BP EXPLORATION OPERATING COMPANY LIMITED

UK registered

Companies House number 00305943·38 UK shareholdings·2 ownership layers

BP EXPLORATION OPERATING COMPANY LIMITED is a UK-registered corporate shareholder (Companies House number 00305943) and holds shares in 38 active UK companies, recorded across 49 share-class positions on their Companies House confirmation statements (CS01). Beneath those direct holdings OpenRegistry resolves a further 5 companies spanning 2 ownership layers, of which 3 direct holdings are themselves holding companies; the persons-with-significant-control register independently agrees on 37 of these holdings. It ranks #107 of 54,210 corporate shareholders by number of active UK holdings. Programmatic access via MCP at https://openregistry.sophymarine.com/mcp.

Companies held
38

Share-class positions
49

Identity
UK company 00305943

Jurisdiction
UNITED KINGDOM

Ownership layers below
2

Holdings that are holding companies
3

PSC register agrees on
37 holdings

Company profile

Companies House profile of BP EXPLORATION OPERATING COMPANY LIMITED

Shareholders

Shares held by BP EXPLORATION OPERATING COMPANY LIMITED in 38 UK companies

Ownership chain

5 companies across 2 layers beneath BP EXPLORATION OPERATING COMPANY LIMITED

Official record

Companies House record 00305943

Shareholdings

Every company BP EXPLORATION OPERATING COMPANY LIMITED appears on as a member, as filed. 38 of 38 are linked to their Companies House profile.

Company held	Status	Accounts	Share class	Shares	% of class	% of capital	Total % of capital	As of
BP PIPELINES (BTC) LIMITED04316931	Active	FULL	1.00, £1.00 ORDINARY	1	100.00%	100.00%		2024-11-01
BP PIPELINES (BTC) LIMITED04316931	Active	FULL	1.00, US$1.00 ORDINARY	350,000,000		100.00%		2024-11-01
BP EAST KALIMANTAN CBM LIMITED06383221	Active	AUDIT EXEMPTION SUBSIDIARY	1.00, £1.00 ORDINARY	1	100.00%	100.00%		2023-09-27
BP EAST KALIMANTAN CBM LIMITED06383221	Active	AUDIT EXEMPTION SUBSIDIARY	1.00, US$1.00 ORDINARY	95,800,001		100.00%		2023-09-27
BP (GTA MAURITANIA) FINANCE LIMITED11787488	Active	FULL	ORDINARY	1		100.00%		2026-01-24
BP (GTA MAURITANIA) FINANCE LIMITED11787488	Active	FULL	1, US$1.00 ORDINARY	1		100.00%		2026-01-24
ATLANTIC 2/3 UK HOLDINGS LIMITED04075308	Active	AUDIT EXEMPTION SUBSIDIARY	1.00, US$1.00 ORDINARY	887,025,571		100.00%		2024-07-30
ATLANTIC 2/3 UK HOLDINGS LIMITED04075308	Active	AUDIT EXEMPTION SUBSIDIARY	ORDINARY	137,025,571		15.45%		2024-07-30
BP PIPELINES (SCP) LIMITED04446121	Active	FULL	1.00, US$1.00 ORDINARY	1,150,000,000		99.13%	100.01%	2025-05-23
BP PIPELINES (SCP) LIMITED04446121	Active	FULL	1.00, £1.00 ORDINARY	10,137,362	100.00%	0.88%	100.01%	2025-05-23
BP EXPLORATION (CASPIAN SEA) LIMITED00404347	Active	FULL	1, US $1.00 ORDINARY	4,969,221	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	2026-01-31
BP EXPLORATION BETA LIMITED00895797	Active	FULL	1.0000000000000000000, US$1.00 ORDINARY	1	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	2025-10-30
BP EXPLORATION BETA LIMITED00895797	Active	FULL	1.0000000000000000000, £1.00 ORDINARY	0		0.00%	100.00%	2025-10-30
BP EXPLORATION (DELTA) LIMITED00983913	Active	FULL	1.00, US$1.00 ORDINARY	1,000,000		100.00%	100.00%	2023-07-30
BP EXPLORATION (DELTA) LIMITED00983913	Active	FULL	1.00, £1.00 ORDINARY	0		0.00%	100.00%	2023-07-30
BP EXPLORATION (EPSILON) LIMITED01004984	Active	FULL	1, US$1.00 ORDINARY	1,000,000,000		100.00%	100.00%	2026-01-31
BP EXPLORATION INDONESIA LIMITED01009905	Active	FULL	1.0000000000000000000, £1.00 ORDINARY	35,266,078	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	2025-10-21
BP EXPLORATION (AZERBAIJAN) LIMITED02160234	Active	FULL	1.0, £1.00 ORDINARY	2,498,815,561	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	2026-06-01
BP EXPLORATION LIBYA LIMITED05335923	Active	FULL	1, US$1.00 ORDINARY	1		100.00%	100.00%	2026-01-19
BP EXPLORATION NORTH AFRICA LIMITED05335927	Active	FULL	1, US$1.00 ORDINARY	1		100.00%	100.00%	2026-01-19
BP SHAFAG-ASIMAN LIMITED07599899	Active	FULL	1.00, US$1.00 ORDINARY	541,000,100		100.00%	100.00%	2025-04-11
BP KARABAGH LIMITED09971526	Active	FULL	1, US$1.00 ORDINARY	130,300,101		100.00%	100.00%	2026-01-26
BP SENEGAL INVESTMENTS LIMITED09978028	Active	FULL	1, US$1.00 ORDINARY	1,260,590,830		100.00%	100.00%	2026-01-28
BP MAURITANIA INVESTMENTS LIMITED10519279	Active	FULL	1.00, US$1.00 ORDINARY	4,140,356,498		100.00%	100.00%	2024-12-09
BP D230 LIMITED11719194	Active	FULL	1.00, US$1.00 ORDINARY	30,000,100		100.00%	100.00%	2024-12-09
BP EXPLORATION (D230) LIMITED11796185	Active	FULL	1, US$1.00 ORDINARY	1		100.00%	100.00%	2026-02-09
BP ANDAMAN II LTD12313114	Active	FULL	1.00, US$1.00 ORDINARY	113,800,801		100.00%	100.00%	2024-11-15
GTA FPSO COMPANY LTD13311592	Active	FULL	ORDINARY	265,000,100	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	2022-04-05
BP HOLDINGS IRAQ LTD13461160	Active	FULL	ORDINARY	1,368,000,101	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	2022-06-16
BP AGUNG I LIMITED14067214	Active	FULL	1.00, US$1.00 ORDINARY	32,800,001		100.00%	100.00%	2025-04-24
BP AGUNG II LIMITED14067273	Active	FULL	1.00, US $1.00 ORDINARY	12,300,001	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	2025-04-24
BP EXPLORATION (CARIBBEAN) LIMITED15655085	Active	FULL	1.00, ORDINARY SHARES	40,000,100	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	2026-04-16
BP ADUA LIMITED16130095	Active	NO ACCOUNTS FILED	1.0000000000000000000, ORDINARY	1,000,100	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	2025-10-21
BP ENERGY COMPANY OF KIRKUK LIMITED16140733	Active	NO ACCOUNTS FILED	1.0000000000000000000, ORDINARY SHARES (USD)	10,000	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	2025-10-21
BP GAEA II LIMITED16397618	Active	NO ACCOUNTS FILED	1.0, ORDINARY	1	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	2026-04-21
BP PIPELINES (TANAP) LIMITED08812651	Active	FULL	A ORDINARY	3,000,000	100.00%	75.00%	75.00%	2025-12-14
BP PIPELINES TAP LIMITED10027204	Active	FULL	1.00, ORDINARY CLASS A	3,000,000	100.00%	75.00%	75.00%	2025-03-02
ARCIUS ENERGY LIMITED ▼16039527	Active	NO ACCOUNTS FILED	ORDINARY	770,100,051	51.00%	51.00%	51.00%	2025-10-23
OIL SPILL RESPONSE LIMITED01808594	Active	GROUP	ORDINARY CLASS B SHARES	664	19.24%	3.64%	8.45%	2026-01-05
			ORDINARY CLASS A SHARES	600	4.69%	3.29%
			ORDINARY CLASS C SHARES	276	13.98%	1.51%
ENI IS EXPLORATION LIMITED00972944	Active	FULL	ORDINARY	0	0.00%	0.00%		2023-08-29
ENI IN AMENAS LIMITEDSC135813	Active	FULL	ORDINARY	0	0.00%	0.00%		2023-10-30
BP (GTA SENEGAL) FINANCE LIMITED11787495	Active	FULL	ORDINARY	1				2026-01-24
BP (GTA SENEGAL) FINANCE LIMITED11787495	Active	FULL	1, US$1.00 ORDINARY	1				2026-01-24
AZULE ENERGY HOLDINGS LIMITED ▼13947643	Active	GROUP	DEFERRED REDEEMABLE	1				2024-01-31
AZULE ENERGY HOLDINGS LIMITED ▼13947643	Active	GROUP	ORDINARY	500,000				2024-01-31
BP EXPLORATION MEDITERRANEAN LIMITED15363762	Active	DORMANT	1, ORDINARY	2				2025-12-18
PULS8 LTDSC650262	Active	MICRO ENTITY	ORDINARY	2				2024-12-21

