BP's shares surged on takeover speculation in May, and the company submitted decent Q1 earnings last month, despite lower liquids realizations. BP generated fairly stable results in oil production ...

Rumors of a potential takeover of BP are circulating, with ExxonMobil being a possible key contender. Big Technologies, a provider of electronic tagging services, is experiencing significant ...

"The continued underperformance of BP makes it open to a takeover." Any takeover of BP would be complex and including a number of competition and political hurdles. BP also has significant debt of ...

BP (BP) appointed David Hager—a veteran of the U.S. oil and gas industry, as a non-executive director effective June 2, 2025.

Lydia Rainforth, head of European energy, equity research at Barclays, discusses takeover speculation over a BP takeover and the valuation gap between European and U.S. oil majors.

Unnamed sources familiar with the developments have told Bloomberg that Shell was studying a takeover that would depend on whether the BP stock would continue to decline after losing close to 30% over ...

Shell's boss has not ruled out launching an audacious takeover bid ... followed fresh speculation this month that the oil giant is weighing up a bid for struggling BP. Shell has reportedly called ...

A takeover of BP might be difficult ... oil trader Vitol has considered buying parts of BP. There's growing speculation that a big oil rival might buy BP. However, while several companies have ...

A protracted slump in crude prices has ratcheted up the pressure on Big Oil’s commitment to allocate cash to shareholders.