Over the past five years, BP has invested more than $55 billion in the US – more tha n any other energy company. BP is the nation’s second-la rgest producer of oil and ga s and provides enough energy annually to light nearly th e entire country for a year. Directly employing more tha n 20,000 in the US, BP suppo rts more than 260,000 jobs i n total through all of its b usiness activities.