Form 6-K BP PLC For: Aug 04
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 6-K
Report of Foreign Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
04
August, 2026
BP p.l.c.
(Translation
of registrant's name into English)
1 ST JAMES'S SQUARE, LONDON, SW1Y 4PD, ENGLAND
(Address
of principal executive offices)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant files or will file
annual
reports
under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form
20-F |X| Form 40-F
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the
information
contained
in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to
the
Commission
pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act
of
1934.
Yes No
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Exhibit
1.1
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2Q26 BP
PLC SEA dated 04 August 2026
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Exhibit 1.1
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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London 4 August 2026
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BP p.l.c. Group results
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Second quarter and first half 2026
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Stronger earnings; setting priorities to accelerate
delivery
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Financial summary
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Second
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First
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Second
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First
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First
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quarter
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quarter
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quarter
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half
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half
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$ million
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2026
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2026
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2025
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2026
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2025
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Profit for the period attributable to bp shareholders
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3,911
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3,842
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1,629
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7,753
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2,316
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Inventory holding (gains) losses*, net of tax
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717
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(3,180
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407
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(2,463
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289
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Replacement cost (RC) profit*
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4,628
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662
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2,036
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5,290
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2,605
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Net adverse impact of adjusting items*, net of tax
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1,104
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2,536
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317
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3,640
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1,129
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Underlying RC profit*
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5,732
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3,198
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2,353
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8,930
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3,734
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Operating cash flow
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10,858
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2,860
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6,271
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13,718
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9,105
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Capital expenditure
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(3,086
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(3,290
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(3,361
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(6,376
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(6,984
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Divestment and other proceeds(a)
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609
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248
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1,356
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857
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1,684
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Net debt*(b)
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22,251
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25,309
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26,043
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22,251
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26,043
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Underlying
operating expenditure*
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5,333
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5,369
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5,457
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10,702
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10,761
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Announced dividend per ordinary share (cents per
share)
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8.660
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8.320
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8.320
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16.980
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16.320
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Underlying RC profit per ordinary share* (cents)
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36.92
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20.67
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15.03
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57.62
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23.76
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Underlying RC profit per ADS* (dollars)
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2.22
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1.24
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0.90
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3.46
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1.43
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Key headlines
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Stronger financial performance: 2Q 2026 underlying RC profit $5.7 billion, $2.5
billion higher than the prior quarter reflecting the strength of
bp's integrated operational model; operating cash flow $10.9
billion after taking into account a $1.0 billion adjusted working
capital* build(C).
●
Operating performance: 2Q 2026 upstream plant reliability 92.4% (1Q
2026 95.7%); reported production 2.2mmboe/d (1Q 2026 2.3mmboe/d);
refining availability 94.7% (1Q 2026 96.3%); refining throughput
1,467mb/d (1Q 2026 1,527mb/d)
● Strategic progress on portfolio and
balance sheet: Reached
an agreement to sell Austrian retail business; agreed terms to
bring partners into Kirkuk; completed the sale of Gelsenkirchen
refinery, launched processes to market our North Sea business and
Archaea Energy; the total of net debt, hybrid bonds and securities,
leases and Gulf of America settlement liabilities reduced by $6.9
billion.
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Shareholder returns: 2Q 2026 dividend per ordinary share of 8.66
cents, 4% increase.
Meg O'Neill, Chief executive officer
"This is my first full quarter
at bp, and it has been marked by one of the
most disrupted periods in the global energy market.
Through that, bp's team has stepped up, working tirelessly to keep
energy flowing for our customers.
Financially, we delivered a strong quarter, with an underlying
replacement cost profit of $5.7 billion ($2.5 billion higher than
last quarter) and an operating cash flow of $10.9 billion, after a
working capital build of $1.0 billion.
We made good progress strengthening bp's balance sheet. We also
took steps to simplify and strengthen bp. In recent weeks, we sold
our Gelsenkirchen refinery, agreed to sell our retail business in
Austria and announced our intention to sell our North Sea business
in the UK. Today, we are announcing our intention to sell Archaea,
our biogas business in the US.
But there are areas where our performance fell short.
Operationally, our plants didn't run as well as they did last
quarter - upstream plant reliability was 92.4%, compared to 95.7%,
and production was down and our refineries processed less crude.
This was due, in part, to planned maintenance and the conflict in
the Middle East, but this is a reminder that we have more to do to
deliver consistent operational performance.
