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BP p.l.c. (formerly The British Petroleum Company p.l.c. and BP Amoco p.l.c.; stylised in all lowercase) is a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London, England. It is one of the oil and gas " supermajors " and one of the world's largest companies measured by revenues and profits. [ 3 ]
The Energy Corridor is a business district in Houston, Texas, located on the west side of the metropolitan area between Beltway 8 and the Grand Parkway.The district straddles a 7-mile (11 km) stretch of Interstate 10 (the Katy Freeway) from Kirkwood Road westward to Barker Cypress Road and extends south along Eldridge Parkway to Briar Forest Drive.
Many consulate offices in Houston are located in the Lakes on Post Oak complex. This is a list of diplomatic missions in Houston. Many foreign governments have established diplomatic and trade representation in the city of Houston. Houston is one of the cities with the most consulate-general offices in the United States.
The economy of Houston is based primarily on the energy industry, particularly oil.However, health care, biomedical research, and aerospace also constitute large sectors. In 2021, the gross domestic product (GDP) of the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan statistical area (MSA) was 537 U.S. dollars billion, the fourth-largest of any metro area in the United States. [1]
On 14 April 1909, Burmah Oil created the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) as a subsidiary and also sold shares to the public. [7]Volume production of Persian oil products eventually started in 1913 from a refinery built at Abadan, for its first 50 years the largest oil refinery in the world (see Abadan Refinery).
ExxonMobil's Baytown Refinery is a major oil refinery named after and located in Baytown, Texas.It has capacity of 588,000 barrels per day (93,500 m 3 /d). [1] The site first opened in 1919 and was originally operated by the Humble Oil Company.
British Pipeline Agency Ltd (BPA) is a joint venture, established in 1969, [1] between BP Oil UK and Shell UK. [2] The company operates the UK oil pipeline network of oil pipelines which transport petroleum products around the UK.