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<P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=1>As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on January 17, 2003</font></p>
<P align=right><FONT face=Arial size=1>Registration No.
__________
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></P>
<P align=center><B><FONT face=Arial size=4>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION<BR>Washington, D.C. 20549</FONT></B></P>
<P align=center><B><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT></B></P>
<P align=center><B><FONT face=Arial size=4>_____<BR><BR>FORM S-8<BR>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>Under<BR>THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933<BR>_____</FONT></B></P>
<P align=center><B><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT></B></P>
<P align=center><B><FONT face=Arial size=4>BP p.l.c.<BR></B></P>
<P align=center><B><FONT face=Arial size=3></FONT></B></P>
<P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=1>(Exact name of registrant as specified
in its charter)</FONT></P>
<P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></P>
<P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></P>

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      <P align=center><font face=Arial size=1>England and Wales<BR>(State or
      other jurisdiction of incorporation<BR>or organization)</font></P></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top>
      <P align=center><font face=Arial size=1>None<BR>(I.R.S. Employer
      Identification No.)<BR></font></P></TD></TR>
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      <P align=center><font face=Arial size=1></font></P>
      <P align=center><font face=Arial size=1>1 St. James's Square
      <BR>London SW1Y 4PD<BR>England<BR>(Address of Principal Executive
      Offices)</font></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P align=center><font face=Arial size=3><B>BURMAH CASTROL GROUP U.S.A. THRIFT PLAN<BR>(Full Title of Plan)<br>
<P align=center><font face=Arial size=3>--------</B><br></font></P>

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<p align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial"><br>Stephen R. Winters<br>
Vice President and Regional General Counsel<br>
BP America Inc.<br>
200 E. Randolph Dr.<br>
Chicago, Illinois 60601<br>
(312) 856-3813</font><br></p>
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<p align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial">With a copy to:<br>
Peter Bevan<br>
Group General Counsel<br>
BP p.l.c.<br>
1 St. James's Square<br>
London SW1Y 4PD<br>
England<br>
44 20 7496 4013<br></p>
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<p align="center"><font size="1" face="Arial">(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
agent for service)</font></p>
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<p align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial"><U>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></p>
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<p><font size="2" face="Arial"><br><br>Title of Securities<br>

<U>To be Registered</font></p>
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<p align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial"><br>Amount<br>
to be<br>
<U>Registered</font></p>
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<p align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial">Proposed<br>
Maximum<br>
Offering Price<br>
<U>Per Share(2)<br>
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<td valign="top">
<p align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial">Proposed<br>
Maximum<br>
Aggregate<br>
<U>Offering Price(2)<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">
<p align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial">
<br>Amount of<br>
Registration<br>
<U>Fee(2)<br>
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<p><font size="2" face="Arial">Ordinary Shares (1)<br>
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<p align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>
<p align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial">1,200,000</font></p>
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<td valign="top">
<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial">$6.5518</font></p>
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<p align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial">$7,862,160</font></p>
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<p align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial">$723.32</font></p>
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<p><font size="1"face="Arial">(1) &nbsp; In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the plan to which this
registration statement relates.</font></p>

<p><font size="1"face="Arial">(2) &nbsp; Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee. Such estimate has been computed in accordance with Rule 457(h) based on the average of the high and
low quotation for Ordinary Shares of BP p.l.c. on the London Stock Exchange on January 15, 2003 and the buying rate for pounds sterling
of (pound)1.00 = $1.6029 as announced by the Federal Reserve on that date.
</font></p>


<p align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial">PART II</font></p>

<p align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></p>

<p align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">Item 3.&nbsp;&nbsp;
<u>Incorporation of Certain Documents By Reference</u>.</font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The reports listed
below have been filed with or furnished to the Securities Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;Commission&rdquo;) by BP p.l.c.
(&ldquo;BP&rdquo;), and are incorporated herein by reference to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently
filed or furnished:</font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; BP&rsquo;s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year
ended December 31, 2001.</font></p>


<p><font size="2" face="Arial">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;BP&rsquo;s Form 6-K dated May 15, 2002 (File No. 001-06262).</font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;BP&rsquo;s Form 6-K dated September 4, 2002 (File No. 001-06262).</font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;BP&rsquo;s Form 6-K dated November 4, 2002 (File No.
001-06262).</font></p>


