BP DIGITAL

Target: BP p.l.c. and relevant subsidiaries, investments and commercial partners Research date: 26 October 2026 Scope: Enterprise technology, digital infrastructure, Israeli technology-sector relationships, surveillance, AI, research and development, and relevant civil-society scrutiny.

Enterprise Technology Stack & Vendor Relationships

Palantir - enterprise software and operational analytics

On 9 September 2024, Palantir Technologies announced a five-year enterprise agreement with BP to extend a relationship that began in 2014 and introduce capabilities from Palantir’s Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP).¹

Palantir stated that its software supported BP’s production operations in the North Sea, Gulf of Mexico and Oman, integrating real-time information from more than two million industrial sensors into a digital model of oil and gas production assets.¹

The Society of Petroleum Engineers independently reported the September 2024 agreement, identifying operational digital twins, data integration and AI-assisted decision support as its principal functions.²

The disclosed BP deployment concerns general-purpose industrial data integration, operational analytics, digital twins and AI-supported decisions.¹

The five-year agreement announced in September 2024 establishes a contractual term extending into 2029 unless subsequently modified or terminated.¹

Microsoft - enterprise cloud infrastructure

Microsoft announced on 15 September 2020 that BP had extended its agreement to use Azure as a strategic cloud platform, including services for data analytics, machine learning, digital twins and security.³

In July 2017, Microsoft reported that BP had selected Azure for advanced enterprise workloads, including migration of its proprietary data lake and use of analytical and predictive tools.⁴

A Microsoft customer case study dated October 2019 describes BP’s use of Azure Policy and Azure Cost Management to govern cloud resources and monitor expenditure, reporting a 40% reduction in cloud spending attributable to its cost-management practices.⁵

The 2017 Azure deployment is historical evidence marked [pre-2020]; the 2020 strategic agreement confirms that the Microsoft relationship continued after that period.^{3, 4}

Amazon Web Services - enterprise infrastructure

On 4 December 2019, AWS announced that BP was migrating data and 900 key applications from its European mega-data centres to AWS, covering infrastructure used across BP’s businesses.⁶

The announcement identifies cloud storage, databases, computation, analytics, machine learning and security as relevant service categories and describes the migration as part of BP’s enterprise digital transformation.⁶

The 2019 agreement is marked [pre-2020]; the published announcement establishes the historical migration programme but does not identify BP’s complete infrastructure configuration in October 2026.⁶

Systems integrators and outsourcing

In 2011, Computer Weekly reported that BP had consolidated its IT outsourcing ecosystem around seven providers: IBM, Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, Accenture, Wipro, HP and T-Systems.⁷

This supplier arrangement is [pre-2020] evidence; the report does not establish that the same seven-provider structure remains in effect in 2026.⁷

BP’s 2025 cybersecurity disclosure confirms that the company engages third-party specialists to supplement internal cybersecurity capabilities and assesses security risks associated with suppliers.⁸

Israeli-origin enterprise software

No public evidence identified of BP-specific licensing or deployment of Check Point, Wiz, SentinelOne, CyberArk, NICE, Verint, Claroty, Palo Alto Networks or equivalent Israeli-origin cybersecurity platforms in the records reviewed.⁸

No public evidence identified that BP’s historical systems integrators deployed Israeli-origin products specifically as part of their BP engagements.^{7, 8}

Scope of dependency

The disclosed scale of Palantir’s software integration, including more than two million industrial sensors, establishes that its platform supports substantial operational processes rather than an isolated experimental installation.¹

Microsoft Azure and AWS have both been publicly identified as major components of BP’s enterprise cloud infrastructure, although the reviewed disclosures do not establish the precise current distribution of workloads between providers.^{3, 6}

Surveillance, Biometrics & Retail Technology

Facial recognition and biometrics

No public evidence identified of BP deploying facial recognition, gait analysis, biometric identification or frictionless-checkout technology supplied by Trigo, BriefCam, AnyVision/Oosto, Trax or comparable Israeli-origin vendors.⁸

Predictive analytics and operational monitoring

BP’s September 2024 Palantir agreement describes the use of digital twins, real-time operational information and AI-assisted recommendations to monitor and optimise industrial production.¹

These documented activities concern industrial facilities and operational performance rather than identification or surveillance of civilian populations.¹

BP’s published trading and shipping innovation hub identifies predictive analytics, anomaly detection, risk modelling and automated decision-making among the technologies of interest to its trading business.⁹

BP’s recruitment documentation for a senior compliance role in 2026 identifies analytics, AI governance and trade surveillance as functions within its global supply, trading and shipping operations.¹⁰

The trading-surveillance references concern compliance monitoring of trading activity and do not establish the use of Israeli-origin intelligence or population-surveillance technology.¹⁰

Workforce monitoring and third-party deployments

No public evidence identified of Israeli-origin predictive-policing, workforce-monitoring or sentiment-analysis technology being deployed by BP.^{8, 10}

No public evidence identified that an Israeli-origin biometric or population-surveillance system reached BP through a managed service provider or bundled enterprise platform.^{7, 8}

Retail digital innovation

BP’s corporate collaboration platform identifies retail safety and other operational technology programmes as areas for external innovation proposals.¹¹

The existence of a supplier-discovery programme does not establish procurement or deployment of any particular Israeli-origin retail surveillance technology.¹¹

Cloud Infrastructure, Data Residency & Sovereign Cloud Participation

Cloud architecture

BP’s enterprise infrastructure includes publicly documented use of Microsoft Azure for analytics, digital transformation and operational workloads.^{3, 5}

AWS’s December 2019 announcement describes a migration of 900 applications and data from BP’s European mega-data centres, identifying a substantial enterprise cloud transformation.⁶

Microsoft’s 2020 partnership announcement includes Azure Digital Twins, analytical services, security and machine learning among the capabilities available to BP.³

Israeli data-centre operations

No public evidence identified that BP operates, leases or co-locates a proprietary data centre in Israel.^{6, 8}

No public evidence identified establishing that BP-specific Azure or AWS datasets are hosted in an Israeli cloud region.^{3, 6}

The reviewed corporate disclosures do not specify the geographical location of every BP dataset, replication environment or cloud-support access path.^{3, 6}

Data exposure

Palantir’s 2024 announcement establishes that BP uses its software to integrate industrial operational data and provide AI-supported decision assistance.¹

The announcement describes the scale and functional purpose of this integration but does not identify an Israeli storage location, Israeli processing environment or Israeli state-access arrangement for BP data.¹

Microsoft and AWS disclosures establish infrastructure-provider relationships but do not establish that BP operational, customer or employee datasets are accessible under Israeli jurisdiction.^{3, 6}

No public evidence identified that BP datasets have been transferred to Israeli military or intelligence organisations through its enterprise software suppliers.^{1, 8}

Government cloud participation

No public evidence identified of BP holding a supplier contract under Israel’s Project Nimbus programme.^{3, 6}

No public evidence identified of BP supplying cloud infrastructure, data sovereignty services or government data-residency products to Israeli public-sector institutions.^{3, 6}

BP’s cloud contracts establish BP’s position as an enterprise customer of cloud services rather than a demonstrated supplier of sovereign cloud infrastructure to the Israeli government.^{3, 6}

Defence, Intelligence & Security Sector Technology Relationships

Direct military and intelligence contracts

No public evidence identified of a direct BP information-technology, cybersecurity, cloud-hosting or analytics contract with the Israel Defence Forces, Israeli Ministry of Defence or Israeli intelligence agencies.⁸

Palantir supplier relationship

BP’s September 2024 agreement with Palantir covers oil and gas production software, industrial digital twins and enterprise AI.¹

Amnesty International documented its engagement with Palantir in 2025 concerning the company’s surveillance technology and potential human-rights implications, including questions about technology used to monitor people advocating for Palestinian rights.¹²

A June 2026 Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament publication identified Palantir among technology companies targeted by a campaign concerning technology provision to Israeli state institutions.¹³

These sources document scrutiny of Palantir’s independent activities; they do not establish that BP supplied technology, datasets or services to Israeli military agencies.^{1, 12, 13}

No public evidence identified connecting BP’s industrial Palantir deployment to Israeli military intelligence databases, battlefield systems or surveillance of Palestinians.^{1, 12}

Israeli state commercial relationships

NewMed Energy announced that its consortium with SOCAR and BP had been selected for six natural-gas exploration licences in Cluster I in October 2023, with SOCAR designated as operator.¹⁴

Interfax reported that the consortium received the offshore exploration licences on 17 March 2025 following the Israeli government’s licensing process.¹⁵

Interfax subsequently reported that SOCAR held 33.34% of the consortium while BP and NewMed Energy each held approximately 33.33%.¹⁶

In April 2026, Interfax described a planned seismic-survey programme for the offshore project and an estimated programme budget of $27.85 million.¹⁷

These records establish a commercial natural-resource exploration relationship involving BP and an Israeli partner, but do not identify a corresponding BP contract to provide military or intelligence technology.^{14, 17}

Dual-use technology

Palantir’s software supports BP’s general-purpose industrial analytics, production management and AI applications under the 2024 enterprise agreement.¹

No public evidence identified that BP supplies its own commercial software for Israeli military surveillance, intelligence collection or law-enforcement operations.^{1, 8}

Offensive cyber and digital weapons

No public evidence identified of BP developing, selling, licensing or maintaining offensive cyber capabilities, zero-day exploits, digital weapons or electronic targeting technology for Israeli state actors.⁸

AI, Algorithmic & Autonomous Systems

Enterprise AI deployment

Palantir’s September 2024 agreement introduced AIP capabilities to BP’s existing software environment, with the stated intention of using large language models to support human decision-making.¹

Palantir described the AI deployment as combining existing operational data and digital twins with access controls, recorded decisions and mechanisms intended to improve the reliability of AI recommendations.¹

The Society of Petroleum Engineers reported that the extended agreement was intended to improve operational analysis, industrial performance and data integration.²

AI research and commercial innovation

BP’s trading and shipping innovation hub identifies AI, automated decision-making, predictive analytics and anomaly detection as areas of commercial technology interest.⁹

BP’s enterprise collaboration platform invites suppliers and developers to propose products and services that may be tested, integrated or developed collaboratively with BP.¹¹

A separate BP innovation-scouting platform describes a process for evaluating external technologies and possible commercial collaborations.¹⁸

AI provision to Israeli state bodies

No public evidence identified of BP supplying machine-learning, computer-vision, natural-language-processing or AI decision-support platforms to Israeli government, military or intelligence organisations.^{1, 8}

Training data

No public evidence identified that BP AI models were trained on intercepted communications, biometric records or civilian surveillance datasets originating in Israel or the occupied Palestinian territories.^{1, 8}

No public evidence identified of BP providing Palestinian civilian surveillance data to an Israeli military AI training programme.^{1, 12}

Autonomous targeting and weapons systems

No public evidence identified of BP providing autonomous target-generation systems, fire-control AI, kill-chain automation or automated lethal targeting technology to Israeli military or security forces.^{1, 8}

The documented BP-Palantir applications are industrial monitoring, operational modelling and enterprise decision support, placing the verified software relationship within the general-purpose infrastructure and analytics scope of Digital.^{1, 2}

Technology Ecosystem & R&D Footprint

Investment in Israeli technology

On 22 May 2018, Israeli battery technology company StoreDot announced a $20 million strategic investment by BP Ventures to advance ultra-fast charging technology for electric vehicles.¹⁹

The investment was also reported by Israeli business publication Globes, which identified StoreDot as a Herzliya-based developer of rapid-charging lithium-ion technology.²⁰

Globes subsequently described the investment in a report dated 29 May 2018 as BP’s first-ever investment in Israel.²¹

The investment is marked [pre-2020], while later corporate announcements demonstrate the continuation of BP’s strategic relationship after the original investment.^{19, 22}

StoreDot research and development

StoreDot’s development programme focuses on ultra-fast charging batteries, electrochemical materials and associated commercial technologies for electric vehicles.¹⁹

In a 2022 corporate announcement, StoreDot continued to identify BP Ventures among its longstanding strategic partners and described cooperation across the vehicle and charging-infrastructure ecosystem.²²

The 2022 statement confirms continuing strategic engagement at that date; the reviewed materials do not establish BP’s precise StoreDot ownership percentage in October 2026.²²

Board representation

A StoreDot announcement dated 16 March 2021 stated that David Gilmour, formerly Global Head of BP Ventures, had been appointed the company’s executive chairman.²³

The same announcement stated that Gilmour had served on StoreDot’s board since 2018 and that BP executive Jon Salkeld was replacing him as BP’s representative on the board.²³

The appointments document BP’s direct corporate governance participation in the Israeli technology investment during 2021.²³

No public evidence identified establishing that the same board representation remained in effect throughout 2026.^{22, 23}

BP Ventures’ Israeli commercial contacts

StoreDot’s 2018 corporate announcement identified Yoni Dolgin as an adviser to BP Ventures in Israel in connection with the investment.¹⁹

This establishes a documented Israeli technology-investment advisory relationship at the time of the transaction.¹⁹

No public evidence identified linking this advisory activity to Israeli military or intelligence technology procurement.¹⁹

Israeli R&D facilities

BP’s verified relationship with StoreDot concerns an independently operated Israeli technology company and its battery development programme.^{19, 22}

No public evidence identified of a wholly BP-owned Israeli cybersecurity, software engineering or digital AI research centre.^{18, 22}

Acquisitions and other investments

No public evidence identified of BP acquiring an Israeli surveillance, SIGINT, offensive-cyber or military AI company.^{8, 19}

No public evidence identified of further BP acquisitions involving the named Israeli-origin cybersecurity vendors examined in this audit.^{8, 19}

Patents and intellectual property

The StoreDot relationship provides evidence of investment and strategic collaboration in battery technology.^{19, 22}

No public evidence identified of a specific BP-owned software patent, intellectual-property licence or co-development agreement with Technion, Hebrew University, the Weizmann Institute or an Israeli military research institution.^{18, 22}

Controlling principals

BP’s July 2026 corporate directorate announcement identified board committee roles for directors including Ian Tyler, Tushar Morzaria, Hina Nagarajan, Dame Amanda Blanc, Johannes Teyssen, Satish Pai and Dave Hager.²⁴

No public evidence identified establishing that BP’s relevant controlling executives, directors or major shareholders held attributable personal investments in the named Israeli surveillance, SIGINT, offensive-cyber or military AI companies investigated.²⁴

Civil Society Scrutiny & Regulatory History

United Nations settlement database

The OHCHR settlement-business database is intended to identify enterprises involved in specified activities linked to Israeli settlements, including certain surveillance, security, infrastructure and natural-resource activities.²⁵

The publicly available database description identifies the scope and types of activities covered by the United Nations reporting mechanism.²⁵

No public evidence identified establishing BP’s inclusion as a named enterprise in the reviewed settlement-database material.²⁵

The absence of a verified listing is a limited database finding and does not determine whether other commercial activities could be relevant to legal or human-rights assessments.²⁵

Civil-society campaigns

The BDS Movement’s published divestment guidance explicitly includes BP among energy companies targeted by its Energy Embargo Now campaign.²⁶

The same guidance separately identifies technology companies including Palantir, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, IBM, Cisco, Oracle and others for institutional divestment pressure.²⁶

BP’s inclusion is in the energy-company category rather than the published priority technology-company category.²⁶

No public evidence identified of a separate BDS campaign specifically alleging that BP directly supplied AI targeting systems, spyware or Israeli military surveillance software.²⁶

Palantir-related scrutiny

Amnesty International published correspondence concerning Palantir’s surveillance technology and the possible implications for individuals engaged in pro-Palestinian advocacy in August 2025.¹²

A June 2026 civil-society campaign specifically targeted Palantir and other technology companies over alleged relationships with Israeli government surveillance systems.¹³

These materials concern BP’s documented technology supplier, but do not identify BP as a provider of the challenged systems.^{1, 12, 13}

Constructive-notice chronology

The BP-Palantir five-year enterprise software agreement was announced on 9 September 2024, after the 19 July 2024 International Court of Justice advisory opinion concerning Israel’s presence in the occupied Palestinian territory.¹

The agreement’s stated five-year term extends beyond the November 2024 International Criminal Court arrest warrants unless the agreement was subsequently modified or terminated.¹

The documented agreement concerns BP’s use of Palantir technology for industrial production operations.¹

BP’s Israeli offshore exploration partnership received its licences in March 2025, after both July and November 2024 dates.^{15, 16}

These dates establish the timing of documented commercial activities; the reviewed sources do not establish BP’s knowledge, legal responsibility or involvement in specific alleged violations.^{1, 15, 16}

Regulatory and legal actions

BP’s financial-year 2025 cybersecurity disclosure identifies security-risk governance, supplier controls and third-party specialist arrangements.⁸

No public evidence identified of a regulator imposing technology-export sanctions or penalties on BP specifically for providing digital surveillance or AI services to Israeli military or intelligence bodies.⁸

No public evidence identified of a concluded legal action establishing that BP’s enterprise cloud or analytics services supported surveillance in Israeli settlements.^{8, 25}