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LGBTQ+ recognition

On October 1, an editor created the Protests against the company section. This section contains a single subsection called No Pride in BP. The bulk of the section references a student campaigning organization's website on its protest of BP, yet there has been no coverage of this protest in reliable, independent sources that I've found.

Whether or not this information is included, this does bring up a question about whether other information should be included on BP’s LGBTQ+ record. To place the "No Pride in BP" details into context and add some balance, here are just a few examples of BP's work in this area that has received recognition:

• In 2014, BP backed a global study researching challenges for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees and for ways that companies can be a "force for change" for LGBT workers around the world.
• In 2015, Reuters wrote that BP is "known for their more liberal policies for gay and transgender workers".
• A 2016 article in the Houston Chronicle said BP was "among the first major companies in the United States to offer LGBT workers equal protection and benefits roughly 20 years ago".
• BP scored a 100 percent on the 2018 Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index, which was released in 2017.
• Also in 2017, BP added gender reassignment surgery to its list of benefits for U.S. employees.
• According to the Human Rights Campaign, BP is one of only a few oil and gas companies offering transgender benefits to its employees.
• BP ranked No. 51 on the list of Top 100 employers for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender staff on the 2017 Stonewall Workplace Equality Index.
• Also in 2017, John Mingé, chairman and president of BP America, signed a letter alongside other Houston oil executives denouncing the proposed "bathroom bill" in Texas.

I am curious what other editors think about potentially including some of this information.

As I am an employee of BP and have a WP:Conflict of interest, I will not edit the article myself. Thanks. Arturo at BP (talk) 21:54, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

@Arturo at BP: Your information is completely true and backed up with sources. When I implement it, it will need to have less of a promotional and trivial tone though. "No Pride in BP" has no notability and I support that it should be removed from the page. Where do you want me to include this information and are you ok with me deleting the "No Pride in BP"?. Thank you.

Thanks for your reply here, AmericanAir88. I would be comfortable with deletion of "No Pride in BP", so long as others raise no concerns about it. Regarding adding in the other information, please do so if it's appropriate. I have no specific thoughts on exact placement. Might make sense to put this as a subsection of "Corporate affairs". Arturo at BP (talk) 23:01, 12 December 2017 (UTC)

@Arturo at BP: Ok, Request Granted. I will make little tweaks. AmericanAir88 (talk) 00:46, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for looking at this, AmericanAir88. Arturo at BP (talk) 20:19, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

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"Needs update" tags

Back in December, Beagel marked several areas of the article as needing updates. I went through available sources to see what can be addressed and have compiled a list.

Alternative and low carbon energy
"As of 2012, the BP Alternative Energy business employed 5,000 people."

• This is very outdated and there are no recent sources that I could find that offer an updated figure, so I ask that this sentence be deleted.

Stock
"Shares reached a post-spill high of $49.50 in early 2011 and as of April 2012 shares remain down approximately 30% from pre-spill levels."

• I did not see recent sources giving BP's current stock price in the context of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. However, I propose the article include BP's 2017 year-end stock price of $42.03

Shares held by country/Major shareholders

• Update with the following:
  • As of December 31, 2016, 41% of BP shares were held in America, 31% held in the UK, and 12% in the rest of Europe with the remaining shares held by investors from other countries.
  • There is also a current list of major shareholders and percentages listed in this Financial Times profile, I'm not sure what the best approach is to updating these since they do change from time to time

Corporate affairs
BP is the fifth-largest energy company by market capitalization, fifth-largest company in the world measured by 2012 revenues, and the sixth largest oil and gas company measured by 2012 production.

• This is an area where details change each year, yet coverage of the details is inconsistent from year-to-year. I propose we replace these details with a simple sentence saying BP is one of the big oil "supermajors". Its status as a supermajor is already sourced to Reuters in the introduction.

