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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MrDeighton" data-source="post: 2201473" data-attributes="member: 773627"><p>BP stands for British Petroleum.  The original name was British Petroleum abbreviated to BP at almost all times.  When they changed the name to simply BP, the intention was clearly to retain the link to the previous name of British Petroleum.  They could have thought up an entirely new name, but they didn't.  They might have wished they did, but it is too late they will be going bust soon.</p></blockquote><p></p>