The Latest Breaking News from British Petroleum

North Sea oil giant’s huge profit set to fuel fresh row

Hike just hours ahead of announcement of unprecedented rise in domestic gas and electricity bills

Evening Standard · Aug 25, 2022

Police searching for suspects who fled BP petrol station with bag after robbery

Officers are trying to get footage of the incident

Manchester Evening News · Aug 22, 2022

Jeff Sparrow says we've been duped into believing environmental blame rests with us

It's big businesses, not individuals, that need to change if we are to address environmental issues.This author says clever marketing has made us think otherwise.

ABC News · Aug 21, 2022

I worked for BP for 30 years – the energy sector has become incompetent and greedy

If these profiteering firms are failing to meet society’s needs, the government should take them back into public control, says Nick Butler, a former vice-president at BP

The Guardian - UK · Aug 19, 2022

Former BP chief urges freeze to UK energy price cap to help households

Ofgem should stop rises in cap, and energy firms unable to offer lower bills should be nationalised, says Nick Butler

The Guardian - UK · Aug 19, 2022

Influential oil company scenarios for combating climate change don't actually meet the Paris Agreement goals, our new analysis shows

Several major oil companies, including BP and Shell, periodically publish scenarios forecasting the future of the energy sector. In recent years, they have added visions for how climate change might be addressed, including scenarios that they claim are consistent with the international Paris climate agreement.

The Conversation · Aug 16, 2022

Loyalty schemes that offer cheaper fuel prices at Tesco, Shell, Esso, BP and Sainsbury’s

Shoppers could be earning points to knock money off their fuel prices with these apps and rewards programmes

Manchester Evening News · Aug 16, 2022

East Coast Cluster chief on latest carbon capture sequencing success

14 of the 25 projects put forward earlier this year succeeded - we list all

Birmingham Post · Aug 16, 2022

Starmer bungled in failing to target his energy bill support

Labour’s idea may represent smart politics but it makes no economic sense to freeze prices for everyone

The Guardian - UK · Aug 15, 2022

Saudi Aramco profits soar by 90% as energy prices rise

The $48bn figure from world’s biggest oil firm is thought to be one of largest quarterly profits in history

The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2022