BP Gas Marketing

BP Gas Marketing is a UK-registered company operating within the BP group, the global integrated energy business formally known as BP p.l.c. Its role sits in the commercial and trading layer of the group: marketing and selling natural gas and related energy products, connecting BP's upstream production and midstream infrastructure with wholesale customers, utilities, industrial buyers and other large-scale consumers of gas. The company is part of a wider BP portfolio that spans oil and gas production, refining, trading, shipping and the sale of energy products including petrol, diesel, jet fuel, gas for heating and power generation, and petrochemical feedstocks. BP describes itself as a global integrated oil and gas company that produces oil and gas, trades energy, and makes, ships and sells energy products. Within that structure, gas marketing entities such as BP Gas Marketing serve as the commercial interface for the group's gas molecules, helping to monetise production and manage price and supply risk across markets. BP's corporate headquarters are at 1 St James's Square, London, with a major North American headquarters in Houston, Texas, and an International Centre for Business and Technology at Sunbury-on-Thames. The group operates across Europe, the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Africa and the Middle East, and its shares trade on major exchanges including London, where the ticker is BP. BP Gas Marketing, as a UK company, sits inside this global framework and benefits from the group's trading desks, shipping and logistics networks, and customer relationships. Because BP Gas Marketing is a subsidiary rather than a consumer-facing brand, it does not run its own retail identity or standalone website; its public presence is folded into the BP corporate brand and the group's investor and customer communications. Its business is closely tied to the wider gas and LNG value chain, where BP is an active participant in production, liquefaction, shipping and regasification, and where long-term contracts and spot trading both play a role. The entity therefore represents the marketing arm through which BP brings gas to market, rather than a distinct product line with its own branding.

BP Gas Marketing is a UK-registered company within the BP group. Its history is inseparable from that of BP itself, one of the world's largest integrated energy companies, and from the evolution of the global natural gas and LNG trade. BP traces its origins to the early twentieth century, when the Anglo-Persian Oil Company was formed to develop oil resources in Persia. Over the following decades the company expanded into a fully integrated oil major, with operations spanning exploration and production, refining, chemicals, shipping and marketing. It rebranded as BP in the late 1990s and later adopted the lowercase 'bp' identity. Alongside oil, natural gas became an increasingly important part of the portfolio, particularly as LNG technology matured and long-distance gas trade grew. As BP's gas business expanded, the group created dedicated marketing and trading entities to manage the commercial side of the value chain. BP Gas Marketing was established as a UK company to handle the marketing and sale of gas and related products, operating alongside BP's other trading and shipping arms. Such entities allow a major integrated group to centralise commercial expertise, negotiate supply agreements, manage price risk and serve large customers efficiently. BP's gas and LNG activities have grown through major projects and deals around the world, including LNG ventures in Africa, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and the Americas, and long-term supply agreements with buyers in Europe and Asia. The group has also invested in gas infrastructure and, more recently, in lower-carbon energy including biogas, biofuels, EV charging, offshore wind and solar. BP Gas Marketing sits within this broader gas commercial framework, contributing to the group's ability to bring gas to wholesale markets. In the 2020s BP has navigated volatile energy markets, supply disruptions and the energy transition, while continuing to describe itself as a global integrated oil and gas company that produces, trades and sells energy products. As a subsidiary, BP Gas Marketing does not publish a separate corporate history, and its public profile remains part of the BP group's overall narrative.

A commercial gas marketing and trading subsidiary within the BP group, serving wholesale and industrial customers rather than end consumers.

• Natural gas marketing

  Marketing and sale of natural gas to wholesale, industrial and utility customers.

• Gas trading

  Trading of gas and related energy products within the BP group's commercial operations.

• LNG marketing

  Marketing of liquefied natural gas linked to BP's global LNG portfolio.

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