BP PLC , London, expects to contribute $750 million to its worldwide...

BP PLC, London, expects to contribute $750 million to its worldwide pension plans this year, said Scott D. Dean, spokesman. In 2006, BP contributed $755 million to the plans, including $181 million to its U.S. plans, he said. The pension assets of BP America Inc., Warrenville, Ill., a unit of BP, total $7.4 billion. BP's U.K. fund has $23.2 billion in assets.