by Unknown
- Eminent Corporations. The rise and fall of the great British corporation by Simms, Andrew, & David Boyle
- Fifty Years in Pictures. A story of the development of the British Petroleum Group, 1909-59 by Unknown
- Foreign Office, Commerce and British Foreign Policy in the Twentieth Century by Fisher, John, Effie G H Pedaliu, Richard Smith (eds)
- Global Companies in the Twentieth Century. Selected archival histories. Vol 4. BP by McIntosh, Malcolm, & Ruth Edwards (eds)
- History of the British Petroleum Company. Volume 1. The developing years, 1901-1932 by Ferrier, R W
- History of the British Petroleum Company. Volume 2. The Anglo Iranian Years, 1928-1954 by Bamberg, Jim H
- History of the Burmah Oil Company, Volume 2, 1924-1966 by Corley, T A B
- History of the Burmah Oil Company, Volume1,1886-1924 by Corley, T A B
- In Too Deep. BP and the drilling race that took it down by Reed, Stanley, & Alison Fitzgerald
- International politics and Iraqi oil, 1918-1928. A study in Anglo American diplomacy by Stivers, William
- Iranian Politics and the Origins of the Anglo Iranian Oil Dispute of 1950-51 by Navabi, Hesamedin
- 'Its history Jim, but not as we know it'. Research and development records in the BP Archive by Thomas, B
- Making the invisible visible. Women in the history of BP by Johnson, Valerie
- Molasses to Acid. Saltend's first 75 years distilled by Wilkinson, Alan
- Narrative reporting and crises. British Petroleum and Shell, 1950-1958 by Abdelrehim, Neveen, Josephine Maltby & Steven Toms
- Obsolescing bargain model and oil. The Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, 1933-1951 by Abdelrehim, Neveen, & Steven Toms
- Oil and Empire. British policy and Mesopotamian oil, 1900-1920 by Kent, Marian
- Oil Nationalisation and Managerial Disclosure. The case of Anglo Iranian Oil Company, 1933-1951 by Abdelrehim, Neveen
- Oilfields of Britain. An account of the search for indigious petroleum and the discovery and development of British oilfields of BP Exploration Co Ltd by Unknown
- 'OLI and oil. BP in the US in theory and practice, 1968-98' in G Jones & L Galvez-Munoz (eds), Foreign Multinationals in the United States. Management and performance by Bamberg, Jim H
- Our Industry. An introduction to the petroleum industry for the use of members of the staff by Unknown
- Patriot of Persia. Muhammad Mossagegh and a very British coup by De Bellaigue, Christopher
- Petrol advertising in the twenties and thirties. The case of the British Petroleum Co by Ferrier, R W
- Portrait in Oil. An illustrated history of BP by Ritchie, Berry
- Purchase of the British government's shares in the British Petroleum Company, 1912-1914 by Marian, Jack
- Record of the Anglo Iranian Oil Co Ltd. Vol 1, 1901-1918 by Unknown
- Road from Persia. A brief history of BP by Unknown
- Seven Sisters. Great oil companies and the world they made by Sampson, Anthony
- Short History of the Anglo Iranian Oil Co by Unknown
- Some of Our Yesterdays. BP Engineering remembers, 1902-92 by Johnson, Clare (ed)
- Spills and Spin. The inside story of BP by Bergin, Tom
- Tanker Insurance Co. Risk and reward in the oil industry, 1920-1995 by Slinn, Judy
- Tensions between Britain and the United States in the Middle East, 1945-54; with special reference to the Anglo Iranian oil crisis, 1951-54 by Hodgshon, S
- The Alchemists. The INEOS story. An industrial giant comes of age by Ratcliffe, Jim, & Ursula Heath
- The new broad arrow. Origins of British oil policy by King, Joseph E
- The Oil Companies and the British Government, 1900-1925 by Jones, G Gareth
- The Oil Road. Journeys from the Caspian Sea to the City of London by Marriott, James, & Mika Minio-Paluello
- 'The 'Old Aunts'. Government, politicians and the oil business' in J Turner (ed), Businessmen and Politics. Studies of business activity in British politics, 1900-1945 by Jones, Geoffrey
- 'The pinch hitter. Sir Peter Walters' in W Goldsmith & B Richards, The New Elite. The secrets of Britain's top chief executives' success by Goldsmith, Walter, & Berry Richards
- The State and the Emergence of the British Oil Industry by Jones, Geoffrey
- ‘Strong, united and independent’. The British Foreign Office, Anglo Iranian Oil Company and the internationalization of Iranian politics at the dawn of the Cold War, 1945–46 by Shaw, Alexander N
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- D'Arcy, William
- Burmah Oil Co Ltd
- Anglo Persian Oil Co Ltd
- British Government
- Shel Mex & BP Ltd
- Anglo Iranian Oil Co Ltd
- Standard Oil Co
- Britoil
- Amoco Corp
- Atlantic Ritchfield Co
- Burmah Castrol Plc
- PB Plc
- BP Shipping Ltd
- British Tanker Co Ltd
- Walters, Sir Peter
- Cadman, Sir John, Lord Cadman
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Iran
