BP vs Gulf Oil

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.

Gulf Oil is the older of the two, founded in 1901 — 8 years before BP.

Founded: 1909; 1901
Status: Active; Closed 1985
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom; Pittsburgh, India
Industry: petroleum industry; petroleum industry
Founders: William Knox D'Arcy, Charles Greenway, 1st Baron Greenway; William Larimer Mellon, Sr.
Employees: 70,100; Not recorded
Legal form: public limited company; privately held company
Listed on: New York Stock Exchange; Not recorded
Website: bp.com; Not recorded

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on BP and Gulf Oil.