Ownership structure below these holdings

5 further companies sit beneath this entity’s direct holdings, across 2 layers. Each is linked to its Companies House profile.

ARCIUS ENERGY LIMITED16039527
- ARCIUS ENERGY EGYPT LIMITED15671911 1.00, ORDINARY SHARES · 100.00%
AZULE ENERGY HOLDINGS LIMITED13947643
- AZULE ENERGY EXPLORATION ANGOLA (KB) LIMITED07521628 ORDINARY
- ANGOLA LNG MARKETING LTD08144600 ORDINARY
- AZULE ENERGY LIMITED13923476 ORDINARY
- AZULE ENERGY EXPLORATION (ANGOLA) LIMITED00615393 ORDINARY

Related company owners

Corporate shareholders that hold shares in the same UK companies as BP EXPLORATION OPERATING COMPANY LIMITED:

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TRAFIGURA PTE LTDNI736551 6 shared holdings
PHILLIPS 66 LIMITED00529086 3 shared holdings
ENQUEST HEATHER LIMITED02748866 3 shared holdings
INPEX CORPORATIONFC028687 3 shared holdings
INEOS UK E&P HOLDINGS LIMITEDSC200459 3 shared holdings

Other corporate shareholders of comparable size registered in UNITED KINGDOM:

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BRITISH SMALLER COMPANIES VCT PLC03134749 38 UK holdings
BARONSMEAD VENTURE TRUST PLC03504214 37 UK holdings
CAPITAL HOLDER08866888 39 UK holdings

Every company on this page is identified by its original Companies House registration number, shown beside its name and repeated in the data-company-number attribute of the same element. A shareholder that does not resolve to a registered company carries no number.

▼ marks a holding that itself holds shares in further companies, so ownership continues below it.

“% of capital” is the entity’s share of issued capital by nominal value, the correct basis when a company has multiple share classes.

Figures are as filed on each company’s most recent confirmation statement; the “As of” column gives that statement date. Source: Companies House Free Company Data and CS01 confirmation statements. Official record: find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk.