Transaction in Own Shares

BP PLC
24 August 2006


BP p.l.c.  -  Transaction in Own Shares
BP p.l.c.  -  24 August 2006


BP p.l.c. announces that on 23 August 2006 it transferred to participants in its
employee share schemes 11,664 ordinary shares at prices between 350.00 pence and
452.0 pence. These shares were previously held as treasury shares.

Following the above transactions, BP p.l.c. holds 1,952,744,521 ordinary shares
in Treasury, and has 19,746,584,760 ordinary shares in issue (excluding Treasury
shares).



Enquiries: Fergus MacLeod, BP p.l.c.    Tel : [phone]


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