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 The Burmah Oil Company (Pakistan Trading) Ltd
Anglo American Zimbabwe Amvest (Private) Limited
Shell (Projects & Technology) Malaysia Shell Global Solutions (Malaysia) SDN BHD
Barrick Gold Corporation United States Turquoise Ridge Mine
Shell (Downstream) France J P Industrie SAS
BP United Kingdom BP Exploration Onnoco Ltd
BP United States BP Munah Ltd
BP United States 200 PS Investment Company
BP Italy BP Italia Ltd
Anglo American United Kingdom Anglo American (London) 2
Barrick Gold Corporation Australia Barrick (Plutonic) Limited
Shell (Downstream) Germany Shell Grundstucksgesellschaft Wesseling Gmbh & Co KG
BP United States F & H Pipeline Company
BP Bahamas Atlantic Richfield Ambalat (Indonesia) Ltd
BP United States Cuyama Pipeline Company
BP United States Mehoopany Holdings LLC
BP Australia No 1 Riverside Quay
BP South Africa Paardeil Investments (Pty) Ltd
Shell (Downstream) Lesotho Easigas Lesotho (PTY) Ltd
BP United Kingdom Dussek Campbell (Cables) Ltd
Shell (Downstream) Bulgaria Shell Bulgaria EAD
BP Argentina Gas Link S A
BP United Kingdom BP Exploration (Alpha) Ltd
Anglo American South Africa Ambase Investment Africa (Namibia) (Pty) Ltd
Barrick Gold Corporation United States Marigold Mine
BP Nigeria BP Exploration (Nigeria) Ltd
Shell (Downstream) Shell Bitumen China Holdings Limited
BP United States BP Amoco Chemical Holding Company
BP United States 4321 North 800 West LLC
BP United States ARCO Mexico Ventures Inc
  • Number of subsidiaries: 6093