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BP Exploration Operating Company Limited

Extraction of crude petroleum

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 85

  1. Donnie Willie Brown Jr 2025-2026 Director View profile
  2. Alexander James De'Ath 2023-2025 Director View profile
  3. Jennie Sheryl Burton 2021-2025 Director View profile
  4. Katharine Anne Helen Butler 2021-2025 Director View profile
  5. Jan Clayton Lyons 2020-2021 Director View profile
  6. Ifeatu Chukwuemeka Emembolu 2020-2022 Director View profile
  7. Norman Constantine Christie 2020-2020 Director View profile
  8. Graeme Ronald Gordon 2019-2025 Director View profile
  9. Ariel David Flores 2018-2020 Director View profile
  10. Sandra Jean Macrae 2018-2020 Director View profile
  11. Dr Andrew Beaton Johnston 2018-2019 Director View profile
  12. Mark Joseph Thomas 2016-2018 Director View profile
  13. Richard Herbert 2015-2016 Director View profile
  14. Karen Maclennan 2015-2023 Director View profile
  15. Bruce Price 2015-2018 Director View profile
  16. Peter William Anderson Miller 2015-2020 Director View profile
  17. Emma Louise Delaney-Mc Knight 2015-2020 Director View profile
  18. Peter James Mather 2015-2021 Director View profile
  19. David William Goodwill 2011-2015 Director View profile
  20. David James Lynch 2011-2018 Director View profile
  21. Professor Michael Christopher Daly 2011-2013 Director View profile
  22. James William Halliday 2010-2014 Director View profile
  23. Trevor William Garlick 2009-2015 Director View profile
  24. Matthew Leon Werner 2009-2011 Director View profile
  25. Murray Michael Auchincloss 2008-2010 Director View profile
  26. David Sydney Macdonald Campbell 2008-2009 Director View profile
  27. Bernard Looney 2008-2010 Director View profile
  28. Anthony Lunn 2006-2009 Director View profile
  29. Donald Oag Nicolson 2006-2008 Director View profile
  30. David Keith Peattie 2006-2013 Director View profile
  31. John Craig Skipper 2006-2012 Director View profile
  32. Dr Marcus Trevor Richards 2006-2008 Director View profile
  33. Gordon Young Birrell 2005-2006 Director View profile
  34. Steven Graham Peacock 2004-2006 Director View profile
  35. Adam Charles Little 2003-2006 Director View profile
  36. David John Blackwood 2003-2008 Director View profile
  37. John Harold Bartlett 2003-2017 Director View profile
  38. Timothy David Summers 2003-2005 Director View profile
  39. Anthony Bryan Hayward 2002-2006 Director View profile
  40. Ian Roland Vann 2002-2006 Director View profile
  41. Lawrence Wilson Smyth 2001-2002 Director View profile
  42. David Stephen Fitzsimmons 2001-2003 Director View profile
  43. James Walter Farnsworth 2001-2005 Director View profile
  44. Mark Robert Bly 2001-2003 Director View profile
  45. William Ellis Armstrong 2001-2006 Director View profile
  46. Stephen Marshall 2000-2001 Director View profile
  47. Dr Alastair Macleod Graham 2000-2001 Director View profile
  48. Ralph Charles Alexander 1999-2002 Director View profile
  49. Lyle Richard Flury 1999-2000 Director View profile
  50. Scott Douglas Urban 1999-2000 Director View profile
  51. David Fricke Work 1999-1999 Director View profile
  52. Christopher Paul Rhodes 1998-2000 Director View profile
  53. Ian Leslie Rushby 1997-1998 Director View profile
  54. David William John Grant 1997-1999 Director View profile
  55. Dr Samuel Arnold David Bamford 1997-1998 Director View profile
  56. Dr Jack Emitt Golden 1997-2000 Director View profile
  57. Alan Morrison Jones 1997-2000 Director View profile
  58. Anthony Jan Michael Meggs 1997-1998 Director View profile
  59. Adrienne Christine Tallents 1995-1999 Director View profile
  60. Dr David Christopher Allen 1995-1999 Director View profile
  61. Sir Richard Lake Olver 1995-2003 Director View profile
  62. Richard Michael Harding 1995-1997 Director View profile
  63. Gary Christian Greve 1995-1997 Director View profile
  64. Steven Weston 1995-1997 Director View profile
  65. Rodney Frank Chase 1995-1997 Director View profile
  66. Gregory David Bourne 1995-1997 Director View profile
  67. Dr Byron Elmer Grote 1993-1997 Director View profile
  68. Dr Philip Arthur Vingoe 1993-1995 Director View profile
  69. Dr Christopher Shaw Gibson Smith 1995 Director View profile
  70. Douglas Melville Webb 1993 Director View profile
  71. Henry John Hawkshaw 1995 Director View profile
  72. David Charles Harding 1993 Director View profile
  73. Dr David Anthony Lawson Jenkins 1998 Director View profile
  74. Lord David Simon 1995 Director View profile
  75. Peter George Backhouse 1995 Director View profile
  76. Lord Edmund John Phillip Browne 1995 Director View profile
  77. Dr Christopher Alan Wright 1995 Director View profile
  78. Thomas John Bramley 1995 Director View profile
  79. Christopher Kuangcheng Gerald Eng 2009-2010 Secretary View profile
  80. Yasin Stanley Ali 2006-2010 Secretary View profile
  81. Janet Elvidge 2004-2006 Secretary View profile
  82. Roy Leslie Tooley 2002-2004 Secretary View profile
  83. Robert Cameron Cumming 2001-2002 Secretary View profile
  84. Robin Dale Morris 1993-2003 Secretary View profile
  85. Donald Paul Debrier 1993 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Extraction of crude petroleum; Activities of head offices
Incorporated
12/10/1935
Registered office
Middlesex

Ownership

Owned by (1) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

Group

  1. BP Exploration Operating Company Limited is controlled by BP Exploration Company Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. BP Exploration Company Limited is controlled by BP International Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. BP International Limited is controlled by BP P.L.C.
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by BP P.L.C..

465 other companies in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Grants received

5 grants · £3,813,308 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £2,786,405 (3 grants)
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £1,026,903 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £1,670,5552022-04-01
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £891,6772022-04-01
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £224,1732022-04-01
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £764,8782020-12-09
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £262,0252020-12-09
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

3 directors on the board

4.5y median 4.8y
average tenure
7.5y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (3)

0
also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Mining 5Finance 3Manufacturing 1Other services 1Professional services 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00305943
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
31/12/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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