BP is a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London, one of the industry's so-called supermajors and a vertically integrated operator across exploration, refining, distribution and power generation. It traces its origins to the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, founded in 1909 to develop oil discoveries in Iran, later renamed Anglo-Iranian Oil Company and then British Petroleum; the British government privatized it in stages between 1979 and 1987, and it adopted the shortened name BP p.l.c. in 2001.
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How much was BP penalized for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill?
A record-setting 5.5 billion dollar Clean Water Act penalty plus up to 8.8 billion dollars in natural resource damages.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency describes the settlement with BP Exploration & Production as record-setting, with an unprecedented 5.5 billion dollar Clean Water Act penalty and up to 8.8 billion dollars in natural resource damages.
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BP's origins date back to the founding of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company in 1909, established as a subsidiary of the Burmah Oil Company to exploit oil discoveries in Iran.
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BP p.l.c. is a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London, England.
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It is one of the oil and gas "supermajors" and one of the world's largest companies measured by revenues and profits.
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