Purchase of Own Securities

BP PLC
24 March 2003

BP p.l.c.  -  Purchase of Own Securities
BP p.l.c.  -  24th   March 2003

BP p.l.c. announces that on 21st  March 2003, it purchased for cancellation
6,000,000 ordinary shares at prices between 4.23 pence and 4.28 pence per share.


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


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