BP's profits have more than doubled for the past three months, amid ratcheting calls for stiffer windfall taxes for energy producers.
It came as the London-listed oil giant confirmed it will be hit by the windfall tax on its UK operations this year, unlike rival Shell.
BP reported that underlying replacement cost profits - its preferred measure - surged to £7.1bn for the quarter to September, compared with £2.9bn a year earlier.
