BP vs Tidewater Petroleum

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.

Tidewater Petroleum is the older of the two, founded in 1887 — 22 years before BP.

Founded: 1909; 1887
Status: Active; Closed 1966
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom; San Francisco, United States
Industry: petroleum industry; petroleum industry
Founders: William Knox D'Arcy, Charles Greenway, 1st Baron Greenway; E. W. Marland
Employees: 70,100; Not recorded
Legal form: public limited company; Not recorded
Listed on: New York Stock Exchange; Not recorded
Parent: Not recorded; Tide Water Associated Oil
Website: bp.com; Not recorded

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