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Abu Dhabi state oil company reportedly looked at buying BP
Adnoc decided move was not right fit but it is latest sign of foreign buyers circling UK firms

Jane Croft and Jillian Ambrose

12, Apr, 2024 @11:14 AM

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Just 57 companies linked to 80% of greenhouse gas emissions since 2016
Analysis reveals many big producers increased output of fossil fuels and related emissions in seven years after Paris climate deal

Jonathan Watts Global environment editor

03, Apr, 2024 @11:01 PM

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Emissions connected to top oil and gas firms may cause millions of heat deaths by 2100, study finds
Global witness analysis suggests 11.5 million deaths could be caused by burning of fuel produced by 2050

Matthew Taylor

20, Mar, 2024 @2:09 PM

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BP claws back £1.8m from sacked boss Looney and hands new CEO £8m pay deal
Salary package for Murray Auchincloss branded ‘sickening’ by anti-fossil fuel campaigners

Jasper Jolly

08, Mar, 2024 @11:46 AM

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UK criticised over apparent call to firms to rebuild disputed areas of Azerbaijan
Officials held online meeting with business leaders despite flight of ethnic Armenians after military takeover of Nagorno-Karabakh

Jillian Ambrose

22, Feb, 2024 @6:00 AM

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Tory MP failed to declare wife’s BP shares during oil and gas debates, standards commissioner finds
Watchdog finds three debates in which £50,000 shares ‘might reasonably’ have been thought to influence David Duguid’s actions

Henry Dyer

13, Feb, 2024 @10:55 AM

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BP’s new boss should be clearer on green strategy – fudging pleases no one | Nils Pratley
Shareholders on all sides want to know where the oil giant stands on renewables, yet Murray Auchincloss opts for ambiguity

Nils Pratley

06, Feb, 2024 @6:26 PM

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Bank of England’s Dhingra warns of ‘downside risks’ for UK economy; Adam Neumann ‘seeking to buy WeWork out of bankruptcy’ – as it happened
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as BoE dove pushes for early cuts to UK interest rates to support economy

Graeme Wearden

06, Feb, 2024 @3:13 PM

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BP CEO calls for pragmatism on green aims as profits halve
Murray Auchincloss says BP’s ‘aim’ to reduce oil and gas emissions by 20-30% was not confirmed as a ‘target’

Jillian Ambrose

06, Feb, 2024 @2:54 PM

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Minister consulted BP over incentives to maximise oil production, FoI reveals
Exclusive: Meeting took place days after BP reported record profits while households were squeezed by high energy bills

Damian Carrington Environment editor

05, Feb, 2024 @12:16 PM

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BP’s green agenda all at sea as sinking profits forecast renews fossil fuel call
With gloomy financial results predicted, the company must weigh its net zero targets against demands for more oil and gas production

Jillian Ambrose

03, Feb, 2024 @3:00 PM

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BP under pressure from hedge fund to ditch clean energy strategy
Bluebell Capital Partners says strategy has depressed share price and is ‘unrealistic’ about decline in oil and gas demand

Jasper Jolly

29, Jan, 2024 @5:15 PM

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