<p><font size="2" face="Arial">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In addition, all
filings on Form 20-F filed by BP pursuant to the 1934 Act and, to the extent designated therein, Reports on Form 6-K and Form 11-K
filed by BP, after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the termination of the distribution contemplated hereby are
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement from the date of filing or furnishing such documents or
reports.</font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">Item 4.&nbsp;&nbsp;
<u>Description of Securities</u>.</font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Not
applicable.</font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">Item 5.&nbsp;&nbsp;
<u>Counsel</u>.</font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The validity of the
Ordinary Shares registered herein has been passed upon by P.B.P. Bevan, Group General Counsel of BP.&nbsp; The validity of the plan interests has been
passed upon by Stephen R. Winters, Vice President and Regional General Counsel of BP America Inc.</font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">Item 6.&nbsp;&nbsp;
<u>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</u>.</font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Article 137 of BP's
Articles of Association provides:</font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &ldquo;Subject to
the provisions of and so far as may be consistent with the Statutes, every Director, Auditor, Secretary or other officer of the
Company shall be entitled to be indemnified by the Company against all costs, charges, losses, expenses and liabilities incurred by
him in the execution and/or discharge of his duties and/or the exercise of his powers and/or otherwise in relation to or in
connection with his duties, powers or office.&rdquo;</font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Section 310 of the
Companies Act 1985 (as amended by Section 137 of the Companies Act 1989) provides as follows:</font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">&ldquo;310 - <i>Provisions exempting officers and auditors from
liability.</i></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">(1)&nbsp; This section applies to any provision, whether contained in a company's
articles or in any contract with the company or otherwise, for exempting any officer of the
company or any person (whether an officer or not) employed by the company as auditor from, or indemnifying him against, any liability which by virtue of any rule of
law would otherwise attach to him in respect of any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust of which he may be
guilty in relation to the company.</font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">(2)&nbsp; Except as provided by the following subsection, any such provision is
void.</font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">(3)&nbsp; This section does not prevent a company&nbsp;</font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;from purchasing and maintaining for any such officer
or auditor insurance against any such liability, or</font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) from indemnifying any such officer or auditor
against any liability incurred by him -</font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (i) in defending any proceedings (whether civil or criminal) in which judgment is
given in his favor or he is acquitted, or</font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) in connection with any application under section 144(3) or (4) (acquisition of
shares by innocent nominee) or Section 727 (general power to grant relief in case of honest and reasonable conduct) in which relief
is granted to him by the court.&rdquo;</font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 727 of the Companies Act 1985 of the United Kingdom provides as
follows:</font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">&ldquo;727 - <i>Power of court to grant relief in certain
circumstances:</i></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">(1)&nbsp; If in any proceedings for negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of
trust against an officer of a company or a person employed by a company as auditor (whether he is or is not an officer of the
company) it appears to the court hearing the case that that officer or person is or may be liable in respect of the negligence, default,
breach of duty or breach of trust, but that he has acted honestly and reasonably, and that having regard to all the circumstances
of the case (including those connected with his appointment) he ought fairly to be excused for the negligence, default, breach of
duty or breach of trust, that court may relieve him, either wholly or partly, from his liability on such terms as it thinks
fit.</font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">(2)&nbsp; If any such officer or person as above-mentioned has reason to apprehend
that any claim will or might be made against him in respect of any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust, he may
apply to the court for relief; and the court on the application has the same power to relieve him as under this section it would
have had if it had been a court before which proceedings against that person for negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of
trust had been brought.</font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">(3) Where a case to which subsection (1) applies is being tried by a judge with a
jury, the judge, after hearing the evidence, may, if he is satisfied that the defendant or defender ought in pursuance of that
subsection to be relieved either in whole or in part from the liability sought to be enforced against him, withdraw the case in
whole or in part from the jury and forthwith direct judgment to be entered for the defendant or defender on such terms as to costs
or otherwise as the judge may think proper.&rdquo;</font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; BP maintains directors' and officers' liability
insurance for its directors and officers.</font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">Item 7.&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Exemption
from Registration Claimed</u>.</font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.</font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">Item 8.&nbsp;&nbsp;
<u>Exhibits</u>.</font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See the Exhibit Index which is incorporated herein by reference.&nbsp; The Registrant
hereby undertakes that it will submit, or has submitted, the Burmah Castrol Group U.S.A.Thrift Plan and any amendments thereto to the Internal
Revenue Service ("IRS"), and has made or will make all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify the Burmah Castrol Group U.S.A. Thrift
Plan.</font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">Item 9.&nbsp;&nbsp;
<u>Undertakings</u>.</font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The undersigned Registrant hereby
undertakes:</font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">(1)&nbsp; To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement: (i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933; (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration
statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration
statement; provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.</font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">(2)&nbsp; That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act
of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">(3)&nbsp; To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of
the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report on Form 20-F
pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and filing of the Burmah Castrol Group U.S.A.
Thrift Plan annual report on Form 11-K pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by
reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933
may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the provisions set forth in Item 6,
or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.&nbsp; In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director,
officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.</font></p>

