Did you know that...?
Our company - did you know that...
- BP was founded as the Anglo Persian Oil Company by William Knox D'Arcy in 1909
- BP's logo, the helios, is named after the sun god of ancient Greece
- BP employs over 96,000 people in 100 countries around the world
Our operations - did you know that...
- BP produces 3.9 million barrels of oil equivalent per day of oil and gas for customers across the world
- The 1,768-kilometre Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline, from Baku in Azerbaijan through Georgia to Ceyhan on the Turkish Mediterranean coast, represents one of the great engineering projects of our era
The environment - did you know that...
- BP Ultimate, our premium automotive fuel that delivers improved engine performance and reduces pollution, is now available in 15 markets around the world - including Russia
- In 2006, BP announced plans to invest $500 million over the next 10 years to establish a dedicated bioscience laboratory researching new fuels for transportation
- BP now has the potential total generating capacity of some 15,000MW of wind power in the US
And finally – did you know that…
- In the 1970s BP stations in the Netherlands gave customers a free Smurf figurine with every fuel purchase. Promotions at BP-owned stations in the UK, New Zealand, Australia and South Africa followed, fanning a sweep of Smurf mania. At times cars backed up at the pumps, with families anxious to fill up and get the latest figurine
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