Mosaddegh had sought to audit Scrutiny the documents of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company ( AIOC ) , a British corporation ( now part of BP ) and to limit Limiting the company 's control over Iranian oil reserves .

Sultan Said received Receiving direct financing Supply to raise an armed Bearing_arms force to occupy Control the Imamate of Oman from Iraq Petroleum Company ( IPC ) , a consortium of oil companies that was majorly owned by what-is-known-today as Royal Dutch Shell , Total , ExxonMobil and British Petroleum ( BP ) ; the latter was majority-owned by the British government .