Corporate Body

BP Australia Pty Ltd (1920 - )

From
1920
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Functions
Petrochemical Industry
Website
http://www.bp.com.au
Reference No
ABN 53 004 085 616
Location
Melbourne, Victoria

Summary

BP Australia Pty Ltd has been registered with the Australian Securities & Investments Commission since 25/08/1920. The company's operations extend from exploring for and developing natural gas and oil in the North West Shelf to manufacturing petroleum products at their refineries in Western Australia and Queensland to marketing fuels and other products at BP service stations. They also have a Solar business in New South Wales and are the only manufacturer in commercial scale production of solar cells in Australia. Other businesses include lubricants, petroleum distribution, shipping, marine, bitumen, and aviation fuel products. Edited from their website March 2006).

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 1920 - c. 1952 Commonwealth Oil Refineries Ltd
       1920 - BP Australia Pty Ltd

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