BP vs SLB

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 — 17 years before SLB.

Founded: 1909; 1926
Status: Active; Active
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom; Houston, United States
Industry: petroleum industry; petroleum industry
Founders: William Knox D'Arcy, Charles Greenway, 1st Baron Greenway; Not recorded
Employees: 70,100; 100,000
Legal form: public limited company; Naamloze Vennootschap
Listed on: New York Stock Exchange; New York Stock Exchange
Website: bp.com; slb.com

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