BP plunged to a $5.7 billion annual loss in 2020, its first in a decade, as the pandemic took a heavy toll on oil demand, with fuel consumption continuing to slide so far this year amid global travel restrictions. For the final quarter of 2020, BP reported a profit of …
Read More »BP Relaunches Sale of Stakes in North Sea Oilfields
As reported by Reuters, BP has relaunched the sale of stakes in a number of North Sea oilfields it agreed to sell to Premier Oil before Premier was taken over last year, industry sources said on Thursday. BP originally agreed to sell its interest in the fields in the Andrew …
Read More »BP, Shell and Total Agree Energy Transition Principles
Eight energy companies including BP, Shell and Total have agreed to apply a common set of “energy transition principles” across their businesses, including a commitment to industry decarbonisation. Six principles have been devised in collaboration with with investor lobby group Climate Action 100+. The eight companies comprise the three European …
Read More »BP Prepares to Boost Middle East Oil Production
BP has said it will invest heavily in Middle Eastern oil and natural-gas fields going into 2021. Despite pledging its transition to renewable energy, the company has highlighted its interest in Middle East oil and gas. At present, BP currently operates the world’s third largest oil field in Iraq, Rumalia, …
Read More »BP Investing in Middle East Oil while Pledging a Renewables Shift
BP said it will invest more money in Middle Eastern oil and natural-gas fields even as it transitions to renewable energy and tries to lower emissions. The company is a major producer in countries such as Iraq, where it operates the world’s third-largest oil field of Rumaila, the United Arab …
Read More »BP Sells Its London Head Office as It Shifts to Low-Carbon Energy
BP has announced the sale of its London head office to Hong Kong investment firm Lifestyle International for £250m ($332m). The British oil giant also agreed to lease its 1 St James’s Square property in central London back from Lifestyle International for two years, saying the deal would give it …
Read More »Equinor, BP Canada Make Oil Discoveries Offshore Canada
Norwegian firm Equinor and its partner BP Canada have made two oil discoveries offshore Newfoundland, Canada. Following drilling in the Flemish Pass Basin, the two wells at the Cappahayden and Cambriol prospects proved hydrocarbons presence. However, Equinor said it is too early to provide specific information on volumes present at the two prospects. Equinor …
Read More »Iraq Discusses with BP Developing Oil Industry and Investing in Gas
The Minister of Oil, Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar Ismail, stressed on Tuesday the importance of expediting plans for gas investment associated with oil operations in Al-Rumaila oil field. Ismail said in a statement received by Shafaq News agency, “the maintenance of production in Al-Rumaila oil field and the available investment opportunities in …
Read More »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. …
Read More »BP to Become Integrated Energy Company as It Moves Away from Oil and Gas
BP is probably the first oil major that has made concrete plans for the end of oil — or at least the shrinking of its role. The company announced a big strategic pivot in August that would see it turn from an “integrated oil company” to an “integrated energy company”. …
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