Where we must improve
Since I joined bp, I have spent time with bp's teams on the
frontline and met investors, business partners, governments and
other key stakeholders. In four months, I've seen enough to know
this company can be extraordinary - from our high-quality assets to
our integrated model, deep capabilities, strong partnerships and
exceptional people.
However, we are not making the most of our potential. Our
performance over the past few years has not met our own
expectations, let alone those of our shareholders. We have not
delivered consistently; we have written off too much value; and our
costs and liabilities are not resilient enough in a low price
environment.
My job is to help make bp the best we can be. We need to take a
clear look at ourselves: assessing what needs to change, stopping
what holds us back and building strength where it matters. We have
to get fit to grow. To do so, I am laying out five priorities to
deliver a step change in performance and grow shareholder
value.
BP p.l.c. Group results
Second quarter and first half 2026
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Priorities to deliver a step change in performance
1. Strengthening
the balance sheet. This
quarter we reduced the total of net debt, hybrids, leases and Gulf
of America settlement liabilities by more than 11% compared to last
quarter. That is still not enough - we need to do more. Financial
resilience gives us greater flexibility to invest to grow through
the cycle and reward our shareholders.
2. Simplifying
the portfolio based
on value, not sentiment nor history. We have to focus on the assets
with the strongest potential to deliver competitive returns and
long-term value - just as we have done with our decisions on the
North Sea and Archaea.
3. Investing
with greater discipline to
ensure every dollar of capital competes. Our decision to sell Bay
du Nord and free up the capital shows that discipline in action. We
must keep challenging ourselves, using our balanced investment
criteria to make decisions rooted in profitability, cash generation
and market realities. I am very clear on this, we need to compete
in the weight class we are in.
4. Driving
operational excellence.
We need to run our assets safely, reliably and with greater cost
efficiency. We have made progress on reducing structural costs, but
we have not improved enough where it matters most: the bottom line.
We need to move faster, and we have both the opportunity and the
technology to do this. Operational excellence is also about working
safely with people, communities and the environment; it helps us
work to deliver energy that is secure, affordable and lower-carbon,
where it makes business sense - and it is how we will make bp more
competitive.
5. Hardwiring
high-performance and accountability into
bp. We must make better, faster decisions, reduce complexity and
sharpen accountability. Last month, we moved to an Upstream and
Downstream organization, supported by our world-class trading
business. This integrated model is a competitive advantage and an
important first step.(d)
Looking ahead
We will be transparent about how we progress - and judge ourselves
by our results. I want the organization focused on execution:
deliver what we said, faster and with greater intensity. In three
words: focus, perform, grow.
We know what we need to do, we are taking urgent action and I am
confident that this is how we will grow long-term value for
shareholders."
(a)
Divestment proceeds are disposal proceeds as per the condensed
group cash flow statement.
(b)
See Note 9 for more information.
(c)
Change in working capital adjusted for inventory holding gains,
fair value accounting effects relating to subsidiaries and other
adjusting items. See page 29.
(d)
Reportable segments for external financial reporting will remain
unchanged until 31 December 2026 as the financial reporting aspects
of the new segment model will take time to implement.
RC profit (loss), underlying RC profit, net debt, underlying RC
profit per ordinary share, underlying RC profit per ADS and
adjusted working capital are non-IFRS measures. Inventory holding
(gains) losses and adjusting items are non-IFRS
adjustments.
Definitions are provided in the Glossary on page 34. Non-IFRS
measures are marked with an asterisk.
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The commentary above contains forward-looking statements and should
be read in conjunction with the cautionary statement on
page 40.
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2Q 2026 financial results summary
● Underlying RC profit* for
the quarter was $5.7 billion, compared with $3.2 billion for the
previous quarter. Compared with the first quarter 2026, the
underlying result mainly reflects higher liquids and gas
realizations including the impact of price lags, stronger realized
refining margins and stronger customers result, partly offset by
higher exploration write-offs. The underlying effective tax rate
(ETR)* in the quarter was 34%, compared with 32% for the previous
quarter, which reflects changes in the geographical mix of
profits.
● Reported profit for
the quarter was $3.9 billion, compared with $3.8 billion
for the first quarter 2026. The reported result for the second
quarter is adjusted for inventory holding losses* of
$0.7 billion (net of tax) and a net adverse impact of
adjusting items* of $1.1 billion (net of tax) to derive the
underlying RC profit. Adjusting items include favourable pre-tax
fair value accounting effects* of $1.0 billion and post-tax
net impairments of $0.8 billion (see page 28 for more
information on adjusting items).
