BP（正式英文全称：BP p.l.c.。前称：British Petroleum（英国石油），简称：BP，后BP简称成为正式名称），是世界最大私营石油公司之一（即国际石油七姊妹之一），也是世界前十大私营企业集团之一，2012年营业额达到3882.85亿美元。该公司前身是创立于1908年的盎格鲁·波斯石油公司（Anglo-Persian Oil Company），1954年改称“British Petroleum”（英国石油公司），同时“BP”缩写依然常用。该公司集成探油、探气、炼油、储油、售油、零售等营业领域。在1998年一次购并行动后，“BP”不再作为“British Petroleum”的缩写，而成为公司正式名称。在广告上，该公司有时使用「超越石油」「Beyond Petroleum」来宣传业务。

BP plc, also referred to by its former name, British Petroleum, is one of the world's seven "supermajor" oil and gas companies. It is a British multinational company, headquartered in London, England, whose performance in 2012 made it the world's sixth-largest oil and gas company, the sixth-largest energy company by market capitalization and the company with the world's fifth-largest revenue (turnover). It is a vertically integrated company operating in all areas of the oil and gas industry, including exploration and production, refining, distribution and marketing, petrochemicals, power generation and trading. It also has renewable energy interests in biofuels and wind power. As of 31 December 2015, BP has operations in more than 70 countries, produces around 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m/d) of oil equivalent, and has total proved reserves of 17.18 billion barrels (2.731×10 m) of oil equivalent.