The influence of British Petroleum Company BP on British politics during the Suez Crisis of 1956-1957

The study seeks to explain the strategies adopted by BP (British Petroleum Company) in facing the Suez Crisis, a subject that historians have only dealt with in narrow limits, shortened by the traditional motives that expressed the British imperial point of view, while BP played an important role In shaping the international response to the Suez crisis, whether through its reporting or diplomacy. Therefore, the study aims to answer how BP played a vital role in shaping the British government's decision to confront Abdel Nasser in 1956. Therefore, it is important that the study also discusses the commercial relationship between BP and the British government, to show how this relationship contributed to Stimulating the policy of imperial-minded Conservative MPs who cared passionately about Britain's political and economic position in the world, particularly in the Middle East.
The study concluded that its slow initial response before the crisis intensified, and the negative impact of the crisis on oil supplies in Europe, indicates that BP was not preparing for this type of crisis، which was clear if one read the history of the Suez Canal, and the history of nationalism in the Middle East region in the right way, because it was necessary to turn an important page in imperial history, and to return to Egypt its main assets, if not money, then at least the canal, and Middle Eastern oil.