BP є British Company, headquartered in London, U.K., але it is not owned by the government. Це є publicly owned company whose shares trade на London Stock Exchange (LSE), Frankfurt Stock Exchange, і New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).
2000 The name British Petroleum Company PLC був adopted in 1982. Після merging with Amoco в 1998, корпорація повідомить назву BP Amoco перед тим, як name BP PLC в 2000.
BP plc BP Australia Investments Pty Ltd є в цілому owned subsidiary of BP plc, a United Kingdom-based oil and gas company.