British Petroleum Canada
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BP Canada Energy Company is a Canadian
oil and gas company that is a subsidiary of British-owned BP plc
(formerly British Petroleum). It began operations in 1948 and for many years was in retail operations until they were acquired by Petro-Canada
in 1982. In 1971, BP Canada acquired Supertest Petroleum, a Canadian oil and gas company.
BP Canada was created over the years from merger and spin-offs of number of companies:
BP retail operations disappeared from Canada
in the early 1980s when they were sold to Petro-Canada
, which was at the time owned by the Government of Canada.
Today BP operates as producer of natural gas and has operations in Alberta
, Saskatchewan
, British Columbia
, East Coast and in the North. Its headquarters is in Calgary, Alberta with 1400 employees.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
oil and gas company that is a subsidiary of British-owned BP plc
BP
BP p.l.c. is a global oil and gas company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largest company in the world measured by revenues and one of the six oil and gas "supermajors"...
(formerly British Petroleum). It began operations in 1948 and for many years was in retail operations until they were acquired by Petro-Canada
Petro-Canada
Petro-Canada was a crown corporation of Canada in the field of oil and natural gas. It was headquartered in the Petro-Canada Centre in Calgary, Alberta. In August, 2009, Petro-Canada merged with Suncor Energy, a deal in which Suncor investors received approximately 60 per cent ownership of the...
in 1982. In 1971, BP Canada acquired Supertest Petroleum, a Canadian oil and gas company.
BP Canada was created over the years from merger and spin-offs of number of companies:
- Hudson’s Bay Oil and Gas
- Dome Petroleum
- Amoco
- Crestar Energy
- CANMAR
- Syncrude
- Honolulu Oils
BP retail operations disappeared from Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
in the early 1980s when they were sold to Petro-Canada
Petro-Canada
Petro-Canada was a crown corporation of Canada in the field of oil and natural gas. It was headquartered in the Petro-Canada Centre in Calgary, Alberta. In August, 2009, Petro-Canada merged with Suncor Energy, a deal in which Suncor investors received approximately 60 per cent ownership of the...
, which was at the time owned by the Government of Canada.
Today BP operates as producer of natural gas and has operations in Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
, Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....
, British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
, East Coast and in the North. Its headquarters is in Calgary, Alberta with 1400 employees.