1960-70s BP Energol sign, painted on alloy. SOLD
Dimensions: 70 x 70cm (2ft x 2ft)
 
BP's origins date back to the founding of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company in 1908, established as a subsidiary of Burmah Oil Company to exploit oil discoveries in Iran.
William Knox D'Arcy, by contract with Ali-Qoli Khan Bakhtiari, obtained permission to explore for oil for the first time in the Middle East, an event which changed the history of the entire region.
In 1935, it became the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company and in 1954, adopted the name British Petroleum.
As of 31 December 2018, BP had operations in nearly 80 countries worldwide, produced around 3.7 million barrels per day (590,000 m3/d) of oil equivalent, and had total proven reserves of 19.945 billion barrels (3.1710×109 m3) of oil equivalent.
The company has around 18,700 service stations worldwide.
 
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BP (editied & citations removed)