Saya agak gatel mendengar pemberitaan akhir-akhir ini di beberapa
media TV dalam tayangan berita2 bencana di Teluk Meksiko; yang
menyebutkan bahwa perusahaan minyak besar BP singkatan dari "British
Petroleum". Bahkan saya pernah menyangkanya bahwa bahwa BP adalah
singkatan "Beyond Petroleum". Memang semua nama2 tersebut pernah
'disandang'. Penasaran, akhirnya saya menanyakan - apa sih singkatan
BP itu langsung ke web nya BP.
Ternyata BP bukanlah singkatan apa2 artinya BP ya disebut saja BP.
Jangan terlalu serius ditanggapi, mungkin sebutan2 ini atau hal
semacam ini tidak penting dan tidak menarik bagi beberapa orang, tapi
saya cuman 'gatel' dan 'risih' aja kalau ada yg menyebut sesuatu
salah; seperti selama ini kita menyebut kata "PENGEBORAN" - kata Pak
Yus Badudu (dulu) yg betul "PEMBORAN" sebab kata dasarnya BOR bukan
"NGEBOR".
Berikut keterangan dari BP dibawah ini.
Salam & semoga bermanfaat,
Sad Agus
Dear Sad Agus
Re: Your request for information.
Thank you for contacting the BP Educational Team.
BP is not now an abbreviation for any words, the company’s name is
simply BP p.l.c. The company that is now BP was founded by William
Knox D'Arcy in 1909 as the Anglo-Persian Oil Company Limited and was
the first to develop the Middle East’s oil reserves. In 1917 the
company adopted ‘BP’ as its brand name to commercially market the
company’s oil products and in 1954 the group changed its corporate
name to The British Petroleum Company. The company was renamed BP
Amoco in 1998 after the merger with Amoco. Following further
amalgamations the name BP was adopted in 2001.
BP does not stand for “Beyond Petroleum” this has been used in
publicity materials to describe BP’s commitment to the development
of new ways in which to produce and supply oil and gas - through
clean fuels, through greater efficiency and through substitution,
particularly of gas for coal in the power sector, and through the
development of new fuels that can begin to provide new choices.
Thank you for your interest in BP.
With best regards
Claire
BP Educational Service
