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Businessreview
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InO&D,wecracknaphthatoproduceethyleneandotherproductsand
derivatives.OurSECCOjointventurebetweenBP,Sinopecandits
subsidiary,ShanghaiPetrochemicalCompany,isthelargestolenscracker
inChinaandisBP’ssinglelargestinvestmentinChina.BPalsoco-owns
oneothernaphthacrackersiteoutsideofAsia,whichisintegratedwithour
GelsenkirchenreneryinGermany.
Wehaveatotalof18manufacturingsitesoperatingintheUK,theUS,
Belgium,Germany,China,Indonesia,SouthKorea,MalaysiaandTaiwan,
includingourjointventures.
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ThefollowingtablesummarizesBP’spetrochemicalsproductioncapacity,at31December2010.
Petrochemicals production capacitya b
    BPshareof
    capacity
   Groupinterest thousandtonnes
Geographicalarea Site Product % peryear
US
 CooperRiver Puriedterephthalicacid(PTA) 100.0 1,342
 Decatur PTA 100.0 1,043
  Paraxylene(PX) 100.0 1,101
  Naphthalenedicarboxylate 100.0 29
 TexasCity Aceticacid 100.0 583c
  PX 100.0 1,271
  Metaxylene 100.0 123
    5,492
Europe
UK Hull Aceticacid 100.0 532
  Aceticanhydride 100.0 153
  Ethylidenediacetate 100.0 4
Belgium Geel PTA 100.0 1,343
  PX 100.0 631
Germany Gelsenkirchen Olensandderivatives 50.0to61.0 1,764bd
 Mülheim Solvents 50.0 130b
    4,557
RestofWorld
China Caojing Olensandderivatives 50.0 3,103b
 Chongqing Aceticacid 51.0 215b
  Esters 51.0 52b
 Nanjing Aceticacid 50.0 274b
 Zhuhai PTA 85.0 1,549e
Indonesia Merak PTA 50.0 253b
Korea Ulsan Aceticacid 51.0 261b
  Vinylacetatemonomer 34.0 56b
Malaysia Kertih Aceticacid 70.0 391b
 Kuantan PTA 100.0 610
Taiwan Kaohsiung PTA 61.4 847b
 Taichung PTA 61.4 471b
 MaiLiao Aceticacid 50.0 179b
    8,261
TotalBPshareofcapacityat31December2010    18,310
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a Petrochemicalsproductioncapacityistheprovenmaximumsustainabledailyrate(msdr)multipliedbythenumberofdaysintherespectiveperiod,wheremsdristhehighestaveragedailyrateever
achievedoverasustainedperiod.
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Includes BPshareofequity-accountedentities,asindicated.
cSterlingChemicalsplant,100%oftheoutputofwhichismarketedbyBP.
dGroup interestvariesbyproduct.
eBP ZhuhaiChemicalCompanyLtdisasubsidiaryofBP,thecapacityofwhichisshownaboveat100%.
Globalfuels
ThesupplyofaviationfuelsandLPGismanagedgloballyintheglobal
fuelsSPU.
AirBPisoneoftheworld’slargestandbestknownaviationfuels
suppliers,servingmanyofthemajorcommercialairlines,aswellasthe
generalaviationandmilitarysectors.
Wehaveannualmarketingsalesinexcessof400mb/d.AirBP’s
strategicaimistogrowitspositioninthecorelocationsofEurope,theUS,
AustralasiaandtheMiddleEast,whilefocusingitsportfoliotowards
airportsthatofferlong-termcompetitiveadvantage.
TheLPGbusinesssellsbulk,bottled,automotiveandwholesale
LPGproductsin10countries,withannualsalesinexcessof50thousand
barrelsperday.Duringthepastfewyears,wehaveintroducednew
consumeroffersinestablishedmarkets,developedopportunitiesingrowth
marketsandpursuednewdemandsuchastheGermanAutogasmarket.
Signicanteventsin2010were:
• Castrolwasasponsorofthe2010FIFAWorldCup™inSouthAfrica
andusedthistodeliverasignicantprogrammeofbrandvisibilityand
customerengagement.Castrolleveragedthesponsorshiptosupport
ourbusinessesinallregions.Wehaveseenincreasedbrandawareness
forourCastrolmasterbrandandproductbrands.
• InJuly2010,Castrolopenedanewlubricantstechnologydevelopment
centreinChina.EmployingscientistsandengineersfromChinaand
abroad,thisteamwillworkcollaborativelywithvehiclemanufacturers,
distributorsandotherpartners,focusingoncutting-edgelubricant
60BPAnnualReportandForm20-F2010