MAP OF THE DAY: Why The Sun Never Sets On The British Petroleum Empire

Shares of BP are down over 2% today, on continuing worries over the cost of cleanup of the Gulf oil leak. While
progress has been made in capping the leak, oil continues to gush out
from the base of the former Deepwater
Horizon project.

But British Petroleum's empire does not stop at the shores of the Gulf of Mexico. It extends around the world.

Click through to Public Intelligence for a full, global Google Earth map of
BP's empire >

The pins represent BP's offices and opperations around the world.

BP's Asian Operations:

BP's European and Middle East Operations: