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BP Exploration Operating Company Limited

Registered as BP EXPLORATION OPERATING COMPANY LIMITED. Company number 00305943. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 27 July 2026.

27days on average to pay

  • Within 30 days
  • 31 to 60 days
  • Over 60 days

In the reporting period from 1 January 2026 to 30 June 2026, BP Exploration Operating Company Limited reported that it took an average of 27 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 90% of invoices within 30 days, 9% in 31 to 60 days and 1% after more than 60 days. It said 8% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 61% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 June 2025, the average was 28 days, so it is 1 day faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 33 Dec 2020 30 Jun 2021 31 Dec 2021 33 Jun 2022 34 Dec 2022 34 Jun 2023 36 Dec 2023 34 Jun 2024 33 Dec 2024 28 Jun 2025 27 Dec 2025 27 Jun 2026

Bars are labelled with the month the period ended. The dashed line marks 30 days.

Every report filed

PeriodFiledAverage daysWithin 30 days31 to 60Over 60Not within termsSource
Jan to Jun 2026 27 Jul 2026 27 90%9%1%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 27 91%8%1%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 30 Jul 2025 28 90%9%1%6% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 30 Jan 2025 33 85%13%2%6% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 30 Jul 2024 34 81%17%2%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 29 Jan 2024 36 79%17%4%10% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 27 Jul 2023 34 70%22%7%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 30 Jan 2023 34 79%19%2%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 29 Jul 2022 33 82%16%2%6% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 26 Jan 2022 31 87%12%1%3% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 29 Jul 2021 30 87%12%1%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 25 Jan 2021 33 76%23%1%5% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 29 Jul 2020 34 72%26%2%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 29 Jan 2020 31 79%20%1%6% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 26 Jul 2019 35 29%68%3%54% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 30 Jan 2019 39 25%71%4%56% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 27 Jul 2018 35 21%76%3%63% Report

Source: the company's filings on Check payment practices. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are as filed. We do not change them.