Yesterday, (Fri 16th Sept) BP PLC paid its second quarterly dividend.
The dividend is £0.075578 per share.
The share capital of BP PLC comprised 18,784,467,284 ordinary shares.
http://otp.investis.com/clients/uk/bp_plc/rns/regulatory-story.aspx?cid=233&newsid=778298
Thus
18,784,467,284 ordinary shares x £0.075578 = £1,419,692,468
That is £1,419 Million = £1.419 Billion paid out.