The group originated in William Knox D’Arcy’s 1901 Persian concession. Burmah Oil financed exploration from 1905, and success in 1908 led to Anglo-Persian Oil’s formation with Burmah holding 97% of its ordinary capital. The British Government became a shareholder in 1914, retaining only a minute holding by 1987. Anglo-Persian became Anglo-Iranian in 1935 and British Petroleum in December 1954. The British Petroleum name had belonged to a German company acquired in 1917.
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