Tag Archives: British Petroleum Co. (BP)

Oil Exploration up in the Air as Prices Dive

The coronavirus pandemic that has slammed oil demand and prices is forcing energy majors to tighten their belts on exploration, even if finding new deposits remains essential to their existence. While the sector is increasingly diversifying into greener energies such as wind power, its core business remains oil and gas. …

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BP: The Era of Oil-Demand Growth Is Over

BP Plc said the relentless growth of oil demand is over, becoming the first supermajor to call the end of an era many thought would last another decade or more. Oil consumption may never return to levels seen before the coronavirus crisis took hold, BP said in a report on …

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BP to Sell Oil, Gas Assets Even If Prices Rebound

BP will sell oil and gas assets to fund its ambitious low-carbon strategy even if prices improve, three unnamed sources told Reuters. A tenfold increase in investments in low carbon businesses to some $5 billion annually is among BP’s new strategic priorities for the next ten years as the supermajor …

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BP Plans to Cut Oil Production 40 Percent by 2030

In February, BP announced a pledge to (mostly) reach net-zero CO¬2¬ emissions by 2050, a noteworthy change of course steered by new CEO Bernard Looney. BP had long dabbled in promoting an interest in greener pursuits, but these promises pointed toward a more serious shift. On Monday, the company released …

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