BP vs Iraq Petroleum Company

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 — 5 years before Iraq Petroleum Company.

Founded: 1909; 1914
Status: Active; Closed 1972
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom; London, United Kingdom
Industry: petroleum industry; petroleum industry
Founders: William Knox D'Arcy, Charles Greenway, 1st Baron Greenway; Not recorded
Employees: 70,100; Not recorded
Legal form: public limited company; Not recorded
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 Iraq Petroleum Company.