which year was it founded?
1954
BP
In 1954, the AIOC became the British Petroleum Company.
where is bp pedestrian bridge located? Chicago, United States when did its construction commence? 2000 and when did it end? I who designed this it? Frank Gehry which company constructed it? Skidmore, Owings and Merrill is this bridge named after a firm? BP what type of firm is it? A British multinational oil and gas company what's its full form by any chance? Formerly The British Petroleum Company
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BP [SEP] 1954 to 1979
In 1954, the AIOC became the British Petroleum Company. After the 1953 Iranian coup d'état, Iranian Oil Participants Ltd (IOP), a holding company, was founded in October 1954, in London to bring Iranian oil back to the international market. British Petroleum was a founding member of this company with 40% stake. IOP operated and managed oil facilities in Iran on behalf of NIOC. Similar to the Saudi-Aramco "50/50" agreement of 1950, the consortium agreed to share profits on a 50–50 basis with Iran, "but not to open its books to Iranian auditors or to allow Iranians onto its board of directors." In 1953, British Petroleum entered the Canadian market through the purchase of a minority stake in Calgary-based Triad Oil Company, and expanded further to Alaska in 1959, resulting discovery of oil at Prudhoe Bay in 1969.