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'''BP''' ('''British Petroleum''') is a multinational oil company.
 
'''BP''' ('''British Petroleum''') is a multinational oil company.
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==Invasion of Iraq==
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At a meeting in October 2002, the Foreign Office's Middle East director at the time, [[Edward Chaplin]], noted: "[[Shell]] and BP could not afford not to have a stake in [Iraq] for the sake of their long-term future... We were determined to get a fair slice of the action for UK companies in a post-[[Saddam]] [[Iraq]]."<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/secret-memos-expose-link-between-oil-firms-and-invasion-of-iraq-2269610.html</ref>
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==Iran Coup==
 
==Iran Coup==
 
{{FA|Iran/1953 coup d'état}}
 
{{FA|Iran/1953 coup d'état}}

Revision as of 13:54, 3 December 2019

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HeadquartersLondon, United Kingdom
Leaders• BP/CEO
• BP/Board chair
Subgroups Amoco
Staff74,500
Member ofBusiness Roundtable, Council on Foreign Relations/Corporate Members
SubpageBP/Board
BP/CEO
BP/CFO
BP/Chair
BP/Deputy chair
BP/Managing director

BP (British Petroleum) is a multinational oil company.

Invasion of Iraq

At a meeting in October 2002, the Foreign Office's Middle East director at the time, Edward Chaplin, noted: "Shell and BP could not afford not to have a stake in [Iraq] for the sake of their long-term future... We were determined to get a fair slice of the action for UK companies in a post-Saddam Iraq."[1]

Iran Coup

Full article: Iran/1953 coup d'état

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Deepwater Horizon

Full article: Deepwater Horizon

The explosion of the BP platform, Deepwater Horizon, has presented a challenge to those who wish to portray it as a green company.

 

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