Large British Business Engineering company: British Petrolium

Profile BP p.l.c. is the holding company of one of the world's largest petroleum and petrochemicals groups. Our main activities are exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas; refining, marketing, supply and transportation; and manufacturing and marketing of petrochemicals. We have a growing activity in gas and power and in solar power generation. BP has well-established operations in Europe, North and South America, Australasia and Africa. The birth of BP BP's …

…share in the global market for photovoltaic modules, which turn sunlight into electricity. Manufacturing plants are located in the United States, Spain, Australia and India. The company is committed to a rapid build-up in production and sales of photovoltaics over the next few years. The history of BP shows that the company has never shirked from responding to change. The spirit of enterprise, which led to its birth in 1909, is still very much alive today.