Also, I saw that Rosneft has been added to the list of subsidiaries in the infobox. Although BP owns a stake in Rosneft (which is already noted in the article), it's not correct to say that Rosneft is a subsidiary. Is there a more appropriate place to list this or should it simply be removed?

As I am an employee of BP and have a WP:Conflict of interest, I will not edit the article myself. Thanks. Arturo at BP (talk) 15:42, 20 February 2018 (UTC)

References

Reply quotebox with inserted reviewer decisions and feedback 24-FEB-2018

Below you will see where text from your request has been quoted and individual advisory messages - either accepting, declining or otherwise commenting upon your proposals - have been inserted underneath each major proposal. Please see the Notes section at the bottom of the quotebox for additional information about each request. Spintendo      02:20, 25 February 2018 (UTC)

Thank you, Spintendo. I will clarify two of the requests.

• Please replace As of 2012, 38% of BP shares were held by American investors, 36% by British investors, and 14% by the rest of Europe with the remaining shares held by investors from other countries with:

As of December 31, 2016, 41% of BP shares were held in America, 31% held in the UK, and 12% in the rest of Europe with the remaining shares held by investors from other countries.

Dormskirk: I see you had updated the largest institutional investors. Are you interested in updating this detail, too?

done. Dormskirk (talk) 21:30, 27 February 2018 (UTC)

• Please remove Rosneft from the list of subsidiaries in the infobox. As mentioned in the article, BP owns a stake of Rosneft, yet it's not correct to say that Rosneft is a subsidiary. In the reliable sources below, none of them refer to Rosneft as a subsidiary of BP.

Russia's Rosneft, BP agree to jointly tap Arctic oil and gas, Retuers

teams up with Rosneft to bring more Russian gas to Europe, The Telegraph

BP strikes deal with Iraq to exploit giant Kirkuk field, Financial Times

done. Dormskirk (talk) 21:31, 27 February 2018 (UTC)

Again, as I am an employee of BP and have a WP:Conflict of interest, I will not edit the article myself. Thanks. Arturo at BP (talk) 21:15, 27 February 2018 (UTC)

Thank you to Dormskirk and again to Spintendo for the review of these requests and making suitable updates in the article. Arturo at BP (talk) 16:36, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

References

Updates from the 2017 Annual Report

BP published its Annual Report for 2017 in March. As I have in previous years, I have found several items that can be updated on Wikipedia based on the newest filings. My suggestions are below. As I am an employee of BP and have a WP:Conflict of interest, I will not make any of these edits myself. Would someone be able to look at my suggestions and make edits the see as fitting? Beagel: Given your review of similar requests, would you be able to look at these suggestions?

Introduction

• Update the second paragraph with the following changes (green)
  • As of 31 December 2017, BP had operations in 70 countries, produced around 3.6 million barrels per day (570,000 m3/d) of oil equivalent, and had total proved reserves of 18.441 billion barrels (2.832×109 m3) of oil equivalent. The company has around 18,300 service stations worldwide. Its largest division is BP America in the United States. In Russia BP owns a 19.75% stake in Rosneft, the world's largest publicly traded oil and gas company by hydrocarbon reserves and production. BP has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It has secondary listings on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange.

Operations

• Update the first paragraph with the following changes (green). I suggest using BP's At A Glance as a reference here as it is a more easily accessible source. Also, I've added "approximately", since the figure has not changed much in the last several years, and this makes it more evergreen and not in need of updating annually.
  • BP has operations in approximately 70 countries worldwide with the global headquarters in London, United Kingdom.

Operations by location

• Update the first paragraph under United States with the following changes (green)
  • The United States operations comprise nearly one-third of BP's worldwide business interests, and the United States is the country with the greatest concentration of its employees and investments. BP employs approximately 14,000 people in the United States. In 2017, BP's total production in the United States included 370,000 barrels per day (59,000 m³/d) of oil and 1.659 billion cubic feet per day (47.0 million cubic metres per day) of natural gas, and its refinery throughput was 713,000 barrels per day.

