The Latest Breaking News from British Petroleum

Fury as Shell rakes in record $9.6bn first quarter ‘profit bonanza’

Shell’s ‘profiteering bonanza’ fuelled calls for a tougher windfall tax on oil giants accused of cashing in on soaring energy prices

The Independent UK · May 4, 2023

Oil giants 'practically untouched' by windfall tax as Shell announces bumper profits

OIL giants Shell, Equinor and BP have announced multi-billion pound profits, sparking calls for tougher windfall taxes on fossil fuel companies.

The National (Scotland) · May 4, 2023

Shell makes nearly £1.4 billion more than expected

Oil giant will buy back shares worth £3.2bn from investors over the next three months

Insider UK · May 4, 2023

Democrats still aim to probe oil giants’ climate-change knowledge - Roll Call

Senate Democrats aim to continue a House investigation into the oil industry's so-called supermajors and what they knew about climate change.

Roll Call · May 3, 2023

Morning Mail: Liberals accused of flirting with ‘far-right fringe’ over voice, rocketing rents, BP’s ‘heinous’ profits

Mark Dreyfus accuses Michaelia Cash after her appearance on controversial Sky News segment

The Guardian - AU · May 2, 2023

BP profits explained and where that money goes

Growing calls for the government to close a ‘loophole’ in its windfall tax on oil and gas companies amid bumper profits

The Independent UK · May 2, 2023

BP makes £4bn in three months as Labour's calls for windfall tax are fuelled further

BP’s latest profits, between this January and March, were around £560millon more than analysts who follow the company predicted it would make

Daily Mirror · May 2, 2023

Calls for ‘loophole’ to be closed as BP profits are £500m ahead of expectations

Enormous earnings are the ‘unearned, unexpected windfalls of war’, says Labour shadow energy secretary Ed Miliband

The Independent UK · May 2, 2023

SNP and Labour slam Tories after BP profits are £500m more than expected

The oil giant said it made just under £4 billion in underlying replacement cost profit between January and March.

Daily Record · May 2, 2023

BP posts $5B quarterly profit on strong oil and gas trading

British energy giant BP has posted strong quarterly profit numbers even as energy prices that soared after Russia’s war in Ukraine last year have eased off

The Independent UK · May 2, 2023