BP (BP)

Manufacturing Facilities

        BP has large-scale manufacturing facilities in Europe and the USA. The Group's major sites, with our share of their capacities, are: Grangemouth (3,045 ktepa) and Hull (1,535 ktepa) in the UK; Lavéra (1,940 ktepa) in France; Marl (635 ktepa), Gelsenkirchen (1,455 ktepa) and Köln (4,615 ktepa) in Germany; Geel (2,045 ktepa) in Belgium; and Texas City, Texas (2,850 ktepa), Chocolate Bayou, Texas (2,705 ktepa), Decatur, Alabama (2,250 ktepa), and Cooper River, South Carolina (1,335 ktepa) in the USA.

        We aim to grow in the Asia-Pacific region, which we believe offers good prospects for demand growth. Our intention is to build further on the positions that the Group now holds in the region through planned investment and commercial relationships, such as joint ventures. Our share of capacity in Asia amounts to 4,775 ktepa, as follows: Indonesia (245 ktepa), South Korea (1,020 ktepa), Malaysia (1,505 ktepa), Taiwan (1,250 ktepa) and China (755 ktepa). When on line in 2005, our share of the SECCO petrochemical complex in Shanghai, (BP 50%), is expected to add 1,700 ktepa of capacity.

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Includes BP share of joint ventures, associated undertakings and other interests in production.

        BP's petrochemical products are sold to companies in a number of industries that manufacture components used in a wide range of applications. These include the agriculture, automotive, construction, furniture, household products, insulation, packaging, paint, pharmaceuticals and textile industries. Our products are marketed through a network of sales personnel and agents who also provide technical services.

        During 2004, overall BP petrochemicals production capacity grew 3%.

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        The following table shows BP production capacity (ktepa) by product and by region at December 31, 2004. This production capacity is based on original design capacity of the plants plus expansions.

(a)

Includes BP share of joint ventures, associated undertakings and other interests in production.

Manufacturing Facilities

        BP has large-scale manufacturing facilities in Europe and the USA. The Group's major sites, with our share of their capacities, are: Grangemouth (3,045 ktepa) and Hull (1,535 ktepa) in the UK; Lavéra (1,940 ktepa) in France; Marl (635 ktepa), Gelsenkirchen (1,455 ktepa) and Köln (4,615 ktepa) in Germany; Geel (2,045 ktepa) in Belgium; and Texas City, Texas (2,850 ktepa), Chocolate Bayou, Texas (2,705 ktepa), Decatur, Alabama (2,250 ktepa), and Cooper River, South Carolina (1,335 ktepa) in the USA.

        We aim to grow in the Asia-Pacific region, which we believe offers good prospects for demand growth. Our intention is to build further on the positions that the Group now holds in the region through planned investment and commercial relationships, such as joint ventures. Our share of capacity in Asia amounts to 4,775 ktepa, as follows: Indonesia (245 ktepa), South Korea (1,020 ktepa), Malaysia (1,505 ktepa), Taiwan (1,250 ktepa) and China (755 ktepa). When on line in 2005, our share of the SECCO petrochemical complex in Shanghai, (BP 50%), is expected to add 1,700 ktepa of capacity.

(a)

Includes BP share of joint ventures, associated undertakings and other interests in production.

        BP's petrochemical products are sold to companies in a number of industries that manufacture components used in a wide range of applications. These include the agriculture, automotive, construction, furniture, household products, insulation, packaging, paint, pharmaceuticals and textile industries. Our products are marketed through a network of sales personnel and agents who also provide technical services.

        During 2004, overall BP petrochemicals production capacity grew 3%.

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        The following table shows BP production capacity (ktepa) by product and by region at December 31, 2004. This production capacity is based on original design capacity of the plants plus expansions.

(a)

Includes BP share of joint ventures, associated undertakings and other interests in production.