BP vs Unocal Corporation

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.

Unocal Corporation is the older of the two, founded in 1890 — 19 years before BP.

Founded: 1909; 1890
Status: Active; Closed 2005
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom; Los Angeles, United States
Industry: petroleum industry; petroleum industry
Founders: William Knox D'Arcy, Charles Greenway, 1st Baron Greenway; Thomas R. Bard
Employees: 70,100; Not recorded
Legal form: public limited company; Not recorded
Listed on: New York Stock Exchange; Not recorded
Website: bp.com; unocal.in

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