Business Description

Our relationship with the United Arab Emirates dates back to the early 1930s, when Air BP established a refueling depot in Sharjah to serve aircraft travelling between the UK and India. BP has been an investor in Abu Dhabi since 1939 and played a pivotal role in the discovery of oil in the Emirate in 1958. Today, BP maintains key partnerships in oil and LNG in Abu Dhabi, and operates lubricants, aviation fuel, and trading businesses managed from Dubai. Further north along the coast, Dubai serves as the regional hub for our refining and marketing operations under BP Middle East LLC. From here, BP markets oil products, including aviation and marine fuels and lubricants, and provides technical support and related services across the region, spanning from Egypt in the west to Sri Lanka in the east. Our trading division’s regional office is also based in Dubai, actively engaging in regional markets for crude and refined products, and connecting into BP’s global refining and marketing networks.