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Chemical production Basic chemicals production
- Distribution - retailing Fuel retailing inc coal, wood, petrol, oil products, etc
- Extraction Oil & gas extraction
- Oil, coal, coke, etc, products manufacture Oil products refining
- Transport services Shipping services - long distance, inc ship ownership & management
Notes:
Traces origins to concession won by William D'Arcy to explore for oil in Iran. Financed by Burmah Oil Co Ltd. 1909 Anglo Persian Oil Co Ltd established as a subsidiary of Burmah. For strategic reasons, British government took two thirds interest in business in 1914. 1920s and 30s exploited oil elsewhere in Middle East. 1932 established a joint maketing company with Shell called Shell Mex & BP Ltd. 1935 renamed Anglo Iranian Oil Co Ltd . 1951 Iranian assets nationalised and in 1954 renamed British Petroleum Oil Co Ltd. 1970s and 80s developed assets in North Sea and Alaska. British government sold its major shareholding in 1987. 1987 bought Standard Oil Co of USA and, in 1988, Britoil. 1998 merged with Amoco Corp and in 2000 acquired both Atlantic Richfield Co and Burmah Castrol Plc. 2001 renamed PB Plc. Also developed substantial shipping and chemical interests. Shipping interests were held, inter alia, in British Tanker Co Ltd, later BP Shipping Ltd. Basic chemical assets sold to Ineos Group from 2005Publications:
- 50 Years of Oil. A survey of the world wide activities of the Anglo Iranian Oil Co by Unknown
- A Hole at the Bottom of the Sea. The race to kill the BP oil gusher by Achenbach, Joel
- ABZ and Big Oil. 50 years of black gold in the Silver City by Cresswell, Jeremy
- 'Admirals and the oilmen. The relationship between the Royal Navy and the oil companies, 1900-24' in S R Palmer & G Williams (eds), Charted and Uncharted Waters. Proceedings of a conference on British maritime history ... 1981 by Jones, Geoffrey
- Adventure in Oil. The story of British Petroleum by Longhurst, Henry C
- Ambassador for Oil. The life of John, 1st Lord Cadman by Rowland, John, & 2nd Lord Cadman
- Anglo American oil agreement and the wartime search for foreign oil policy by Stoff, Michael B
- Anglo American Special Relationship and the Anglo Iranian Oil Crisis, 1950-54 by Marsh, Steve
- 'Anglo Iranian Oil Co and the industrial structure of the oil industry after 1945. Harvesting the fruits of secret and illicit associations' in M Davids et al (eds), Proceedings of the Conference on Business History by Morelli, Carlo
- Anglo Iranian Oil Company and Iran. A description of the Company's contribution to Iran's revenue and national economy and its welfare activities for employees in Iran by Unknown
- Anglo Iranian Oil Company Ltd by Unknown
- Anglo Iranian Oil Dispute. A study of problems of nationalization of foreign investment and their impact on international law by Ghosh, Sunil K
- 'Anglo Iranian oil dispute. A triangular relationship' in J A Bill & W R Louis (eds), Musaddiq, Iranian Nationalism and Oil by Ferrier, R W
- Anglo Iranian Oil Dispute of 1951-1952. A study of the role of law in the relations of states by Ford, Alan M
- Banking and Empire in Iran. The history of the British Bank of the Middle East. Volume 1 by Jones, Geoffrey
- Beyond Business by Browne, John
- BP and Britain's Oil by Unknown
- 'BP and the company which makes it' in W B Beable, Romance of Great Businesses by Beable, William H
- BP and the Macondo Spill. The complete story by Read, Colin
- BP Blowout. Inside the Gulf oil disaster by Jacobs, David
- BP. Britain's biggest company by Unknown
- BP One Hundred by Bamberg, Jim H, Valerie Johnson & Stephen Shaw
- Britain's Quest for Oil. The First World War and the peace conferences by Gibson, Martin W
- Britannic House. 'A palace upon a cliff' by Knevitt, Charles, & Colin Amery (ed)
- British Foreign Policy Towards Iran with Special Reference to the Nationalisation of the Anglo Iranian Oil Co, 1948-54 by Moussavizadeh, A R
- British government and the oil companies, 1912-1924. The search for an oil policy by Jones, G Gareth
- British Oil Policy, 1919-1939 by McBeth, Brian S
- British Petroleum and Global Oil, 1950-75. The challenge of nationalism by Bamberg, Jim H
- British Petroleum Archive. What's in it for you? by Hollier, Anita
- British Petroleum vs the Nigerian government. The capital gains tax dispute, 1972-79 by Uche, Chibuike Ugochukwu
- British Policy on Oil Resources, 1936-1951; with particular reference to the defence of British controlled oil in Mexico, Venezuela and Persia by Thynne, John F
- Business diplomacy. Walter Teagle, Jersey Standard and the Anglo French pipeline conflict in the Middle East, 1930-31 by Fitzgerald, Edward P
- Choices in oil refining. The case of BP, 1900-1960 by Williams, Mari E W
