Oil supermajors returned more cash to shareholders than ever before last year as management teams reined in spending on new projects to free up cash for dividends and buybacks. There may be more to come. Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Shell, TotalEnergies and BP spent $113.8 billion on 2023 dividends and share …
Read More »BP Embarks on Its ‘Largest-ever’ Seismic Program at Supergiant Oilfield
Shortly after achieving 1 billion barrels of total oil production the West Azeri platform, one of the seven Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) production platforms in the Caspian, BP kicked off a new 4D seismic program on the ACG field on January 20, 2024. According to the oil major, this is its largest-ever …
Read More »BP to Pause all Tanker Transits through Red Sea
Oil giant BP has announced it is pausing all shipments of oil through the Red Sea after recent attacks on vessels by the Yemeni army. It made the decision because of the “deteriorating security situation” though said it was a temporary move, media reported pmn Monday. A number of freight …
Read More »BP Enters Japan’s Power Retail Market
BP said on Monday it has entered Japan’s power market after receiving approval from the industry ministry to operate as a retail electricity provider. BP, focused on transforming itself into an integrated energy company, said in a statement the move was part of its plan to expand its investment in …
Read More »Equinor and BP’s US Offshore Wind Project Presses ahead
Empire Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Equinor and BP, has secured approval for its offshore wind farm project on the US East Coast. The project is the sixth commercial-scale wind farm to be given a go-ahead under President Joe Biden’s administration. Equinor and BP plan to build two offshore …
Read More »QatarEnergy, BP, others Snap up Egyptian Oil and Gas Concessions
Egypt immediately awarded four blocks of an oil and gas exploration bid round in the Mediterranean and Nile Delta to Italy’s Eni, the UK’s BP, QatarEnergy and Russia’s Zarubezhneft, the Egyptian Petroleum Ministry announced on Tuesday. Eni will take two of the blocks and a third in a coalition with …
Read More »BP Urges more Oil, Gas Investment while Speeding Energy Transition
Global oil major BP said the world must invest in the production of oil and gas to avoid to sharp price spikes while accelerating the energy transition to combat greenhouse gas emissions. Global gas prices surged seven-fold last year as 3% of global gas supplies were hit following Russia’s invasion …
Read More »BP Working with Reliance to Boost EV Charging
BP is expanding alternate fuel options in India, CEO Bernard Looney said. Speaking on the sidelines of the B20 Summit, he said BP and partner Reliance Industries have expanded charging stations for EVs to 3,000 now, from 750 in January. “That’s going to be so critical for India… not just …
Read More »BP Backs Green Hydrogen Start-up Aiming to Cut Fuel’s Costs
BP has invested in a start-up company developing technology seeking to use vapour from heavy industry to sharply reduce the production costs of zero-carbon hydrogen. BP Ventures, the British energy giant’s venture capital arm, was among several investors in a $12.5 million Series A financing in U.S.-based Advanced Ionics, the …
Read More »Supermajors Return to Libya as Political Climate Stabilizes
BP and Eni, as well as Algeria’s Sonatrach have returned to Libya after a force majeure forced them out of the North African country. In a statement, Libya’s National Oil Corporation said that BP and Eni had notified it about lifting the force majeure and returning to fulfill their contractual …
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