BP vs Shell Italiana

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 — 3 years before Shell Italiana.

Founded: 1909; 1912
Status: Active; Closed 1974
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom; La Spezia, Italy
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; società per azioni
Listed on: New York Stock Exchange; Not recorded
Parent: Not recorded; Shell
Website: bp.com; Not recorded

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on BP and Shell Italiana.