• Update the third paragraph under United States with the following changes for 2017 production in the Gulf of Mexico (green). I recommend removing the detail that BP "produces nearly 10% of its global output in the region" as the citation for that statistic dates to 2015
  • The company produces about 300,000 barrels per day (48,000 m³/d) of oil equivalent in the Gulf of Mexico, as of 2017.

• Also in the third paragraph under United States, the number of fields in the Gulf of Mexico is no longer accurate. The company does not have 10 fields in the Gulf of Mexico anymore. Update with the following (green):
  • BP's production is from several fields, including Atlantis, Mad Dog, Na Kika, and Thunder Horse fields operated by the company itself.

• Update the sixth paragraph under United States with the following (green). Husky Energy does not operate the Toledo Refinery, BP does.
  • BP operates Whiting Refinery in Indiana, Cherry Point Refinery in Washington, and the Toledo Refinery in Ohio, which is owned by BP and Husky Energy.

• Also in the sixth paragraph under United States, update to clarify the sentence about BP and ARCO stations (green)
  • BP licenses ARCO brand rights for service stations in northern California, Oregon, and Washington.

Main business segments Oil and natural gas

• Update this subsection with the following changes (green)
  • BP Upstream's activities include exploring for new oil and natural gas resources, developing access to such resources, and producing, transporting, storing and processing oil and natural gas. The activities in this area of operations take place in 25 countries worldwide. In 2017, BP produced around 3.6 million barrels per day (570,000 m3/d) of oil equivalent, of which 2.26 million barrels per day were liquids and 7.744 billion cubic feet per day was natural gas, and had total proved reserves of 18.441 billion barrels of oil equivalent, of which liquids accounted 10.672 billion barrels and natural gas 45.06 trillion cubic feet. In addition to the conventional oil exploration and production, BP has a stake in the three oil sands projects in Canada.

Oil refining and marketing

• Update the first paragraph with the following changes (green). Note that I have changed the number of petrochemical plants from 17 to 15; page 37 of the annual report notes the divestments of BP's share in the SECCO joint venture in 2017 and the Decatur petrochemicals complex in 2016. This page lists BP's current refineries and petrochemical plants.
  • As of 2017, BP owned or had a share in 11 refineries and 15 petrochemical manufacturing plants worldwide.

Alternative and low carbon energy

• Add a couple of sentences to this section noting recent acquisitions
  • As part of a joint venture with DuPont in April 2017, BP acquired an ethanol plant in Kansas, for commercial production of renewable isobutanol. The company also acquired Clean Energy's biomethane business and assets in early 2018, including its production sites and existing supply contracts.

Corporate affairs

• Update the second paragraph with the following changes (highlighted)
  • In 2017, the company's revenue was US$240.208 billion, compared to $183.008 billion in 2016. In 2017, operating loss was $7.180 billion and net loss was $3.468 billion. As of 2017, BP employed 74,000 worldwide. In 2016, 74,500 people were employed by the company worldwide.

I am happy to discuss any questions. Thanks. Arturo at BP (talk) 19:21, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

References

Reply quote box with inserted reviewer decisions and feedback 22-MAY-2018

Below you will see where text from your request has been quoted with individual advisory messages placed underneath, either accepting, declining or otherwise commenting upon your proposal(s). Please see the enclosed notes for additional information about each request. Also note areas where additional clarification was requested. When this is ready to be provided to the reviewer, please open a new edit request. Thank you! .spintendo  22:45, 22 May 2018 (UTC)

Introduction- Update the second paragraph with the following changes (green) As of 31 December 2017, BP had operations in 70 countries, produced around 3.6 million barrels per day (570,000 m3/d) of oil equivalent, and had total proved reserves of 18.441 billion barrels (2.832×109 m3) of oil equivalent.[1] The company has around 18,300 service stations worldwide.[2] Its largest division is BP America in the United States. In Russia BP owns a 19.75% stake in Rosneft, the world's largest publicly traded oil and gas company by hydrocarbon reserves and production. BP has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It has secondary listings on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange. Operations
 Approved.

