All news on the topic: BP

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BP slammed over 'sickening' £8million pay packet to new boss as Brits struggle
Murray Auchincloss, who was BP’s finance boss, replaced chief executive Bernard Looney after he was dismissed in September over past relationships with colleagues
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Fury as boss of ad agency with major polluters on its books receives CBE
WPP has 61 polluting clients on its books, the highest of any PR agency globally and these include BP, Shell, Equinor, ExxonMobil and Saudi Aramco – the world’s biggest corporate greenhouse gas emitter
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Man 'made over a million' insider trading by listening in on wife's work calls
Tyler Loudon tried to make money after hearing private details during his wife's days working from home and not only did he get caught, but she quickly filed for divorce
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BP profits halve in 2023 but beat expectations as it announces £2.8bn buyback
The oil giant reported underling replacement cost profits the company's preferred measure of £11bn
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Firm part-owned by ex-Tory Treasurer awarded North Sea oil and gas licences
Ex-Tory Treasurer Lord Michael Spencer is the largest shareholder at Deltic Energy - one of 17 companies including giants Shell and BP awarded provisional licences on Wednesday
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BP investors are looking for a strategy update from new chief executive
The company's shares ticked up this week after Shell beat expectations after making £5.8 billion in underlying earnings in the last three months of 2023
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New North sea oil and gas exploration licences condemned by climate campaigners
The UK's oil and gas regulator has awarded 24 new exploration licences to 17 separate companies in a move that has been welcomed by a trade body but condemned by climate campaigners
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Biggest oil giants raked in £100bn last year as climate crisis intensifies
Campaign group Global Witness focused on five of the largest oil and gas producers – BP, Shell, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Totalenergies - and how much profit they made in 2023
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Culture Secretary says 'thank you' to BP for £50m British Museum donation
Lucy Frazer said organisations should be 'applauded' for giving generously
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BP appoints new CEO after Bernard Looney's surprise resignation
Murray Auchincloss has been acting as interim chief executive of the energy giant since September but will now take on the role permanently
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Cheapest and most expensive petrol stations ranked - including Tesco and Shell
Morrisons was found to be the cheapest retailer for fuel, according to the RAC Foundation, but the most expensive was Shell - you can see the full breakdown below
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Royal Navy warships patrol Red Sea as PM hits out at 'malign actors' in region
The Royal Navy warships HMS Diamond and HMS Lancaster are on patrol in the Red Sea following a series of attacks on shipping by Iranian-backed Houthis
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Four in 10 North Sea oil and gas licences owned by foreign firms and investors
A study by he Common Wealth think tank has revealed that 40% of the licences for North Sea oil and gas are owned by firms based abroad, with profits going to overseas companies and investors
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BP boss loses out on £32.4m after being ousted over past relationships
Bernard Looney, former chief executive of BP, will lose £32.4 million worth of salary, pension, bonus payments and shares after 'knowingly misleading the board' over past relationships
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Boy racer already banned from driving six times leads police on 80mph chase
Criminal who was in possession of drugs driving a stolen car and already disqualified led police on an 80mph chase through a city centre's 30mph streets, even managing to avoid a tyre-bursting stinger laid out by officers
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FTSE 100: Health and energy boost as UK stocks rally
The blue-chip index was boosted by gains for pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca while BP and Shell saw another positive day of trading
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Rolls-Royce to cut up to 2,500 jobs as it overhauls under new boss
Rolls-Royce said it will also remove 'duplication' and deliver cost efficiencies through the latest stage in its transformation plan
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FTSE 100 closes higher as UK economy rebounds from July's shock contraction
The UK's blue chip index has moved higher as official figures showed the economy bounced back in August, further dampening fears of an impending recession
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'The rich fill their boots as the rest of us get kicked further into poverty'
The masonic mafia that greases the wheels that turn the UK economy has never felt more untouchable, to the extent that I find myself agreeing with Nigel Farage, of all people
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'Only ones who benefit from more drilling are energy firms - and Rishi Sunak'
We have enough green energy to power Britain many times over, it will never run out and there is no global market setting the price for it
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6 Tory promises that will be disastrous for economy and climate if broken
BP has announced its latest bonanza after raking in £2billion in the three months to June - just days after the PM confirmed he would award more gas and oil licences
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'Sending the teetotal PM to pull a pint shows how out of touch they are'
Public hostility to an incompetent ­Government that worsened the cost of living crisis is deep, as Sunak should be well aware
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Desperate Rishi Sunak caves over oil and gas with 4 green pledges under threat
The PM caved in to demands from hard-right Tories and big business but snubbed calls to invest in renewables amid claims it would not reduce energy bills
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Tory plot to drop windfall tax in midst of cost-of-living crisis branded obscene
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has confirmed plans to revert the tax back to 40% from 75% in a move that has been criticised by campaigners
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'Energy firms give lavish returns to shareholders while the elderly freeze'
These are not the profits of enterprise, endeavour and innovation – they are the spoils of Vladimir Putin’s illegal war in Ukraine, which has sent energy prices soaring
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