BP is one of Britain’s biggest companies and one of the
world’s largest oil and petrochemicals (石油化工产品) groups. BP owes
its origin to one man, William Knox D’Arey, who, shortly after the turn of the
twentieth century, invested time, money and labour in the belief that worthwhile
deposits of oil could be found in Persia. In the company’s first
six decades, its prime focus lay in the Middle East. But from the late 1960s the
centre of gravity shifted westwards, towards the USA and Britain
itself. However, the BP of today is an international company,
having operations in over 70 countries. Its key strengths are in oil and gas
exploration and production the refining, marketing and supply of petroleum
product (石油产品); and the manufacturing and marketing of chemicals. It supports
all its businesses with high quality research and technology.
The following pages chronicle (记录) the development of the company from its
early days through to the present. However, to do justice to a story as complex
as BP’s would require more than these few pages. This brief account covers only
some of the principal milestones along the road from BP’s beginnings in Persia
to its current position as one of the world’s leading companies. Bp’s Profile Founder:
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six decades: (47) Key
Strength: 1. the exploration and production of (48)
2. the refinement and distribution of petroleum products
3. the production and
distribution of (49) Content of
the following web page: a brief record of the
(50) of the company from its beginning to the
present