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The net loss was in line with analysts' expectations

BP halves dividend after record loss in Q2

Business • 04 Aug

BP is selling its global petrochemicals business to Ineos for a total of $5 billion

BP to sell petrochemicals unit to Ineos for $5 billion

Business • 29 Jun

BP said the aftermath of the new coronavirus pandemic will accelerate the pace of transition to a lower-carbon economy

BP to write off up to $17.5 billion on lower forecasts

Business • 15 Jun

BP is aiming to become a smaller, faster-moving energy company with a greater focus on renewables rather than oil and gas

BP to cut 10,000 jobs in renewable energy shift

Business • 08 Jun

BP's new CEO Bernard Looney said the spread of Covid-19 has only strengthened the company's resolve to progress its transformation plans

BP's Looney halves top management roles under new plan

Business • 26 May

New BP CEO Bernard Looney said a recovery in oil prices will take some time

BP's profit tumbles by two-thirds but beats forecasts

Business • 28 Apr

BP's new chief executive Bernard Looney

BP deepens emissions targets as CEO 'reinvents' firm

Business • 12 Feb

Greenpeace activists sit chained into oil barrels as they protest outside the headquarters of oil giant BP in London

BP temporarily shuts London HQ on new CEO's first day

Business • 05 Feb

Incoming BP chief executive Bernard Looney hails from Kerry

BP's Looney goes all-in on climate goals

Business • 22 Jan

Premier Oil is set to buy stakes in North Sea oilfields from BP

Premier Oil plans rights issue for buying spree

Business • 07 Jan

Incoming BP chief executive Bernard Looney

Incoming BP CEO won't take up Rosneft board seat

Business • 19 Dec 19

BP said its third-quarter underlying replacement cost profit, the company's definition of net income, came to $2.3 billion

BP Q3 profits slump on weaker oil prices

Business • 29 Oct 19

Kerryman Bernard Looney has been named as BP's new CEO

BP taps insider Irish man Bernard Looney as new CEO

Business • 04 Oct 19

Greenpeace said a team of activists in boats drew up beside the 27,000-tonne rig as it was trying to leave Cromarty Firth

Greenpeace activists halt BP North Sea oil rig

World • 10 Jun 19

BP's chief executive Bob Dudley said the company produced 'resilient earnings'

BP's profit slump buffered by higher output, trading

Business • 30 Apr 19

BP has reported an annual net profit of $9.4 billion for last year

BP's net profit almost trebles to $9.4 billion in 2018

Business • 05 Feb 19

BP's London-listed shares were trading 0.4% higher

BP agrees to buy BHP oil and gas assets

Business • 30 Oct 18

BP has forecast that the global electric vehicle fleet will soar to more than 300 million by 2040, from just 1 million in 2016

BP bets on electric car switch with Chargemaster deal

Business • 28 Jun 18

BP said its first-quarter production rose to 3.7 million barrels per day, up 6% from a year ago

BP's profit surge 71% on higher oil prices and output

Business • 01 May 18

BP has forecast a peak in demand for oil for the first time

BP sees electric vehicles crimping oil demand by 2040

Business • 21 Feb 18

BP's annual profits soared to $6.2 billion from $2.6 billion in 2016.

BP's Q4 results surge on refining and trading

Business • 06 Feb 18

Almost five million barrels of oil spilt into the Gulf of Mexico following an explosion on BP's offshore rig

BP to take $1.7 billion Deepwater Horizon charge

Business • 16 Jan 18

However, the energy giant cautioned that longer-term earnings would be 'positively impacted' by the US changes

BP to take $1.5bn hit on US tax reforms

Business • 02 Jan 18

BP is the first major European energy company to resume buybacks since the 2014 price slump

BP begins share buybacks as years of austerity pay off

Business • 15 Nov 17

The British company also increased cash flow from operations in a further sign that efforts by top oil companies to cut costs over the past three years in response to low oil prices are paying off

BP's second quarter profits dip but beat forecasts

Business • 01 Aug 17

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