The tone was playful, the optimistic subject, Tuesday April 29, during the presentation of the last results of the BP oil giant. “We made an excellent quartersaid Managing Director Murray Auchincloss. Our refineries have recorded their best yield in twenty-four years, we made six exploration discoveries, which is really unusual, and we launched three major projects. »»
The figures tell another story. In the first three months of 2025, the British company saw its profits fall by 49 % compared to the previous year, to $ 1.38 billion (1.21 billion euros). She had already published disappointing results for 2024, with a profit down 35 %, encouraging her management redefining her strategic objectives.
In February, she announced that she was giving up almost all of her climate commitments, in order to favor hydrocarbons. This involves a reduction in its investments in green energies, which will only reach only $ 1.5 billion per year, $ 5 billion less than expected, Achincloss said.
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