BP has handed the running, enhancement and development of its business applications and IT processes to Indian IT firm Infosys.

This week Infosys took control of applications including corporate functions, upstream and downstream segments, energy trading and marketing across BP’s worldwide divisions.

The contract builds on a five-year deal with the outsourcer. BP tendered the original outsourcing contract in 2009 in a bid to rationalise its 35 outsourcing contracts for its business applications.

The slimming down was an attempt to remove $7 billion from annual operational costs by 2013.

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