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  • BP shares edge up despite hit from lower oil and gas prices

    Business

    BP has said it expects second quarter results next month to be impacted by lower oil and gas prices. Crude oil prices average $67.9 per barrel over the three-month period, compared with $75.7 per barrel in the prior quarter. “In the gas and low carbon energy segment, realisations compared to the prior quarter, are expected [...]

  • Shell denies BP takeover reports

    Energy

    Oil giant Shell has denied reports that it is engaged in talks to acquire rival BP. BP shares jumped by as much as eight per cent after reports of a potential deal came to light. But a Shell spokesperson has now dismissed rumours as “market speculation” and said “no talks are taking place”. Executives at [...]

  • FTSE 100 held back by Shell and BP as pound hits three-year high

    Markets

    The FTSE 100 edged up and the pound hit a new high as investors flocked back to risk on Tuesday, but London’s blue-chip index’s rebound was held back by the falling price of oil. The UK’s flagship index nudged up 0.3 per cent in early trading to around 8,7883. But significant gains were held back [...]

  • Former Centrica boss in running to be next BP chair

    June 21, 2025

    The former boss of multinational energy firm Centrica is among those in talks to be the next chairman of BP. Sam Laidlaw is being considered as a successor to Helge Lund, who announced he would step down from BP in April. Laidlaw is one of a number of prominent candidates in the running to chair [...]

  • Shell and BP: FTSE 100 giants get analyst backing after oil surge 

    June 18, 2025

    FTSE 100 oil heavyweights are back in analysts favour after oil prices surged from the intensifying Middle Eastern conflict.  BP and Shell shares have jumped around three per cent in the last week and climbed further as President Donald Trump weighed in on the attacks in Israel and Iran. Russ Mould, investment director at AJ [...]

  • Gold rallies to near-two month high as Middle East conflict intensifies

    June 13, 2025

    Investors were flocking to gold on Friday after Israel’s attack on Iran sparked a demand for the safe haven asset. The rush sent gold prices up one per cent to their highest level in nearly two months at $3,441.90  The bullion pulled on track for a weekly gain as the Middle Eastern conflict ramped up. [...]

  • FTSE 100 and sterling take a hit after Israel strikes Iran

    June 13, 2025

    The FTSE 100 and pound tumbled Friday morning after Israel launched a flurry of strikes targeting Iran’s nuclear programme. The UK’s blue-chip index was down 0.6 per cent during early trading, led by a slump in the airline sector. BA parent IAG and low-cost airline Easyjet were down nearly four per cent following the crash [...]

  • Conservatives vow to end oil and gas windfall tax 

    June 12, 2025

    Kemi Badenoch will call for an end to the oil and gas windfall tax, in addition to scrapping Labour’s ban on new oil and gas licences, as she seeks to bolster her pro-growth credentials.  The Tory leader is expected to announce her party will be “standing up for our oil and gas industry,” in an [...]

  • Mark Kleinman: BP bid may be more likely from Exxon than Shell

    May 15, 2025

    Mark Kleinman is Sky News’ City Editor and the man who gets the Square Mile talking in his weekly City AM column BP bid may be more likely from Exxon than UK rival Shell Takeover rumours in the London market don’t come with a more spectacular veneer than when they’re attached to BP. Unfortunately for Murray Auchincloss, the [...]

  • Oil prices slump to four-year low amid Opec+ production push

    May 5, 2025

    Oil prices have slumped to a four-year low as concerns over a supply glut from Saudi Arabia and a slowing global economy rattle the sector. Brent crude, the global benchmark, has fallen more than four per cent after oil cartel OPEC+ agreed over the weekend to increase oil production by another 411,000 barrels a day [...]

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