The Latest Breaking News from British Petroleum

FTSE share buybacks on track to smash records with bumper payouts from BP, Shell and more

FTSE 100 companies plan to return £37 billion to investors this year

Evening Standard · May 10, 2022

‘I don’t want to be a little Englander’ – Cornelia Parker on BP, bombs and becoming a German

She is a politically charged artist whose work can be literally explosive. Ahead of a huge show, Parker talks about ‘cartoon violence’, recreating a corridor in Parliament – and why she may apply for German citizenship

The Guardian - UK · May 10, 2022

BP: Dividend Insights

Wednesday marks the last chance for investors to receive the next dividend payout from BP (NYSE:BP).

Benzinga · May 9, 2022

Shell and BP reveal record profit margins fuelling calls for windfall tax on oil and gas firms

Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey says it's "completely unforgivable" that the Government is yet to tax the super-profits of energy companies

Chronicle Live · May 5, 2022

City comment: BP boss Bernard Looney is doing himself no favours on windfall tax

Bernard Looney is not doing himself any favours.

Evening Standard · May 5, 2022

Calls for windfall tax grow as oil and gas giant Shell's profits soar to £7bn

Boris Johnson faces renewed demands to act as Brits face a cost of living crisis due to rising energy bills - while firms rake in massive earnings

Daily Mirror · May 5, 2022

Evening Standard Comment: As Shell and BP make bumper profits, it could be time to consider a windfall tax

The timing is certainly awkward. Oil giant Shell has reported underlying profits of £7.2 billion in the first quarter of this year, up 43 per cent on the final three months of 2021, thanks to high oil and gas prices. It comes days after BP announced profits of more than…

Evening Standard · May 5, 2022

​​What is a windfall tax? Ed Miliband attacks loopholes in oil and gas levy

The Shadow Climate Secretary said the figures show government “failure to act on the windfalls of war being pocketed by the oil and gas producers”

Evening Standard · May 5, 2022

Shell reports record 1st-quarter earnings as oil prices soar

Energy giant Shell has reported record first-quarter earnings after a surge in oil prices

The Independent UK · May 5, 2022

Windfall tax: What is it, how would it work and how would consumers benefit?

Labour and the Lib Dems are calling for one; the Tories are resisting it. But how would it actually work?

Bristol Post · May 5, 2022