Piping Profits

Piping Profits

PWYP Norway can reveal that ten of the world’s most powerful oil, gas and mining companies own 6,038 subsidiaries and over a third of them are based in secrecy jurisdictions. The three Norwegian companies mapped own 55 subsidiaries, 20% of which are based in secrecy jurisdictions. On these pages you will find more information about this project, the detrimental effects of secrecy jurisdictions and how these can be tackled. The database is publicly available and can be explored here.

Due to lack of resources, it will not be continually updated, but nevertheless represents an excellent snapshot of extractive industries and their subsidiaries in 2011. The Piping Profits database includes information on the 13 case studies and their 6,093 subsidiaries, containing details of:

  • The Parent Company
  • The Subsidiary Name
  • The location in which the subsidiary is incorporated
  • The percentage of the subsidiary owned by the parent company

Below it is possible to search in the database by company, country and/or subsidiary, and using the buttons below the list of findings, it is possible to export the data to Excel.

Company Country Subsidiary Percent owned Sort descending
BP United Kingdom BP Exploration Company (Middle East) Ltd
BP Bermuda Oil Casualty Insurance Ltd
BP United Kingdom BP Fuels Marketing Ltd
Anglo American British Virgin Islands Anglo Africa Exploration Holdings Limited
BP United States BP Berau Ltd
BP United Kingdom BP Finance (South East Asia) Ltd
BP United States BP West Arguni Ltd
BP United Kingdom International Card Centre Ltd
BP United States Virginia International Co LLC
Shell (Projects & Technology) China Yueyang Sinopec and Shell Coal Gasification Company Limited
BP Malaysia BP Solar Malaysia Sdn Bhd
Barrick Gold Corporation Cayman Islands Barrick Holdings Ltd
BP United States Remediation Management Services Company
BP South Africa Castrol Namibia (Pty) Ltd
Barrick Gold Corporation Canada Barrick Gold Finance Company
Shell (Downstream) Kenya Shell Kenya Provident Trust Limited
BP United Kingdom Castrol Offshore Ltd
Shell (Downstream) Brazil Janari Importadora de Combustiveis Ltda
BP United States Hydrogen Energy California LLC
BP Bahamas BP Exploration (El Djazair) Ltd
Anglo American British Virgin Islands Ambase Exploration (Tanzania) Limited
Shell (Downstream) Honduras Comercializadora de Productos Y Servicios, SA
BP United States BP Amoco Chemical Company
BP United States Galaxy Biofuels LLC
BP United States Omega Oil Company
Shell (Downstream) Australia Shell Custodian Pty Ltd
BP United Kingdom BP Properties Ltd
Shell (Downstream) Xiang Jia International Investment Holdings Limited
BP Portugal BP Gest Exploracao de Postos de Abastecimento
Barrick Gold Corporation Australia Barrick (Australian Pacific) Ltd
  • Number of subsidiaries: 6093