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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== | ||
| + | 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
 BP  (Big Oil)            | |
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| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
| Leaders | • BP/CEO • BP/Board chair |
| Subgroups | Amoco |
| Staff | 74,500 |
| Member of | Business Roundtable, Council on Foreign Relations/Corporate Members |
| Subpage | •BP/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
- Full article: Iran/1953 coup d'état
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Deepwater Horizon
- Full article: 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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| Document:Meeting the Gaze of the Ghost in the Rubble | Article | 28 February 2024 | George Gunn | Meanwhile the ghost still looks out from the rubble of Gaza. Her stare searches across the ocean of our conscience like the beam of a lighthouse. The ghost in the rubble asks of us all: why can we not stop this madness and feed the people? |
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