● Operating cash flow for
the quarter, after a $1.0 billion working capital* build (after
adjusting for inventory holding losses, fair value accounting
effects and other adjusting items), was $10.9 billion, around $8.0
billion higher than the previous quarter, reflecting higher
earnings and a lower working capital build.
● Net debt* was
$22.3 billion at the end of the second quarter compared with $25.3
billion at the end of the first quarter 2026. This reduction
reflects strong cash generation during the quarter, after the $2.9
billion (€2.5 billion) perpetual hybrid bond redemption and
the payment for $1.1 billion Gulf of America settlement
liabilities.
Segment results
● Gas & low carbon
energy: The
RC profit before interest and tax for the second quarter 2026 was
$1.6 billion, compared with $1.1 billion for the previous
quarter. After adjusting RC profit before interest and tax for a
net adverse impact of adjusting items of $0.6 billion, the
underlying RC profit before interest and tax* for the second
quarter was $2.1 billion, compared with $1.3 billion in
the first quarter 2026. This primarily reflects higher realizations
including the impact of price lags and the changes in non-Henry Hub
natural gas marker prices. The gas marketing and trading result was
broadly flat compared with the first quarter
2026.
● Oil production &
operations: The
RC profit before interest and tax for the second quarter 2026 was
$3.4 billion, compared with $1.7 billion for the previous quarter.
After adjusting RC profit before interest and tax for a net adverse
impact of adjusting items of $0.2 billion, the underlying RC profit
before interest and tax for the second quarter was $3.6 billion,
compared with $2.0 billion for the first quarter 2026. This
reflects higher liquid realizations including the impact of price
lags, production mix benefit, and higher income from
equity-accounted entities partially offset by higher exploration
write-offs mainly due to sale of Bay du Nord in Canada and lower
production due to seasonal maintenance in the Gulf of
America.
● Customers &
products: The
RC profit before interest and tax for the second quarter 2026 was
$5.1 billion, compared with $2.5 billion for the previous quarter.
After adjusting RC profit before interest and tax for a net
favourable impact of adjusting items of $0.1 billion, the
underlying RC profit before interest and tax (underlying result)
for the second quarter was $5.0 billion, compared with $3.2 billion
in the first quarter 2026. The customers second quarter underlying
result was higher by $0.8 billion, reflecting seasonally higher
volumes, higher fuels margins, a stronger Castrol performance and a
slightly higher midstream contribution, partly offset by lower
contribution from bioenergy. The products second quarter underlying
result was higher by $1.0 billion. In refining, the result reflects
significantly stronger realized refining margins, partly offset by
higher planned turnaround and maintenance activity, as well as the
impacts of the third-party event at Whiting in April. The oil
trading result was slightly higher compared with the first
quarter.
Financial results
In addition to the highlights on page 3:
● Profit
attributable to bp shareholders in the second quarter and half year
was $3.9 billion and $7.8 billion respectively, compared
with $1.6 billion and $2.3 billion in the same periods of
2025.
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After adjusting profit attributable to bp shareholders for
inventory holding losses or gains* and net impact of adjusting
items*, underlying replacement cost (RC) profit* for the second
quarter and half year was $5.7 billion and $8.9 billion
respectively, compared with $2.4 billion and $3.7 billion
for the same periods of 2025. The underlying RC profit for the
second quarter and half year compared with the same periods in 2025
mainly reflects a significant higher realized refining margins and
higher liquid realizations. The oil trading contribution for the
second quarter and first half was significantly higher compared
with the same periods in 2025. See
pages 7, 9 and 11 for more
information.
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Adjusting items in the second quarter and half year had a net
adverse pre-tax impact of $0.6 billion and $2.6 billion
respectively, compared with a net adverse pre-tax impact of
$0.7 billion and $1.1 billion in the same periods of
2025.
-
Adjusting items for the second quarter and half year include a
favourable pre-tax impact of fair value accounting effects* of $1.0
billion and an adverse pre-tax impact of $0.1 billion respectively,
compared with a favourable pre-tax impact of $0.6 billion and
$1.5 billion in the same periods of 2025. In both the gas
& low carbon energy and customers & products segments, fair
value accounting effects represent the difference in treatment
between, management's internal performance measure and IFRS. In
other businesses & corporate, there was a favourable impact of
the fair value accounting effects relating to the hybrid bonds in
the second quarter and an adverse impact in the half year, compared
with a favourable impact in the same periods of 2025. These
movements are driven by foreign exchange and interest
rates.
