Making our case in the US
BP has continued to meet its commitment to environmental and economic restoration in
the Gulf of Mexico. We have also been swift to counter illegitimate claims and to argue for
a fair resolution to compensation matters. By the end of the year the total cumulative cost
to the company had reached $42.7 billion, the scale of that amount underlining once again
that BP is living up to its responsibilities in the region and to the US as a whole. The US
remains vitally important to today’s BP, with around 20,000 employees across the country
and we estimate that our economic activity supports a further 240,000 additional jobs.
Nearly 40% of our shares are held in the US, and we invest more there than in any other
country.