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<p><font size="3" face="Arial">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial"><br />
SIGNATURES OF BP P.L.C.</font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pursuant to the requirements of
the Securities Act of 1933, BP p.l.c. certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement, or amendment thereto, to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of London, England, on the 16th day of January, 2003.</font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face=
"Arial">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; BP p.l.c.</font></p>

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By:<U>&nbsp; /s/Judith C. Hanratty
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></FONT></P>
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<P><FONT face=Arial
size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Judith C. Hanratty<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Title:&nbsp; Corporate Secretary&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></FONT></P>
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<p><font size="2" face="Arial">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial">POWER OF
ATTORNEY<br /></font></p><br />


<p><font size="2" face="Arial">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS
that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Stephen R. Winters and Daniel B. Pinkert, his or her true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact, each with power of substitution, in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same with all
exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto the
said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do
in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his or her
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pursuant to the requirements of
the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement, or amendment thereto, has been signed by the following persons in the
indicated capacities on the 16th day of January, 2003.</font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

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<p align=center><u><font size="2" face="Arial">Name</font></u></p>
</td>
<td width=300>
<p align=center><u><font size="2" face="Arial">Title</font></u></p>
</td>
</tr></table>
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<td width=300 valign="top">
<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>


<p><font size="2" face=
"Arial"><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; /s/Peter Sutherland&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u><br>
Peter Sutherland</font></p></td>
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<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>


<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">Non-Executive Chairman</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>


<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10">
<tr valign="top">
<td width=300 valign="top">
<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face=
"Arial"><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u><br>
Sir Ian Prosser</font></p></td>
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<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">Non-Executive Deputy Chairman</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>


<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10">
<tr valign="top">
<td width=300 valign="top">
<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face=
"Arial"><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; /s/Browne of Madingley&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u><br>
The Lord Browne of Madingley</font></p></td>
</td>
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<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">Group Chief Executive and Executive Director<br>
(Principal Executive Officer)</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>


<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10">
<tr valign="top">
<td width=300 valign="top">
<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face=
"Arial"><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; /s/Byron E. Grote&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u><br>
Dr. Byron E. Grote</font></p></td>
</td>
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<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>


<p><font size="2" face="Arial">Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director<br>
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>


<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10">
<tr valign="top">
<td width=300 valign="top">
<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face=
"Arial"><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; /s/Rodney Chase&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u><br>
Rodney F. Chase</font></p></td>
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<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>


<p><font size="2" face="Arial">Deputy Group Chief Executive and Executive<br>
Director</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10">
<tr valign="top">
<td width=300 valign="top">
<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face=
"Arial"><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; /s/Richard L. Olver&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u><br>
Richard L. Olver</font></p></td>
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<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">Chief Executive, Exploration &amp; Production and<br>
Executive Director</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>



<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10">
<tr valign="top">
<td width=300 valign="top">
<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face=
"Arial"><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; /s/John H. Bryan&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u><br>
John H. Byran</font></p></td>
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<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">Non-Executive Director</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>



<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10">
<tr valign="top">
<td width=300 valign="top">
<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face=
"Arial"><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; /s/Erroll B. Davis Jr.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u><br>
Erroll B. Davis Jr.</font></p></td>
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<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">Non-Executive Director</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>


