The story of BP
British oil company, headquartered in London; it bought Standard Oil of Ohio in 1987 and merged with Amoco in 1998.
BP. British oil company, headquartered in London; it bought Standard Oil of Ohio in 1987 and merged with Amoco in 1998.
1954
BP owns a stake in Iranian Oil Participants, Ltd.. 40%.
Listed in the CIA history as British Petroleum, the new name of the AIOC.
1987
BP acquired Standard Oil Company of Ohio.
1998
Britannica says British Petroleum merged with Amoco in 1998; the FTC called the result BP Amoco p.l.c.
30 Dec 1998: BP settled with U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Consent agreement: 134 gas stations and nine terminals to be sold.
13 Apr 2000
BP settled with U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Consent order: ARCO’s Alaska North Slope assets and Cushing, Oklahoma crude business to be sold.
BP, formerly the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company.
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Pictures, from Wikimedia Commons: London, Ilya Grigorik, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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