Reuters has reported that the proposal would result in a new entity known as BP Midstream Partners.
The plan, which was apparently first considered five years ago, would include crude oil, natural gas and fuel pipelines in a master-limited partnership (MLP), and has been used by pipeline companies for tax purposes in the past.
BP would not be the first energy company to separate their pipeline assets: in 2014, Shell raised more than US$1 billion in the largest MLP IPO to date.
BP is expected to register the subsidiary by the end of the year if it intended to proceed with the plan.
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