<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10">
<tr valign="top">
<td width=300 valign="top">
<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face=
"Arial"><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u><br>
Dr. DeAnne S.
Julius</font></p>
</td>
<td valign="top">
<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">Non-Executive Director</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>



<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10">
<tr valign="top">
<td width=300 valign="top">
<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face=
"Arial"><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; /s/Charles F. Knight&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u><br>
Charles F. Knight</font></p></td>
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<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">Non-Executive Director</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10">
<tr valign="top">
<td width=300 valign="top">
<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face=
"Arial"><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; /s/F.A. Maljers&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u><br>
Floris A. Maljers</font></p></td>
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<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">Non-Executive Director</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10">
<tr valign="top">
<td width=300 valign="top">
<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face=
"Arial"><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; /s/Walter E. Massey&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u><br>
Dr. Walter E. Massey</font></p></td>
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<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">Non-Executive Director</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10">
<tr valign="top">
<td width=300 valign="top">
<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face=
"Arial"><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; /s/H. Michael P. Miles&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u><br>
H. Michael P. Miles</font></p></td>
<td valign="top">
<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">Non-Executive Director</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10">
<tr valign="top">
<td width=300 valign="top">
<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face=
"Arial"><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u><br>
Sir Robin
Nicholson</font></p>
</td>
<td valign="top">
<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">Non-Executive Director</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>


<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10">
<tr valign="top">
<td width=300 valign="top">
<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face=
"Arial"><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; /s/Michael H. Wilson&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u><br>
Michael H. Wilson</font></p></td>
<td valign="top">
<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">Non-Executive Director</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10">
<tr valign="top">
<td width=300 valign="top">
<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face=
"Arial"><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/Daniel B. Pinkert&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u><br>
Daniel B.
Pinkert</font></p>
</td>
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<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">Authorized Representative in the United States</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>


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<P align=center><font face=Arial size=2>SIGNATURE OF Burmah Castrol Group U.S.A. Thrift Plan</P>
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<P><font face=Arial
size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the plan
administrator has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
City of Chicago, State of Illinois, on January 17, 2003.</font></P>
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<P><font face=Arial
size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
By: Burmah Castrol Group U.S.A. Thrift Plan<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Plan Administrator</FONT></P>

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<P><FONT face=Arial
size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
By:<U>&nbsp; /s/Donald Packham&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</U><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Don E. Packham&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbspTitle:&nbsp; Senior Vice-President of Human Resources -<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbspBP Corporation North America, Inc.</font></P>
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<p align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial">EXHIBIT INDEX</font></p>

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<p><u><font size="2" face="Arial">Exhibit No.</font></u><font size="2" face="Arial">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Description</u></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">4(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The
Burmah Castrol Group U.S.A.Thrift Plan</font></p>

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<p><font size="2" face="Arial">5(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Opinion of P.B.P. Bevan, Group General Counsel
of BP,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; as to the validity of the shares being registered.</font></p>

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<p><font size="2" face="Arial">5(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Opinion of Stephen R. Winters, Regional
General Counsel of BP America Inc., <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;as to the validity of the plan interests being registered.</font></p>

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<p><font size="2" face="Arial">23(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP, independent
auditors, London, England.</font></p>

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<p><font size="2" face="Arial">23(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Consent of P. B. P. Bevan, Group General Counsel of BP<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(included in Exhibit 5).</font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Arial">23(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Consent of Stephen R. Winters, Regional
General Counsel of BP America Inc.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(included in Exhibit 5)</font></p>

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<p><font size="2" face=
"Arial">24&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page
hereof).</font></p>

