British Petroleum (now officially known as BP) is one of the world's largest oil companies, founded in 1908, originally as Anglo-Persian Oil Company, renamed British Petroleum in 1954, headquartered in London, England, the slogan "BP is the world's top 500 in 2013, No. 6, revenue of 388.285 billion U.S. dollars, is second only to the second largest oil company in Europe. BP is the second largest oil company in Europe;