Mezue ahịrịokwu a: N'afọ 1954, AIOC ghọrọ British Petroleum Company. Mgbe ndị
1953 Iran coup d'état, Iranian Oil Participants Ltd (IOP), ụlọ ọrụ na-ejide, hiwere na Ọktọba 1954, na London iji weghachite mmanụ Iran na ahịa mba ụwa. British Petroleum bụ onye guzobere ụlọ ọrụ a na 40% òkè. IOP na-arụ ọrụ ma na-ejikwa ụlọ ọrụ mmanụ na Iran na nnọchite nke NIOC. Dị ka nkwekọrịta &lt;a href="Saudi%20Aramco%23History"&gt;Saudi-Aramco "50/50" nke 1950&lt;/a&gt;, ndị otu ahụ kwenyere ịkekọrịta uru na 50 <unk> 50 na Iran, "mana ịghara imeghe akwụkwọ ya nye ndị nyocha Iran ma ọ bụ ikwe ka ndị Iran banye na ndị isi ya. "