● The effective tax rate (ETR) on
the profit before taxation for the second quarter and half year was
45% and 44% respectively, compared with 33% and 52% for the same
periods in 2025. Excluding inventory holding gains or losses and
adjusting items, the underlying ETR* for the second quarter and
half year was 34% and 33% respectively, compared with 36% and 43%
for the same periods in 2025. The lower underlying ETR for the
second quarter and half year reflects changes in the geographical
mix of profits. Underlying ETR is a non-IFRS
measure.
● Operating cash flow for the
second quarter and half year was $10.9 billion and
$13.7 billion respectively, compared with $6.3 billion
and $9.1 billion for the same periods in 2025. The cash flow
increases are driven by the higher underlying RC profit in the 2026
periods and the impact of the working capital* (after adjusting for
inventory holding gains or losses, fair value accounting effects
and other adjusting items) movements in the
periods.
● Capital expenditure in the second
quarter and half year was $3.1 billion and $6.4 billion
respectively, compared with $3.4 billion and $7.0 billion
in the same periods of 2025.
● Total divestment and other
proceeds for the second quarter and half year were
$0.6 billion and $0.9 billion respectively, compared with
$1.4 billion and $1.7 billion for the same periods in
2025. Other proceeds for the second quarter and half year 2025 were
$1.0 billion from the sale of a non-controlling interest in the
subsidiary that holds our 12% share in the Trans-Anatolian natural
gas pipeline (TANAP).
● At the end of the second quarter,
net debt* was $22.3 billion, compared with $25.3 billion at
the end of the first quarter 2026 and $26.0 billion at the end
of the second quarter 2025.
Analysis of RC profit (loss) before interest and tax and
reconciliation to profit (loss) for the period
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Second
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First
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Second
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First
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First
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quarter
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quarter
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half
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$ million
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2026
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2026
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2025
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2026
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2025
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RC profit (loss) before interest and tax
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gas
& low carbon energy
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1,564
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1,054
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1,047
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2,618
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2,405
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oil
production & operations
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3,397
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1,655
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1,916
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5,052
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4,704
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customers
& products
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5,100
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2,452
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972
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7,552
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1,075
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other
businesses & corporate
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(250
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(855
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645
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(1,105
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623
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Consolidation
adjustment - UPII*
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-
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21
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30
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21
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43
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RC profit before interest and tax
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9,811
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4,327
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4,610
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14,138
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8,850
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Finance
costs and net finance expense relating to pensions and other
post-employment benefits
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(1,120
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(1,121
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(1,173
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(2,241
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(2,442
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Taxation on a RC basis
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(3,644
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(2,174
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(1,101
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(5,818
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(3,208
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Non-controlling interests
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(419
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)
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(370
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(300
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(789
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(595
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RC profit attributable to bp shareholders*
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4,628
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662
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2,036
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5,290
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2,605
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Inventory holding gains (losses)*
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(870
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4,159
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(554
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3,289
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(395
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)
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Taxation (charge) credit on inventory holding gains and
losses
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153
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(979
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147
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(826
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)
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106
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Profit for the period attributable to bp shareholders
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3,911
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3,842
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1,629
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7,753
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2,316
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Analysis of underlying RC profit (loss) before interest and
tax
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Second
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First
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Second
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First
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First
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quarter
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quarter
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quarter
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half
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half
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$ million
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2026
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2026
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2025
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2026
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2025
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Underlying RC profit (loss) before interest and tax
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gas
& low carbon energy
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2,122
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1,336
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1,462
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3,458
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2,459
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oil
production & operations
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3,581
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1,981
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2,262
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5,562
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|
5,157
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customers
& products
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4,954
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3,203
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1,533
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8,157
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2,210
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other
businesses & corporate
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(345
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)
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(272
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)
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(38
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)
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(617
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)
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(155
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)
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Consolidation
adjustment - UPII
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-
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21
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30
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21
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43
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Underlying RC profit before interest and tax
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10,312
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6,269
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5,249
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16,581
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9,714
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Finance
costs on an underlying RC basis(a) and net
finance expense relating to pensions and other post-employment
benefits
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(1,053
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)
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(1,047
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)
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(1,095
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)
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(2,100
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)
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(2,177
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)
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Taxation on an underlying RC basis
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(3,108
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)
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(1,654
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)
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(1,501
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)
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(4,762
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)
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(3,208
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)
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Non-controlling interests
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(419
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)
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(370
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)
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(300
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)
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(789
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)
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(595
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)
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Underlying RC profit attributable to bp shareholders*
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5,732
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3,198
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2,353
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8,930
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3,734
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(a)
A non-IFRS measure. Finance costs on an underlying RC basis is
defined as finance costs as stated in the group income statement
excluding finance costs classified as adjusting items* (see
footnote (c) on page 28).
