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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent

Facts give lie to claim record oil money is being poured into green projects

The BP Eastern Trough Area Project oil platform in the North Sea
The BP Eastern Trough Area Project oil platform in the North Sea. BP reported a profit of $12.8bn last year. Photograph: Reuters

The chief financial officer of the oil and gas company BP, Murray Auchincloss, told investors this week: “It’s possible that we’re getting more cash than we know what to do with.”

Oil and gas companies have reported bumper profits, as the gas crisis raises the price at which they can sell their fossil fuels, without raising the cost of their extraction.

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