Transaction in Own Shares

BP PLC
04 January 2006

BP p.l.c.  -  Transaction in Own Shares

BP p.l.c.  -  4 January 2006



BP p.l.c. announces that on 3 January, it purchased 3,000,000 ordinary shares at
prices between 625.00 pence and 637.00 pence per share. The purchased shares
will all be held as Treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, BP p.l.c. holds 985,624,971 ordinary shares in
Treasury and has 20,653,943,543 ordinary shares in issue (excluding Treasury
shares).



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


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