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Update the first paragraph with the following changes (green). I suggest using BP's At A Glance as a reference here as it is a more easily accessible source. Also, I've added "approximately", since the figure has not changed much in the last several years, and this makes it more evergreen and not in need of updating annually. BP has operations in approximately 70 countries worldwide with the global headquarters in London, United Kingdom.[1] Operations by location
 Approved.

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Update the first paragraph under United States with the following changes (green) The United States operations comprise nearly one-third of BP's worldwide business interests,[3] and the United States is the country with the greatest concentration of its employees and investments.[4][5] BP employs approximately 14,000 people in the United States.[6] In 2017, BP's total production in the United States included 370,000 barrels per day (59,000 m3/d) of oil and 1.659 billion cubic feet per day (47.0 million cubic metres per day) of natural gas,[7] and its refinery throughput was 713,000 barrels per day.[8]
 Partly approved.

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Update the third paragraph under United States with the following changes for 2017 production in the Gulf of Mexico (green). I recommend removing the detail that BP "produces nearly 10% of its global output in the region" as the citation for that statistic dates to 2015 The company produces about 300,000 barrels per day (48,000 m3/d) of oil equivalent in the Gulf of Mexico, as of 2017.
 Unable to implement.

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Also in the third paragraph under United States, the number of fields in the Gulf of Mexico is no longer accurate. The company does not have 10 fields in the Gulf of Mexico anymore. Update with the following (green): BP's production is from several fields, including Atlantis, Mad Dog, Na Kika, and Thunder Horse fields operated by the company itself.
 Not approved.

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Update the sixth paragraph under United States with the following (green).Husky Energy does not operate the Toledo Refinery, BP does. BP operates Whiting Refinery in Indiana, Cherry Point Refinery in Washington, and the Toledo Refinery in Ohio, which is owned by BP and Husky Energy.
? Clarification needed.

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Also in the sixth paragraph under United States, update to clarify the sentence about BP and ARCO stations (green) BP licenses ARCO brand rights for service stations in northern California, Oregon, and Washington.
 Approved.

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Main business segments Oil and natural gas: Update this subsection with the following changes (green) BP Upstream's activities include exploring for new oil and natural gas resources, developing access to such resources, and producing, transporting, storing and processing oil and natural gas. The activities in this area of operations take place in 25 countries worldwide. In 2017, BP produced around 3.6 million barrels per day (570,000 m3/d) of oil equivalent,[1] of which 2.26 million barrels per day were liquids and 7.744 billion cubic feet per day was natural gas,[15] and had total proved reserves of 18.441 billion barrels of oil equivalent,[1] of which liquids accounted 10.672 billion barrels[16] and natural gas 45.06 trillion cubic feet.
 Partly approved.

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Oil refining and marketing: Update the first paragraph with the following changes (green). Note that I have changed the number of petrochemical plants from 17 to 15; page 37 of the annual report notes the divestments of BP's share in the SECCO joint venture in 2017 and the Decatur petrochemicals complex in 2016. This page lists BP's current refineries and petrochemical plants. As of 2017, BP owned or had a share in 11 refineries[18] and 15 petrochemical manufacturing plants worldwide.
 Not approved.

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Alternative and low carbon energy: Add a couple of sentences to this section noting recent acquisitions - As part of a joint venture with DuPont in April 2017, BP acquired an ethanol plant in Kansas, for commercial production of renewable isobutanol.[20] The company also acquired Clean Energy's biomethane business and assets in early 2018, including its production sites and existing supply contracts.
? Clarification needed.

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Corporate affairs - Update the second paragraph with the following changes (highlighted) In 2017, the company's revenue was US$240.208 billion, compared to $183.008 billion in 2016.[22] In 2017, operating loss was $7.180 billion and net loss was $3.468 billion.[23] As of 2017, BP employed 74,000 worldwide.[24] In 2016, 74,500 people were employed by the company worldwide.
 Unable to implement.

