BP is paying more tax as it is making more profit, its UK head Louise Kingham told the Reuters Energy Transition Europe 2022 event on Wednesday. “It’s right that (the government) should think about how they protect the most vulnerable and taxation is not for companies to determine,” Kingham said. …
Read More »BP to Buy US Renewable Gas Firm for $4.1 bn
BP has agreed to buy U.S. renewable gas producer Archaea for $4.1 billion to help the British oil giant reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050. The London-listed energy major is flush with cash after recent surges in oil prices that have triggered calls for the cash-strapped U.K. government to …
Read More »Eni to Buy Algerian Upstream Business of BP
Italy’s Eni has signed a deal to acquire BP’s upstream business in Algeria, including stakes in two gas-producing concessions, for an undisclosed sum. The deal covers BP’s 45.89% stake in the ‘In Amenas’ concession and a 33.15% interest in the ‘In Salah’ concession. Eni expects the acquisition to strengthen its …
Read More »BP Looks to Restart the Midwest’s Largest Refinery
BP is still in the process of assessing when a restart of the affected units of its Whiting refinery can take place, BP told Oilprice.com on Friday. BP continues to work “with local and state agencies as we continue to monitor the impact” of the electrical fire, which saw no …
Read More »Asia’s Energy Crunch Turns from Bad to Worse on US Export Fire
Asian liquefied natural gas buyers are ratcheting up competition with Europe to secure spare supply as a series of outages threatens a shortage this winter. A new timeline presented on Tuesday to restart a key US liquefied natural gas export plant was much longer than traders had anticipated, while lower …
Read More »Offshore Wind Innovation Hub launched in New York
Equinor and BP announced last week the launch of the New York-based Offshore Wind Innovation Hub, which will facilitate partnerships with start-ups that bring new technological solutions to the rapidly growing US offshore wind industry. The initiative springs from a new three-year partnership between Equinor, the Urban Future Lab (UFL) …
Read More »Big Oil Wants a Piece of the Electric Vehicle Pie
Although electric vehicles (EVs) may appear to be the last thing the oil and gas industry would desire, energy firms are investing heavily in EV technologies, not wanting to miss out on new energy transition opportunities. The likes of Shell, TotalEnergies, ExxonMobil, Equinor, and BP are all backing EV projects …
Read More »BP’s Rosneft Alliance to be Tested by U.K. Tough Talk on Russia
The U.K. government has argued for some of the toughest possible sanctions on Russia. At the same time, BP Plc holds one of the single biggest foreign investments in the country. It’s an increasingly uncomfortable position for the British energy giant — one that has prompted concerns at the highest …
Read More »Oman and BP Join Forces for Renewable Energy and Hydrogen Development
British multinational oil and gas company, BP, and Oman’s Ministry of Energy and Minerals signed a Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA) and a Renewables Data Collection Agreement for multiple gigawatt, world-class renewable energy and green hydrogen development in Oman, by 2030, BP announced in a recent statement. As part of the …
Read More »The Year Europe’s Big Oil Companies Start to become Small Oil
Europe’s Big Oil companies are planning to spend their windfall from high energy prices on becoming Small Oil. Surging oil and gas prices in 2021 delivered billions of dollars in profits to top oil companies, in stark contrast to the previous year when energy prices collapsed as the coronavirus pandemic …
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