Purchase of Own Securities

BP PLC
21 March 2003

BP p.l.c.  -  Purchase of Own Securities

BP p.l.c.  -  21st   March 2003

BP p.l.c. announces that on 20th March 2003, it purchased for cancellation
10,000,000 ordinary shares at prices between 4.08 pence and 4.14 pence per
share.

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


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