BP (formerly of “British Petroleum”, today backronym for the slogan “beyond petroleum” ) is an international energy company headquartered in London, United Kingdom . CEO since 1 October 2010 , Robert Dudley , the Tony Hayward replaced. BP reported 2009 global revenues of 239 billion dollars and employed 80 300 people. Worldwide, 83 million daily barrels of oil equivalent support. Of these, 4 million barrels per day promotes BP (about 57 percent oil and about 43 percent natural gas ). The company has approximately 22,400 gas stations , serving 13 million customers daily.
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In Europe, BP Europe SE (prior to 1 January 2010 in Germany : German BP AG), a leader with its domestic retail network and in the lubricants market, which means under the brands Aral (petrol stations, lubricants) and Castrol occurs (lubricants). The company’s headquarters is in Hamburg , is CEO Uwe Franke . 2010 BP recorded in SE Europe, Germany has an annual turnover of more than 44 billion euros (nearly 32 billion euros in non-energy tax). In Germany, more than 5,100 people at BP are active. BP has the second largest refinery system in Germany In addition, Germany is a world of three BP-research sites. Research in Bochum 70 employees, for example in the development of new fuels. More