The business unit’s all-shale holdings’ “attractiveness” to potential BP Plc suitors “would likely be an important input into ...

BP’s onshore U.S. shale subsidiary is under the M&A magnifying glass as it boasts ‘great returns’ in fields in South Texas.

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

A potential Shell-BP merger offers scale and synergies, but brings real risks, including integration hurdles and potential ...

Oil prices have been rangebound of late as traders take a breather from weeks of wild swings, but geopolitical catalysts ...

A Shell-BP potential merger would weaken Shell's strong segments by adding BP's higher debt and weaker financials. Click here for the full analysis.

With recent takeover speculation creating new interest ... should Shell or another company in fact pursue some kind of merger deal with BP, the acquirer would have to pay a considerable premium ...

AFTER you. No, after you. Please, you go, I insist. Shell is evaluating a potential acquisition of BP, Bloomberg News reported on May 3. But it’s waiting to see if BP’s share price falls further or ...

Amid speculation that European supermajor Shell is weighing a merger with its U.K. counterpart BP, Hart Energy reached out for expert perspective on the prospective deal, which could hinge in part ...

Several other oil companies have joined the merger wave by making smaller ... oil trader Vitol has considered buying parts of BP. There's growing speculation that a big oil rival might buy BP.

BP's underperformance due to strategic missteps is making it a takeover target. The initial speculation centered around fellow British oil company Shell (NYSE: SHEL) as a potential interested party.

In addition, 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 run the numbers, getting a ...