BP

BP, formerly the British Petroleum Company, is one of the three biggest petrol retailers in Europe (with Shell and Esso). Like those companies, its history is well documented and so will only be summarised on this website.

BP has sold a wide variety of branded maps, which are spread over several pages, as well as having acquired numerous other European Petrol Retailers.

BP branded maps and guides: Pre-war maps and Touring Service Maps of Europe (18) 1947-1977 Maps: standard designs (10) 1957-1977 Maps: national variations (23) Maps since 1978 (16) BP Touring Kits (16) Maps from Britain (24) Maps from Germany (18)         A 1930s Olex Guide to Bavaria (7) The 1926 BP Guide to Paris (14) Major Acquisitions: Amoco Maps1 (8) Aral Maps (Four pages - 51 images including Derop)         Gasolin Maps (21)         Leuna & Nitag Maps (11) Burmah & Trading Maps (9) Fanal Maps including Brenntag & Frisia (9) Mobil Maps (Two pages - 34 images)2 National Benzole Maps (22) Lubricants: Castrol Maps (8) Duckham's Maps (10) Optimol Maps (7) Veedol Maps (7)

Of Europe but not for European motorists: Trafalgar Tours, a specialist in coach tours for US tourists, overprinted BP maps of Europe in the 1970s.

¹Although BP acquired Amoco in 1999, most of Amoco's European operations were sold to Tamoil or Elf between 1976 and 1990.
²BP initially merged its European downstream operations with those of Mobil in 1996, then acquired Mobil's interest in them after ExxonMobil was formed in 1998.

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