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It's 50 years since BP was awarded its first exploration licence for the UK's North Sea. Today, we're still there, investing in new projects and new technologies. See how oil and gas production in the region has developed with our timeline and video
As BP marks 25 years of support for some of the UK’s greatest arts and culture institutions, a new film, ‘What the artist saw’, goes behind the scenes at this year’s BP Portrait Award and meets some of the artists, sitters, judges, and visitors who reveal what the paintings mean to them