British Petroleum (now the company's official name is BP) is one of the largest oil companies in the world. It was founded in 1908, formerly Anglo Persian oil company, and renamed British Petroleum in 1954. It is headquartered in London, UK, with the slogan of "beyond petroleum" 。 BP ranked sixth in the Fortune Global 500 in 2013, with an operating revenue of US $388.285 billion. It is the second largest oil company in Europe after Royal shell.
