Tag Archives: British Petroleum Co. (BP)

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 …

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 …

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 …

The global upstream sector is set for a rebound next year, when overall investment in exploration and production is expected to exceed $400 billion for the first time in three years. Yet, despite record high cash flows and oil at over $70 a barrel, reinvestment rates will stay at near …

As world leaders discuss the fight against climate change, global oil demand has bounced back above the key level of 100 million barrels a day last seen before the Covid-19 pandemic, according to BP Plc. Fossil fuel consumption is recovering despite growing urgency in the effort to curb emissions of …

BP has signed a sales and purchase agreement with a unit of China’s Shenzhen Gas Group Co Ltd to supply piped natural gas for 10 years starting 2023, BP said in a statement on Wednesday. Under the agreement, BP will provide Shenzhen Sino-Benny LPG Co Ltd, a wholly-owned unit of …

Eni and BP are reportedly mulling to raise up to $2bn to fund their proposed oil and gas joint venture in Angola. In May 2021, the two firms started talks to merge their Angolan oil, gas and LNG assets in a new joint venture (JV) company to form one of …

PJSC Lukoil agreed to acquire a 25% participating interest in the Shallow Water Absheron Peninsula (SWAP) exploration project in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea from bp. The SWAP project area, south of the Absheron peninsula, lies in water depths up to 40 m. In 2016, a 3D seismic …

The world’s largest listed oil companies will have to cut production by at least 50 per cent over the next decade if the world is to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees as per the Paris climate accord, influential climate think tank Carbon Tracker has warned. In a new report, …

Oil company BP swung to profit in the second quarter amid higher oil prices and a broader recovery in the global economy this year after posting a loss in the same period a year earlier. The company earned $3.1 billion in the three months to the end of June, compared …