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Following up on the feedback from Spintendo:

Annual Report citations

To address the citations for the 2017 Annual Report, can you add the following full citation to the first instance of the 2017 Annual Report being cited? Specifically, this occurs in Operations by location, the first paragraph under United States.

• <ref name="AR-17">{{cite web |url=https://www.bp.com/content/dam/bp/en/corporate/pdf/investors/bp-annual-report-and-form-20f-2017.pdf |title=BP Annual Report and Form 20-F 2017 publisher=BP |page=216 |accessdate=23 May 2018}}</ref>
  

Editors could also add the following to Bibliography, as previous annual reports are there now.

• {{cite book |title=BP Annual Report and Form 20-F 2017 |author=BP |format=PDF |ref=AR17 |url=https://www.bp.com/content/dam/bp/en/corporate/pdf/investors/bp-annual-report-and-form-20f-2017.pdf |accessdate=23 May 2018}}
  

I believe these moves would allow for the removal of the "citation needed" tags, and the inclusion of my request to update Oil refining and marketing, which was declined.

Financial Times citation

Spintendo does not have access to the Financial Times article I referenced. Here is a new citation that includes a quote from the article.

• Update the third paragraph under United States with the following changes for 2017 production in the Gulf of Mexico (green). I recommend removing the detail that BP "produces nearly 10% of its global output in the region" as the citation for that statistic dates to 2015
  • The company produces about 300,000 barrels per day (48,000 m³/d) of oil equivalent in the Gulf of Mexico, as of 2017.

Four citations at the end of one sentence

To clarify my request: I am seeking to update the language surrounding BP's role at the Toledo Refinery. The live article already cites four references at the end of the sentence. I have gone through and placed the references where they belong based on Spintendo's feedback. The 2012 Wall Street Journal article (ref name="Dezember2012") does not reference any of the four refineries, so that can be removed from the article.

• BP operates Whiting Refinery in Indiana, Cherry Point Refinery in Washington, and the Toledo Refinery in Ohio, which is owned by BP and Husky Energy.

Alternative and low carbon energy

I have slightly rewritten this from the version above to clarify the timeline of the acquisition of Clean Energy's biomethane business and assets.

• Add a couple of sentences to this section noting recent acquisitions
  • As part of a joint venture with DuPont in April 2017, BP acquired an ethanol plant in Kansas, for commercial production of renewable isobutanol. The company announced it acquired Clean Energy's biomethane business and assets in 2017, including its production sites and existing supply contracts.

Also, I've supplied links to the press releases Spintendo requests:

• BP-DuPont joint venture: https://www.bp.com/en/global/corporate/media/press-releases/bp-and-dupont-joint-venture.html
• BP-Clean Energy: https://www.bp.com/en_us/bp-us/media-room/press-releases/bp-and-clean-energy-partner-to-expand-us-renewable-natural-gas-transportation-fueling-capabilities.html

Corporate affairs

I had noticed that the details I was suggesting here were removed from the article, if it's not appropriate to re-add with updated figures then no more action is requested on that point.

Dormskirk and Beagel: Given your work on this page, would you be able to look at these suggestions, too? I am happy to discuss any questions. Thanks. Arturo at BP (talk) 15:23, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

References

Hi - I think I have made most of these changes. If I have misunderstood anything, please let me know. Best wishes. Dormskirk (talk) 16:05, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

Dormskirk: Thank you for making these edits. In case we do need to clarify where in the annual report certain bits of information came from, I have some notes below. This got lost in the shuffle of the review process, and the At a Glance reference (this is already used in the live article using ref name="ataglance", so I only included the shortened citation in my text below) has also been left off in a few places. I am not sure what is the best way to do this, as these updates rely on several parts of BP's annual report. Attempting to make this as easy as possible, I will paste specific phrases from the live article along with a general citation to the annual report followed by the specific page. Does this help?

