4 - BP



BP is an energy company engaged primarily in oil and gas, which is based in London, UK.
BP is the result of the merger of several companies in the sectoramong which Arco, Amoco, Castrol and Aral. The businesses inwhich it operates include oil exploration and natural gas, refiningand marketing of lubricants and fuels, liquefied petroleum gas, petrol stations, etc.
BP also has interests in the field of renewable energy, mainlythrough its solar energy subsidiary, which is leading the solar PVindustry.
Its Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward is, replacing the charismatic Lord John Browne, who had to resign his post on 1May 2007, after a sex scandal with a Canadian man. BP has over100,000 employees scattered around the world.
BP owns 100% of "ARC" (Atlantic Richfield Co.), 6.3% of "HC" (SA oil logistics company), 0.6% for "Indosat" (Indonesian SatelliteCorp), 60 % of "Pan American Energy", 25% of "Sidanko" 50% of "TNK-BP", and 51% of "Veba Inc." (PreussenElektra).

BP Income: 274.136 million dollars.
BP Profits: 22,000 million dollars.