OREANDA-NEWS. In response to the tornado that hit Moore, Oklahoma this week, BP is donating USD 500,000 and emergency supplies to the Oklahoma Red Cross to support humanitarian assistance and recovery efforts.

BP America Inc. will donate USD 300,000 and the BP Foundation will donate an additional USD 200,000. The USD 500,000 will assist local Red Cross efforts to provide emergency meals, shelter, clothing, water and medical care in the affected areas. The USD 500,000 donation is in addition to donations made by the BP Foundation Employee Matching Program.

BP employees in eastern Oklahoma also today delivered a trailer of non-perishable relief items to a collection center near Moore for use by the Red Cross. BP employs about 600 staff and contractors engaged in natural gas and pipeline operations in Oklahoma.

Over the past five years, BP has invested more than USD 55 billion in the U.S. – more than any other energy company. BP is the nation’s second-largest producer of oil and gas and provides enough energy annually to light nearly the entire country for a year. Directly employing more than 20,000 people in all 50 states, BP supports nearly a quarter of a million jobs through all of its business activities.