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Oil & Gas IQ Glossary: BP

The largest British oil company and the first to strike oil in the north seas. The Anglo-Persian Oil Company was formed in 1909, itself an offshoot of the Burmah Oil Company. It later rebranded to the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company and then finally to BP. 11 years later the company became the first to strike oil in the north seas