BP p.l.c. generated fairly stable results in oil production in the first quarter and continued to spend a lot of money on ...

BP’s declining market value and strategic instability have fueled speculation of a takeover by Shell or ExxonMobil, with ...

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.

Shell, Chevron, Exxon, TotalEnergies, and others have looked into acquiring the oil company. A takeover of BP might be ...

BP shares jumped on Tuesday following reports that its rival Shell is exploring a possible acquisition offer. Shares rose as ...

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

Unnamed sources familiar with the developments have told Bloomberg that Shell was studying a takeover that would depend on ...

Shares in BP climbed yesterday on fresh speculation that rival Shell is weighing up a takeover offer. Shell has reportedly called in advisers to look at a potential bid, but it is waiting for BP ...

"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 ...

With speculation swirling that oil giant Shell might be interested in a takeover of rival BP, analysts say such a marriage may be the latter’s best hopes of putting years of lackluster ...