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beyond petroleum®
Annual Report
and Accounts
2008
bp.com/annualreport
2 Chairmans
letter
4 Group
chief
executives
review
6
Our
performance
9 Performance
review
10 Selected
nancial
and
operating
information
12 Risk
factors
14
Forward-looking
statements
14 Statements
regarding
competitive
position
15 Information
on
the
company
17
Exploration
and
Production
31 Rening
and
Marketing
37 Other
businesses
and
corporate
40 Research
and
technology
41 Regulation
of
the
group’s
business
41
Safety
43
Environment
48 Employees
49 Social
and
community
issues
49 Essential
contracts
49 Property,
plants
and
equipment
49 Organizational
structure
50 Financial
and
operating
performance
58 Liquidity
and
capital
resources
61 Critical
accounting
policies
65
Board
performance
and
biographies
66 Directors
and
senior
management
69 BP
board
performance
report
77 Directors
remuneration
report
78 Part
1
Summary
80 Part
2
Executive
directors’
remuneration
86 Part
3
Non-executive
directors’
remuneration
Whats
inside?
89 A
dditional
information
for
shareholders
90 Share
ownership
91
Major
shareholders
and
related
party
transactions
92
Dividends
92 Legal
proceedings
93 The
offer
and
listing
95 Memorandum
and
Articles
of
Association
96 Exchange
controls
96
Taxation
98 Documents
on
display
99 Purchases
of
equity
securities
by
the
issuer
and
afliated
purchasers
100 Called-up
share
capital
100 Annual
general
meeting
100
Administration
101
Financial
statements
102 Consolidated
nancial
statements
of
the
BP
group
108 Notes
on
nancial
statements
180 Additional
information
for
US
reporting
182 Supplementary
information
on
oil
and
natural
gas
191 Parent
company
nancial
statements
of
BP
p.l.c.

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