---
title: "BP EXPLORATION (AZERBAIJAN) LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5c4ce2f7-c5cc-50fb-98c2-e8c38c57ce66
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/5c4ce2f7-c5cc-50fb-98c2-e8c38c57ce66
identifier: oo:GB-COH-02160234
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# BP EXPLORATION (AZERBAIJAN) LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-02160234`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5c4ce2f7-c5cc-50fb-98c2-e8c38c57ce66  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/5c4ce2f7-c5cc-50fb-98c2-e8c38c57ce66  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **BP EXPLORATION (AZERBAIJAN) LIMITED** — GLEIF · `lei:549300E0XYHGX3YQ0M28` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4420a68a-0091-56c7-ac29-4b077b729280

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **BP EXPLORATION OPERATING COMPANY LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/af877087-041f-5f68-9670-85166cb92d39
- **BP EXPLORATION OPERATING COMPANY LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/af877087-041f-5f68-9670-85166cb92d39

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

A **10-step** ownership/control chain to the ultimate beneficial owner is resolved for this entity. The full cited chain unlocks with a paid API key or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `02160234`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1987-09-02
- **Registered office:** Chertsey Road, Sunbury On Thames, Middlesex, TW16 7BP
- **SIC:** 06100

### Officers

- [BP SECRETARIES LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/25dbddd0-9938-54dc-a93f-09e381c09cc2) — corporate secretary · appointed 2025-10-29
- SUNBURY SECRETARIES LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 2010-07-01
- CRISTOFOLI, Giovanni — director · British · appointed 2025-10-01
- FREEMAN, Jaqueline Sara — director · British · appointed 2016-01-01
- MCDONALD, Andrew Parker — director · British · appointed 2025-10-01
- ALI, Yasin Stanley — secretary · Other · appointed 2006-02-01 · resigned 2010-06-30
- CUMMING, Robert Cameron — secretary · British · resigned 2002-03-31
- ELVIDGE, Janet — secretary · Other · appointed 2004-08-01 · resigned 2006-02-01
- ENG, Christopher Kuangcheng Gerald — secretary · appointed 2009-03-23 · resigned 2010-06-30
- TOOLEY, Roy Leslie — secretary · British · appointed 2002-02-11 · resigned 2004-08-01
- ADAMS, Terence David, Doctor — director · British · appointed 1994-12-09 · resigned 1995-05-01
- ALLEN, David Christopher, Dr — director · British · appointed 1997-09-01 · resigned 1999-02-28
- BARTLETT, John Harold, Mr. — director · British · appointed 2010-10-11 · resigned 2012-02-27
- BARTLETT, John Harold, Mr. — director · British · appointed 1997-05-20 · resigned 1999-02-28
- BIRRELL, Gordon Young — director · British · appointed 2012-11-15 · resigned 2017-04-02
- BIRRELL, Gordon Young — director · British · appointed 2000-07-01 · resigned 2001-08-31
- BLY, Mark Robert — director · Us Citizen · appointed 2001-09-01 · resigned 2003-02-03
- BROWNE, Edmund John Phillip, Lord — director · British · appointed 1992-10-27 · resigned 1995-09-01
- CHASE, Rodney Frank — director · British · appointed 1995-10-11 · resigned 1996-03-12
- DJEVANSHIR, Rashid Djamil Oglu, Professor — director · Azerbaijan · appointed 1999-03-01 · resigned 2001-12-30

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Bp Exploration Operating Company Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/af877087-041f-5f68-9670-85166cb92d39) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02160234
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02160234

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **BP EXPLORATION (AZERBAIJAN) LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5c4ce2f7-c5cc-50fb-98c2-e8c38c57ce66 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/5c4ce2f7-c5cc-50fb-98c2-e8c38c57ce66._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._