What does BP stand for?

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bathroom privileges

Medical » British Medicine

   
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bed pan

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Bell’s palsy

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bench press

Medical » British Medicine

   
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benefit period

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binding potential

Medical » British Medicine

   
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binding protein

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bowenoid papulosis

Medical » British Medicine

   
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Breaking Point

Academic & Science » Physics

   
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bullous pemphigoid

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boiling point

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bills purchased

Business » Banking

   
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Block Point

Miscellaneous » Manufacturing

   
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Build Package

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Buckingham Palace

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What does BP mean?

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BP plc, sometimes referred to by its former name British Petroleum, is a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London, England, United Kingdom. It is the fifth-largest energy company by market capitalization, fifth-largest company in the world measured by 2012 revenues, and the sixth largest oil and gas company measured by 2012 production. It is one of the six oil and gas "supermajors". BP is vertically integrated and operates in all areas of the oil and gas industry, including exploration and production, refining, distribution and marketing, petrochemicals, power generation and trading. It also has renewable energy activities in biofuels and wind power. As of December 2012, BP had operations in over 80 countries, produced around 3.3 million barrels per day of oil equivalent, had total proved reserves of 17 billion barrels of oil equivalent, and had around 20,700 service stations. Its largest division is BP America, which is the second-largest producer of oil and gas in the United States. BP owns a 19.75% stake in the Russian oil major Rosneft, the world's largest publicly traded oil and gas company by hydrocarbon reserves and production. BP has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index; it had a market capitalisation of £85.2 billion as of April 2013, the fourth-largest of any company listed on the exchange. It has secondary listings on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange.

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