Reconciliations of underlying RC profit attributable to bp
shareholders to the nearest equivalent IFRS measure are provided on
page 1 for the group and on pages 7-13 for the
segments.
Operating Metrics
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Second
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First
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Second
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First
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First
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quarter
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quarter
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quarter
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half
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half
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2026
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2026
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2025
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2026
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2025
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Tier 1 and tier 2 process safety events
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18
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7
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5
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25
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15
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upstream production(a) (mboe/d)
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2,201
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2,339
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2,300
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2,269
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2,270
|
|
upstream unit production costs(b) ($/boe)
|
|
6.62
|
6.39
|
6.81
|
|
6.50
|
6.58
|
|
bp-operated upstream plant reliability
|
|
92.4%
|
95.7%
|
96.8%
|
|
94.1%
|
96.1%
|
|
Refinery throughputs (mb/d)
|
|
1,467
|
1,527
|
1,288
|
|
1,497
|
1,391
|
|
bp-operated refining availability(a)
|
|
94.7%
|
96.3%
|
96.4%
|
|
95.5%
|
96.3%
|
(a)
See Operational updates on pages 7, 9 and 11.
Because of rounding, upstream production may not agree exactly with
the sum of gas & low carbon energy and oil production &
operations.
(b)
The decrease in the first half 2026, compared with the first half
2025 mainly reflects portfolio mix.
Outlook & Guidance
3Q 2026 guidance
● Looking ahead, bp expects third
quarter 2026 reported upstream production to be 2,100 to
2,250mboe/d, compared with the second quarter 2026, 2,201mboe/d.
This includes the impact of continued disruption in the Middle
East, bp's reduced equity interest in Latin America and an
estimated impact of around 40mboe/d for potential seasonal weather
events in the Gulf of America. The heightened volatility in the oil
and gas prices could also impact PSA contracts.
● In its customers business,
compared to the second quarter, bp expects a significantly lower
result, with broadly flat volumes and a lower midstream result, as
well as lower earnings in Castrol due to the lagged impact of
higher base oil costs. Both fuels margins and midstream performance
are expected to remain sensitive to conditions and developments in
the Middle East.
● In products, bp expects
throughput of 1,300 to 1,360mb/d, reflecting the completion of the
Gelsenkirchen divestment and a lower level of planned turnaround
activity. Refining margins are expected to remain elevated and
sensitive to the cost of supply and market
conditions.
● bp expects income taxes paid in
the third quarter to be around $1 billion higher than the second
quarter 2026 mainly due to timing effects, including the timing of
instalment payments, which are typically higher in the third
quarter each year.
● bp intends to repay $1.0 billion
of perpetual subordinated hybrid securities issued by a group
subsidiary.
2026 guidance
● bp now expects reported upstream
production to be 2,180 to 2,270mboe/d, compared with the 2025,
2,312mboe/d. This includes the impact of disruption in the Middle
East, the divestment of the Culzean gas field in the UK North Sea
and bp's reduced equity interest in Latin America in addition to an
estimated impact of around 15mboe/d for potential seasonal weather
events in the Gulf of America. Underlying upstream production is
expected to be broadly flat compared with 2025 with production from
oil production & operations to be broadly flat and production
from gas & low carbon energy to be lower.
● In its customers business, bp
expects to make continued progress growing cash flows, supported by
lower underlying operating expenditure* driven by structural cost
reductions*. These benefits will be partly offset by the earnings
impact of completed and announced divestments. Reported earnings
will benefit from lower depreciation as a result of the assets held
for sale accounting treatment of Castrol following the planned
divestment. Fuel margins are expected to remain sensitive to
conditions and developments in the Middle East and any resulting
policy responses.