United States

• In 2017, BP's total production in the United States included 370,000 barrels per day (59,000 m3/d) of oil and 1.659 billion cubic feet per day (47.0 million cubic metres per day) of natural gas
• and its refinery throughput was 713,000 barrels per day.

Oil and natural gas

• In 2017, BP produced around 3.6 million barrels per day (570,000 m3/d) of oil equivalent, of which 2.26 million barrels per day (359,000 m3/d) were liquids and 7.744 billion cubic feet per day (219.3×106 m3/d) was natural gas, and had total proved reserves of 18.441 million barrels per day (2,931,900 m3/d) of oil equivalent, of which liquids accounted 10.672 million barrels per day (1,696,700 m3/d) and natural gas 45.06 trillion cubic feet (1.276 trillion cubic metres)

Oil refining and marketing

• Also, can you consider adding the following? I have updated the citation since Spintendo's review and I believe I have addressed his issue. I would like to update the first paragraph with the following changes (green). Note that I have changed the number of petrochemical plants from 17 to 15; page 37 of the annual report notes the divestments of BP's share in the SECCO joint venture in 2017 and the Decatur petrochemicals complex in 2016. This page lists BP's current refineries and petrochemical plants.
  • As of 2017, BP owned or had a share in 11 refineries and 15 petrochemical manufacturing plants worldwide.

Thanks again for your time on this. I'm happy to discuss. Thanks. Arturo at BP (talk) 19:50, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

References

Done. I hope this now works. Dormskirk (talk) 20:22, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for making those fixes to the citations, Dormskirk. Arturo at BP (talk) 21:54, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

I changed references to AR2017 into the format of the previous years and also tried to updated some references. However, this article still use some references to AR2015 and AR2016. I wonder maybe Arturo can assist replacing these with the references to AR2017 or any other newer references. Beagel (talk) 15:54, 27 May 2018 (UTC)

I'm glad to help where I can, Beagel. A request to update one of the bits of detail was denied earlier in this request, but after taking the editor's feedback into consideration, I will clarify my request.

United States The third paragraph of United States under Operations contains this outdated sentence (referencing the company's 2015 annual report): "BP's production is from more than ten fields, including Atlantis, Mad Dog, Na Kika, and Thunder Horse fields operated by the company itself."

BP no longer has more than ten fields, so I propose we rewrite the sentence as follows, referencing BP's Gulf of Mexico page and a 2017 story in The Telegraph:

• In the Gulf of Mexico, BP operates the Atlantis, Mad Dog, Na Kika, and Thunder Horse production platforms while holding interest in hubs operated by other companies.

 Done

Refining and marketing We can update the citation to reference page 37 of the annual report for the following sentence:

• The company's petrochemicals plants produce products including PTA, paraxylene, and acetic acid.

 Done

Exploration and production We can update the following sentence: "The [upstream] activities in this area of operations take place in 25 countries worldwide"

• The activities in this area of operations take place in 29 countries worldwide.

 Done

Other details cited to the older annual reports are not updated in the company's most-recent annual report. I can propose updates to them as sourcing becomes available in the future.

I am happy to discuss any questions. Thanks. Arturo at BP (talk) 16:27, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

References

Thank you providing newer information. As there is a talk about potential assets swap with Conoco concerning Clair field and Alaska, I would like to ask you provide updates about the North Slope when the deal is done. Beagel (talk) 16:30, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, Beagel. I'm happy to help. Arturo at BP (talk) 21:24, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

Move discussion in progress

There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:BP (disambiguation) which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 16:46, 11 January 2019 (UTC)

Annual updates

BP recently published its Annual Report for 2018. As I am an employee of BP and have a WP:Conflict of interest, I do not make any edits myself. Each year around this time, there are several areas in this article that could be updated based on the company's most-recent annual reports and I typically bring this to the attention of volunteer editors. While it's important for readers that information in the article be accurate and updated, I also understand the burden placed on volunteers to help with these updates.