- Corporate social responsibility and corporate control. The Anglo Iranian Oil Co, 1933-1951 by Abdelrehim, Neveen, Josephine Maltby & Steven Toms
- Drowning in Oil. BP and the reckless pursuit of profit by Steffy, Loren C
- 'Early management organisation of British Petroleum and Sir John Cadman' in L Hannah (ed), Management Strategy and Business Development by Ferrier, R W
- East of Suez. A study of Britain's greatest trading enterprise by Anderson, John R L
- Eighty Years' Experience in Exploration and Production by Unknown
- Eminent Corporations. The rise and fall of the great British corporation by Simms, Andrew, & David Boyle
- Fifty Years in Pictures. A story of the development of the British Petroleum Group, 1909-59 by Unknown
- Foreign Office, Commerce and British Foreign Policy in the Twentieth Century by Fisher, John, Effie G H Pedaliu, Richard Smith (eds)
- Global Companies in the Twentieth Century. Selected archival histories. Vol 4. BP by McIntosh, Malcolm, & Ruth Edwards (eds)
- History of the British Petroleum Company. Volume 1. The developing years, 1901-1932 by Ferrier, R W
- History of the British Petroleum Company. Volume 2. The Anglo Iranian Years, 1928-1954 by Bamberg, Jim H
- History of the Burmah Oil Company, Volume 2, 1924-1966 by Corley, T A B
- History of the Burmah Oil Company, Volume1,1886-1924 by Corley, T A B
- In Too Deep. BP and the drilling race that took it down by Reed, Stanley, & Alison Fitzgerald
- International politics and Iraqi oil, 1918-1928. A study in Anglo American diplomacy by Stivers, William
- Iranian Politics and the Origins of the Anglo Iranian Oil Dispute of 1950-51 by Navabi, Hesamedin
- 'Its history Jim, but not as we know it'. Research and development records in the BP Archive by Thomas, B
- Making the invisible visible. Women in the history of BP by Johnson, Valerie
- Molasses to Acid. Saltend's first 75 years distilled by Wilkinson, Alan
- Narrative reporting and crises. British Petroleum and Shell, 1950-1958 by Abdelrehim, Neveen, Josephine Maltby & Steven Toms
- Obsolescing bargain model and oil. The Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, 1933-1951 by Abdelrehim, Neveen, & Steven Toms
- Oil and Empire. British policy and Mesopotamian oil, 1900-1920 by Kent, Marian
- Oil Nationalisation and Managerial Disclosure. The case of Anglo Iranian Oil Company, 1933-1951 by Abdelrehim, Neveen
- Oilfields of Britain. An account of the search for indigious petroleum and the discovery and development of British oilfields of BP Exploration Co Ltd by Unknown
- 'OLI and oil. BP in the US in theory and practice, 1968-98' in G Jones & L Galvez-Munoz (eds), Foreign Multinationals in the United States. Management and performance by Bamberg, Jim H
- Our Industry. An introduction to the petroleum industry for the use of members of the staff by Unknown
- Patriot of Persia. Muhammad Mossagegh and a very British coup by De Bellaigue, Christopher
- Petrol advertising in the twenties and thirties. The case of the British Petroleum Co by Ferrier, R W
- Portrait in Oil. An illustrated history of BP by Ritchie, Berry
- Purchase of the British government's shares in the British Petroleum Company, 1912-1914 by Marian, Jack
- Record of the Anglo Iranian Oil Co Ltd. Vol 1, 1901-1918 by Unknown
- Road from Persia. A brief history of BP by Unknown
- Seven Sisters. Great oil companies and the world they made by Sampson, Anthony
- Short History of the Anglo Iranian Oil Co by Unknown
- Some of Our Yesterdays. BP Engineering remembers, 1902-92 by Johnson, Clare (ed)
- Spills and Spin. The inside story of BP by Bergin, Tom
- Tanker Insurance Co. Risk and reward in the oil industry, 1920-1995 by Slinn, Judy
- Tensions between Britain and the United States in the Middle East, 1945-54; with special reference to the Anglo Iranian oil crisis, 1951-54 by Hodgshon, S
- The Alchemists. The INEOS story. An industrial giant comes of age by Ratcliffe, Jim, & Ursula Heath
- The new broad arrow. Origins of British oil policy by King, Joseph E
- The Oil Companies and the British Government, 1900-1925 by Jones, G Gareth
- The Oil Road. Journeys from the Caspian Sea to the City of London by Marriott, James, & Mika Minio-Paluello
- 'The 'Old Aunts'. Government, politicians and the oil business' in J Turner (ed), Businessmen and Politics. Studies of business activity in British politics, 1900-1945 by Jones, Geoffrey
- 'The pinch hitter. Sir Peter Walters' in W Goldsmith & B Richards, The New Elite. The secrets of Britain's top chief executives' success by Goldsmith, Walter, & Berry Richards
- The State and the Emergence of the British Oil Industry by Jones, Geoffrey
- ‘Strong, united and independent’. The British Foreign Office, Anglo Iranian Oil Company and the internationalization of Iranian politics at the dawn of the Cold War, 1945–46 by Shaw, Alexander N