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As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on January 17, 2003
Registration No.
__________
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
_____
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933
_____
BP p.l.c.
(Exact name of registrant as specified
in its charter)
England and Wales
(State or
      other jurisdiction of incorporation
or organization)
None
(I.R.S. Employer
      Identification No.)
1 St. James's Square
London SW1Y 4PD
England
(Address of Principal Executive
      Offices)
BURMAH CASTROL GROUP U.S.A. THRIFT PLAN
(Full Title of Plan)
--------
Stephen R. Winters
Vice President and Regional General Counsel
BP America Inc.
200 E. Randolph Dr.
Chicago, Illinois 60601
(312) 856-3813
With a copy to:
Peter Bevan
Group General Counsel
BP p.l.c.
1 St. James's Square
London SW1Y 4PD
England
44 20 7496 4013
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
To be Registered
Amount
to be
Registered
Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share(2)
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price(2)
Amount of
Registration
Fee(2)
Ordinary Shares (1)
1,200,000
$6.5518
$7,862,160
$723.32
(1)   In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the plan to which this
registration statement relates.
(2)   Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee. Such estimate has been computed in accordance with Rule 457(h) based on the average of the high and
low quotation for Ordinary Shares of BP p.l.c. on the London Stock Exchange on January 15, 2003 and the buying rate for pounds sterling
of (pound)1.00 = $1.6029 as announced by the Federal Reserve on that date.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Certain Documents By Reference
.
The reports listed
below have been filed with or furnished to the Securities Exchange Commission (the "Commission") by BP p.l.c.
("BP"), and are incorporated herein by reference to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently
filed or furnished:
-     BP's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year
ended December 31, 2001.
-     BP's Form 6-K dated May 15, 2002 (File No. 001-06262).
-     BP's Form 6-K dated September 4, 2002 (File No. 001-06262).
-     BP's Form 6-K dated November 4, 2002 (File No.
001-06262).
In addition, all
filings on Form 20-F filed by BP pursuant to the 1934 Act and, to the extent designated therein, Reports on Form 6-K and Form 11-K
filed by BP, after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the termination of the distribution contemplated hereby are
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement from the date of filing or furnishing such documents or
reports.
Item 4.
Description of Securities
.
Not
applicable.
Item 5.
Counsel
.
The validity of the
Ordinary Shares registered herein has been passed upon by P.B.P. Bevan, Group General Counsel of BP.  The validity of the plan interests has been
passed upon by Stephen R. Winters, Vice President and Regional General Counsel of BP America Inc.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
.
Article 137 of BP's
Articles of Association provides:
"Subject to
the provisions of and so far as may be consistent with the Statutes, every Director, Auditor, Secretary or other officer of the
Company shall be entitled to be indemnified by the Company against all costs, charges, losses, expenses and liabilities incurred by
him in the execution and/or discharge of his duties and/or the exercise of his powers and/or otherwise in relation to or in
connection with his duties, powers or office."
Section 310 of the
Companies Act 1985 (as amended by Section 137 of the Companies Act 1989) provides as follows:
"310 -
Provisions exempting officers and auditors from
liability.
(1)  This section applies to any provision, whether contained in a company's
articles or in any contract with the company or otherwise, for exempting any officer of the
company or any person (whether an officer or not) employed by the company as auditor from, or indemnifying him against, any liability which by virtue of any rule of
law would otherwise attach to him in respect of any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust of which he may be
guilty in relation to the company.
(2)  Except as provided by the following subsection, any such provision is
void.
(3)  This section does not prevent a company
(a) from purchasing and maintaining for any such officer
or auditor insurance against any such liability, or
(b) from indemnifying any such officer or auditor
against any liability incurred by him -
(i) in defending any proceedings (whether civil or criminal) in which judgment is
given in his favor or he is acquitted, or
(ii) in connection with any application under section 144(3) or (4) (acquisition of
shares by innocent nominee) or Section 727 (general power to grant relief in case of honest and reasonable conduct) in which relief
is granted to him by the court."
Section 727 of the Companies Act 1985 of the United Kingdom provides as
follows:
"727 -
Power of court to grant relief in certain
circumstances:
(1)  If in any proceedings for negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of
trust against an officer of a company or a person employed by a company as auditor (whether he is or is not an officer of the
company) it appears to the court hearing the case that that officer or person is or may be liable in respect of the negligence, default,
breach of duty or breach of trust, but that he has acted honestly and reasonably, and that having regard to all the circumstances
of the case (including those connected with his appointment) he ought fairly to be excused for the negligence, default, breach of
duty or breach of trust, that court may relieve him, either wholly or partly, from his liability on such terms as it thinks
fit.
(2)  If any such officer or person as above-mentioned has reason to apprehend
that any claim will or might be made against him in respect of any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust, he may
