BP vs Desire Petroleum

Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.

BP is the older of the two, founded in 1909 — 87 years before Desire Petroleum.

Founded: 1909; 1996
Status: Active; Active
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom; Malvern, United Kingdom
Industry: petroleum industry; petroleum industry
Founders: William Knox D'Arcy, Charles Greenway, 1st Baron Greenway; Colin Phipps
Employees: 70,100; Not recorded
Legal form: public limited company; Not recorded
Listed on: New York Stock Exchange; Not recorded
Website: bp.com; desireplc.co.uk

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on BP and Desire Petroleum.