Previously, I have requested updates to the number of employees, production numbers from specific regions around the world, wind energy generation, number of facilities, etc. This is all important information to understand the scope of BP's operations, but it is difficult to keep updated. Are there ways we could make some of this important information evergreen, while still providing readers with enough information that they come away from the article with a good understanding of BP? Given Beagel's and Dormskirk's involvement with my requests in the past, I want to bring this to their attention. If you do not mind the annual updates, then I am happy to help put them together, but I also want to be respectful of your time.

Provided below are some examples to potentially make content more evergreen.

Introduction

• Update the number of countries by adding the word "approximately". The article currently says 70, but it's now at 78, so if we do not make the article more evergreen, that would need to be updated
  • BP had operations in approximately 70 countries worldwide
• Update the number of service stations sentence with the following changes (green). The article says "around 18,300 service stations", but it's about 18,700 service stations now, so that would need to be updated if we do not make the article more evergreen
  • The company has more than 18,000 service stations worldwide.

United States

• Update the last paragraph to read:
  • BP operates 10 onshore wind energy sites in the U.S. with a net generating capacity of about 1,000MW.

I am happy to discuss. Thanks. Arturo at BP (talk) 16:51, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

References

Done. I have changed the "more than 18,000" to "19,000". Best wishes. Dormskirk (talk) 19:34, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

Thanks, Dormskirk. Do you think we should continue to make other areas more evergreen, or continue with the annual updates as we have in recent years? Thanks. Arturo at BP (talk) 21:28, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

I would continue with annual updates. Otherwise you wind up with estimates. Best wishes. Dormskirk (talk) 21:40, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

Position on global warming

The Position on global warming subsection says, "BP also funded a campaign against a prior carbon fee initiative, I-732, as a member of the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers." This is incorrect. BP did not take a position on I-732 and was not involved in the campaign. The individual sentence is unsourced, but a citation used later in the paragraph mentions the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers' opposition. It seems the article is using American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers as a proxy for BP, and BP opposition is not explicitly stated in the source material.

If the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers' opposition to I-732 should be in Wikipedia, it's better mentioned on its article, not the BP article. I also want to note that we were not on the executive committee of AFPM at the time, so we did not have a part in the decision making. You can see that we were not on the executive committee on page 21 of AFPM's 2016 annual report.

Lastly, this section suggests BP has only opposed legislation along these lines in Washington state. Is it possible to include that BP is open to supporting legislation, such as BP's support for SB 5981?

Given Beagel's and Dormskirk's involvement with my requests in the past, I want to bring this to their attention. As I am an employee of BP and have a WP:Conflict of interest, I will not edit the article myself. Thanks. Arturo at BP (talk) 16:47, 17 June 2019 (UTC)

I have removed the unsourced bit about I-732. Dormskirk (talk) 16:56, 17 June 2019 (UTC)

Thanks, Dormskirk. I noticed that without the unsourced I-732 bit you removed, this sentence is irrelevant: "While I-1631 exempts certain industries as Allendorfer states, I-732 did not." Can you remove that, too? Thanks. Arturo at BP (talk) 18:43, 17 June 2019 (UTC)

Agreed and removed. Dormskirk (talk) 18:48, 17 June 2019 (UTC)

Updates from the 2018 Annual Report

BP published its Annual Report for 2018. As I have in previous years, I have found several items that can be updated on Wikipedia based on these newest filings. My suggestions are below. As I am an employee of BP and have a WP:Conflict of interest, I will not make any of these edits myself. Would someone be able to look at my suggestions and make edits they see as fitting? Beagel and Dormskirk: Given your reviews of similar requests, would either or both of you be able to look at these suggestions?