apply to the court for relief; and the court on the application has the same power to relieve him as under this section it would
have had if it had been a court before which proceedings against that person for negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of
trust had been brought.
(3) Where a case to which subsection (1) applies is being tried by a judge with a
jury, the judge, after hearing the evidence, may, if he is satisfied that the defendant or defender ought in pursuance of that
subsection to be relieved either in whole or in part from the liability sought to be enforced against him, withdraw the case in
whole or in part from the jury and forthwith direct judgment to be entered for the defendant or defender on such terms as to costs
or otherwise as the judge may think proper."
BP maintains directors' and officers' liability
insurance for its directors and officers.
Item 7.
Exemption
from Registration Claimed
.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
.
See the Exhibit Index which is incorporated herein by reference.  The Registrant
hereby undertakes that it will submit, or has submitted, the Burmah Castrol Group U.S.A.Thrift Plan and any amendments thereto to the Internal
Revenue Service ("IRS"), and has made or will make all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify the Burmah Castrol Group U.S.A. Thrift
Plan.
Item 9.
Undertakings
.
The undersigned Registrant hereby
undertakes:
(1)  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement: (i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933; (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration
statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration
statement; provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2)  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act
of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)  To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of
the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report on Form 20-F
pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and filing of the Burmah Castrol Group U.S.A.
Thrift Plan annual report on Form 11-K pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by
reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933
may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the provisions set forth in Item 6,
or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director,
officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
SIGNATURES OF BP P.L.C.
Pursuant to the requirements of
the Securities Act of 1933, BP p.l.c. certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement, or amendment thereto, to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of London, England, on the 16th day of January, 2003.
BP p.l.c.
By:
/s/Judith C. Hanratty
Judith C. Hanratty
Title:  Corporate Secretary
POWER OF
ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS
that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Stephen R. Winters and Daniel B. Pinkert, his or her true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact, each with power of substitution, in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same with all
exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto the
said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do
in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his or her
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of
the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement, or amendment thereto, has been signed by the following persons in the
indicated capacities on the 16th day of January, 2003.
Name
Title
/s/Peter Sutherland
Peter Sutherland
Non-Executive Chairman
Sir Ian Prosser
Non-Executive Deputy Chairman
/s/Browne of Madingley
The Lord Browne of Madingley
Group Chief Executive and Executive Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/Byron E. Grote
Dr. Byron E. Grote
Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/Rodney Chase
Rodney F. Chase
Deputy Group Chief Executive and Executive
Director
/s/Richard L. Olver
Richard L. Olver
Chief Executive, Exploration & Production and
Executive Director
/s/John H. Bryan
John H. Byran
Non-Executive Director
/s/Erroll B. Davis Jr.
Erroll B. Davis Jr.
Non-Executive Director
Dr. DeAnne S.
Julius
Non-Executive Director
/s/Charles F. Knight
Charles F. Knight
Non-Executive Director
/s/F.A. Maljers
Floris A. Maljers
Non-Executive Director
/s/Walter E. Massey
Dr. Walter E. Massey
Non-Executive Director
/s/H. Michael P. Miles
H. Michael P. Miles
Non-Executive Director
Sir Robin
Nicholson
Non-Executive Director
/s/Michael H. Wilson
Michael H. Wilson
Non-Executive Director
/s/Daniel B. Pinkert
Daniel B.
Pinkert
Authorized Representative in the United States
SIGNATURE OF Burmah Castrol Group U.S.A. Thrift Plan
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the plan
administrator has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
City of Chicago, State of Illinois, on January 17, 2003.
By: Burmah Castrol Group U.S.A. Thrift Plan
Plan Administrator
By:
/s/Donald Packham
Don E. Packham
Title:  Senior Vice-President of Human Resources -
BP Corporation North America, Inc.
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
4(a)                The
Burmah Castrol Group U.S.A.Thrift Plan
5(a)                Opinion of P.B.P. Bevan, Group General Counsel
of BP,
as to the validity of the shares being registered.
5(b)                Opinion of Stephen R. Winters, Regional
General Counsel of BP America Inc.,
as to the validity of the plan interests being registered.
23(a)               Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent
auditors, London, England.
23(b)               Consent of P. B. P. Bevan, Group General Counsel of BP
(included in Exhibit 5).
23(c)               Consent of Stephen R. Winters, Regional
General Counsel of BP America Inc.
(included in Exhibit 5)
24        
          Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page
hereof).