BP vs Showa Shell Sekiyu

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 — 76 years before Showa Shell Sekiyu.

Founded: 1909; 1985
Status: Active; Closed 2020
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom; Minato, Japan
Industry: petroleum industry; petroleum industry
Founders: William Knox D'Arcy, Charles Greenway, 1st Baron Greenway; Not recorded
Employees: 70,100; 6,000
Legal form: public limited company; kabushiki gaisha
Listed on: New York Stock Exchange; Tokyo Stock Exchange
Parent: Not recorded; Saudi Aramco
Website: bp.com; showa-shell.co.jp

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