Infobox

• Update the number of employees to 73,000

Introduction

• Update with the following:
  • As of 31 December 2018, BP had operations in nearly 80 countries worldwide, produced around 3.7 million barrels per day of oil equivalent, and had total proved reserves of 19.945 billion barrels of oil equivalent.

Operations by location

• Update United States with the following changes (green) (please note that the number of employees remains the same, but the source can be updated)
  • The United States operations comprise nearly one-third of BP's worldwide business interests, and the United States is the country with the greatest concentration of its employees and investments. BP employs approximately 14,000 people in the United States. In 2018, BP's total production in the United States included 385,000 barrels per day of oil and 1.9 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas, and its refinery throughput was 703,000 barrels per day
• Update United States with the following changes for 2018-2019 production in the Gulf of Mexico (green) (please note that the barrels per day remain the same, but the year and citation should be updated, per Reuters).
  • As of 2019 the company produces about 300,000 barrels per day of oil equivalent in the Gulf of Mexico.

Main business segments Oil and natural gas

• Update with the following changes (green)
  • BP Upstream's activities include exploring for new oil and natural gas resources, developing access to such resources, and producing, transporting, storing and processing oil and natural gas. The activities in this area of operations take place in 25 countries worldwide. In 2018, BP produced around 3.7 million barrels per day of oil equivalent, of which 2.191 million barrels per day were liquids and 8.659 billion cubic feet per day was natural gas, and had total proved reserves of 19.945 billion barrels of oil equivalent, of which liquids accounted 11.456 billion barrels and natural gas 49.239 trillion cubic feet. In addition to the conventional oil exploration and production, BP has a stake in the three oil sands projects in Canada.

Oil refining and marketing

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  • As of 2018, BP owned or had a share in 11 refineries and 15 petrochemical manufacturing plants worldwide.

Additional items to consider

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  • In 2018, BP bought a 16.5% interest in the Clair field in the UK from ConocoPhillips, increasing BP's share to 45.1%
  • BP acquired Chargemaster, which operated the UK's largest electric vehicle charging network
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  • Lightsource BP increased its presence into five new countries in 2018, doubling the number of countries since December 2017

Corrections

• Detail on BP's wind farms is outdated. Unfortunately, there is not great secondary sourcing to confirm this. But this page on the BP site has a map of our wind farms, and here it says BP operates "nine sites in six states and hold an interest in another facility in Hawaii". Outdated information appears in BP#United_States, where it says: "As of May 2017, BP operated 13 wind farms in seven states in the U.S., and held an interest in another in Hawaii." Also, outdated info appears in BP#Alternative_and_low_carbon_energy: "As of May 2017, BP operated 13 wind farms in seven states in the United States, and held an interest in another in Hawaii. These wind farms include the Cedar Creek Wind Farm, Titan Wind Project, Sherbino Wind Farm, Golden Hills Wind Project, and Fowler Ridge Wind Farm. As of 2017, the company had total gross generating capacity of 2.3 GW of wind energy in the United States." If possible, I ask to update this material to say:
  • As of 2019, BP operated nine wind farms in six states in the United States, and held an interest in another in Hawaii.
• Lastly, BP sold its 25% interest in the Fayetteville basin. This is confirmed in this Federal Energy Regulatory Commission filing. If possible, please delete "Fayetteville, Arkansas" from the following under BP#United_States: "It has shale positions in the Woodford, Oklahoma, Fayetteville, Arkansas, Haynesville, Texas, and Eagle Ford, Texas shales"

I am happy to discuss any questions. Thanks. Arturo at BP (talk) 22:18, 12 July 2019 (UTC)

References

All done, I think. Best wishes. Dormskirk (talk) 23:28, 12 July 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for updating the article, Dormskirk! Arturo at BP (talk) 20:25, 15 July 2019 (UTC)

Lack of info about BP america's headquarters in Cleveland

This article should contain info relevant to when BP America's headquarters were based in Cleveland and the building of the BP tower