Making changes for a better world

How you can engage with us

Below you will find links to business unit collaboration hubs and live innovation campaigns. The collaboration hubs are always on spaces where you can share your innovative products and services with relevant teams within bp. Submissions to the collaboration hubs are regularly vetted and then shared with relevant stakeholders within the businesses. Live innovation campaigns, time bound searches for products and services to meet specific challenges bp are looking to overcome, feature a brief of what we’re looking for, launch dates and submission deadlines.

Reasons to work with us

How we can achieve our ambitions for people and the planet

Accelerate

You gain access to new customers, project revenue, and a streamlined collaboration process.

Co-create

You can refine and scale your solution through real-world integration, while we benefit from rapid technology deployments that solve specific business challenges.

Simplify

We both enjoy a transparent, standardised way of working that reduces administrative hurdles and shortens the path to collaboration.

Be part of the change

Our current campaigns

Elevating fuel quality control

Though current quality control (QC) measures are established and robust, they are based on the long-established methodologies of sampling and laboratory testing. This is a call to action for a transformative, future-fit solution.

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Renewable power generation for offshore rigs

In alignment with this focus and bp's Net Zero ambition, our production and operations organisation is looking to develop an oil and gas field with minimal emissions and impact to the environment. If your organisation has a technology that could help us achieve this goal, please apply.

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Castrol engine monitoring

We are seeking hardware that can perform live monitoring of two-stroke engines and interface with our AWS cloud. This can be any type of sensor or other data-collection device and it can employ any type of measurement methodology (electric resistance, acoustic, infrared, etc.); the goal is to be able to monitor customers’ two-stroke engines in real time.

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Retail safety

bp's health, safety and environment (HSE) team is looking for technologies to improve safety for our colleagues working in retail sites. We are open to any type of technology/solution that can predict, prevent and/or mitigate risks experienced in our retail environments.

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Hull cleaning

To comply with the biofouling requirements by some Regulators, marine vessels must arrive at ports with “a clean hull”, meaning no biofouling or live organisms being present on the hull and niche areas. To solve for this challenge, bp's Shipping team are searching for solutions to prevent biofouling accumulation and settlement in these areas, that would remove the need for periodical cleaning with divers while vessels are in service.

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FAQ'S

Frequently asked questions about partnerships with bp

We are using these hubs and campaigns to work with other companies to solve our most pressing challenges. We believe being open to ideas from outside bp helps us get to solutions faster, and in a way that provides open opportunities for companies of all sizes and from any location.

Our collaboration hubs are on-all-the-time webpages, where you can provide your company's details if you think you can support any of our core businesses. If you apply here, your details will be reviewed and we'll get back in contact with you when we have relevant opportunities. Our campaigns are usually run for 4-8 weeks. At the end of that period, the campaign page closes for applications. At closure we review all applications, feed back to all, shortlist, and open direct dialogue with shortlisted applicants.

Yes. You can do this by using the "Comment" functionality in the platform. When you submit a comment, one of our team will receive notification and we'll get back to you ASAP.

Yes. You can always go into the platform and upload refreshed/new documentation. In fact, we encourage you to do this, especially if your technology has evolved significantly since your original submission. Please keep in mind that only non-confidential information should be uploaded.