There are about 9,500 BP-branded gas stations, fuelling three million customers a day, from Minnesota to Florida to New York. Also in the area is Air BP, which provides aviation fuel at really all major US airports, including 1000 flights a day at O'Hare. BP Pipelines North America, one of the nation's largest pipeline companies. Our US refining and fuels R&D unit, which develops cleaner-burning fuels. And our Americas Business Service Center, which supports our refining and marketing businesses in the Americas are located here. And just across the state line in Indiana, we are on track to complete our multi-billion dollar modernization of the Whiting refinery. It is one of the largest economic investments this area has ever seen, and the largest industrial project in Indiana's history. All told, our operations provide jobs to 13,000 employees and contractors in Illinois and northern Indiana. Since 2006, BP has invested more than $50 billion in US energy development, nearly twice as much as our nearest competitor, and more than BP invests in any other country. Nearly thirty percent of our employees are based in the US, again more than in any other country, and nearly 40 percent of our shareholders are here as well.
SOURCE: "A Safer, Stronger BP." Vital Speeches Of The Day 78.3 (2012): 93. MAS Ultra - School Edition. Web. 9 May 2012.
