Illinois
bp has a rich, proud history in Chicago dating back more than a century. Over the years, its investments have made the company part of the city’s cultural fabric.
Fast facts
- bp’s retail presence includes over 750 bp-, Amoco-, Thorntons- and TravelCenters of America-branded sites.
- Chicago is the headquarters for bp’s US terminals & pipelines business, which operates control centers in Oklahoma and Washington that manage over 3,200 of pipelines in the US.
bp’s downtown Chicago offices serve as a major hub for its supply, trading and shipping (ST&S) business, one of the world’s leading energy marketing, operations and trading teams, and bp’s largest team in the state of Illinois. bp's ST&S team works across bp and our industry to bring energy solutions to more than 5,000 North American customers annually.
Supporting Chicago communities
bp has donated more than $6.5 million since 2017 to a wide range of institutions and initiatives that help strengthen Chicago communities. bp is also building the capacity of local, diverse suppliers and supporting Chicago United’s Five Forward program, which is working to grow and scale the number of minority business enterprises.
Whiting refinery
About 17 miles southeast of downtown Chicago, in northwest Indiana, bp’s Whiting refinery is the largest in the Midwest and bp’s largest anywhere in the world. The facility and its team make significant contributions to the region’s transportation network.
bp pulse
bp's electric vehicle (EV) charging business, bp pulse, along with its US mobility and convenience business are both headquartered in Chicago. The mobility and convenience team serves our more than 8,000 retail sites in the US, including bp, ampm, Amoco, Thorntons and TravelCenters of America. Meanwhile, bp pulse currently has 13 states with active EV charging stations, many of those located at bp-branded locations.
Air bp
Chicago is also home to the US headquarters of Air bp, one of the world’s leading suppliers of aviation fuel products and services, serving customers from commercial carriers and private aircraft to the US military. In November 2023, Air bp helped make history by supplying sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for the world’s first 100% SAF powered transatlantic flight on a commercial airline.
Terminals & pipelines
bp’s terminals & pipelines business is based in Chicago. Operating in 14 states and 136 counties in the Midwest and Northwest, it manages and maintains more than 3,200 miles of pipelines. The natural gas, crude oil and petroleum products in pipelines are ultimately used by residential, commercial, industrial and storage facility customers.
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*Vendor spend as of 2023. bp employee figures as of December 31, 2023. Community spend includes bp foundation. Tax paid figures for the year ended December 31, 2023.