About BHP Billiton Petroleum

Global Resources / Worldwide Opportunities

About PetroleumWith production operations in six countries and nearly 2,000 employees worldwide, BHP Billiton Petroleum is a key player in the oil and gas industry. 

BHP Billiton Petroleum prides itself on operating policies that safeguard a highly diverse workforce. With a safety performance record that is in the top quartile of the oil and gas industry, employees work toward the goal of achieving zero harm to people, to the communities where BHP Billiton operates and to the environment.  

Headquartered in Houston, Texas, BHP Billiton Petroleum is an agile, culturally diverse organisation with the financial resources of a super major. This unique combination gives us the financial capability to move swiftly to capture opportunities.

BHP Billiton Petroleum is executing on its largest exploration budget to date.

This expanded exploration focus drives our approach to developing future production units. Our full inventory of diverse development projects instils confidence to continue substantial investments in the future.

BHP Billiton Petroleum is forecasting the first of several years of double-digit volume growth. With deep and diverse projects already producing throughout the world, the goal among all production units is to have 100 percent of wells producing at 100 percent of their maximum rate for 100 percent of the time.