● In products, bp expects
throughput of 1,360 to 1,410mb/d, reflecting the completion of the
Gelsenkirchen divestment and a significantly lower level of planned
turnaround activity. Refining margins are expected to remain
sensitive to the cost of supply and market
conditions.
● bp continues to expect other
businesses & corporate underlying annual charge to be around
$1.0 billion for 2026. The charge may vary quarter to
quarter.
● bp now expects the depreciation,
depletion and amortization to be $17.0-17.5
billion.
● bp now expects the underlying
ETR* for 2026 to be 35-40%, which reflects the underlying ETR for
the first half of 33%. It is sensitive to a range of factors,
including the volatility of the price environment and its impact on
the geographical mix of the group's profits and
losses.
● bp now expects capital
expenditure to be $13.5-14.0 billion reflecting decision to delay
asset farm downs and capture better value.
● bp now expects divestment and
other proceeds to be $8-9 billion in 2026, including approximately
$6 billion from the announced Castrol
transaction.
● bp
continues to expect Gulf of America settlement payments for the
year to be around $1.6 billion pre-tax including $0.4 billion
pre-tax paid during the first quarter and $1.1 billion pre-tax paid
during the second quarter.
Updated refining rule of thumb
bp has updated the bp refining indicator margin (RIM) and
associated refining rule of thumb (RoT) to reflect the sale of 100%
of the Gelsenkirchen refinery (GSK). The bp RIM RoT reflects the
sensitivity of the group's forward looking underlying replacement
cost profit before tax to changes in bp's RIM at normal operating
conditions and will not fully explain all quarter-on-quarter
movements in Products earnings.
The bp RIM reflects a broad set of crudes and products and is
representative of bp's refining portfolio and realized refining
margin per barrel.
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Refining RoT for +/- $1/bbl change
|
|
Impact on underlying RC profit before interest and tax
|
|
|
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|
bp RIM (post GSK divestment - new)
|
|
$450m
|
|
|
|
|
|
bp RIM (prior to GSK divestment - retired)
|
|
$550m
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As a consequence of this change, the refining price assumptions
applicable to bp's CMU Cash Flow and ROACE Targets* have been
updated. The updated price assumptions are: at $70/bbl Brent,
$4/mmBtu Henry Hub and $10.8/bbl refining indicator margin, all
2024 real. There is no change to the CMU Cash flow and ROACE
targets or to the prices used for impairment testing as a
consequence of this update. Price assumptions are not intended to
reflect management's forecasts for future prices.
|
The commentary above contains forward-looking statements and should
be read in conjunction with the cautionary statement on
page 40.
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gas & low carbon energy
Financial results
● The
replacement cost (RC) profit before interest and tax for the second
quarter and half year was $1,564 million and $2,618 million
respectively, compared with $1,047 million and $2,405 million for
the same periods in 2025. The second quarter and half year are
adjusted by an adverse impact of net adjusting items* of $558
million and $840 million respectively, compared with an adverse
impact of net adjusting items of $415 million and $54 million for
the same periods in 2025. Adjusting items include the impacts of
fair value accounting effects*, relative to management's internal
measure of performance, which are a favourable impact of $205
million and an adverse impact of $68 million for the second quarter
and half year in 2026, and a favourable impact of $18 million and
$686 million for the same periods in 2025. See
page 28 for more information on adjusting
items.
● After
adjusting RC profit before interest and tax for adjusting items,
the underlying RC profit before interest and tax* for the second
quarter and half year was $2,122 million and $3,458 million
respectively, compared with $1,462 million and $2,459 million for
the same periods in 2025.
● The
underlying RC profit before interest and tax for the second quarter
compared with the same period in 2025, reflects higher realizations
and a lower depreciation charge partly offset by a slightly lower
gas marketing and trading result. For the half year compared with
the same period in 2025, it reflects higher realizations, a lower
depreciation charge and a slightly higher gas marketing and trading
result.
Operational update
● Reported
production for the quarter was 765mboe/d, 2.1% lower than the same
period in 2025. Underlying production was 2.2% lower mainly due to
base decline partly offset by ramp up of major
projects.
● Reported
production for the half year was 782mboe/d, 1.1% higher than the
same period in 2025. Underlying production was 1.6% higher mainly
due to ramp up of major projects partly offset by base
decline.
Strategic progress
● bp
continues to progress development of the Cocuina-Manakin gas field,
on the maritime border between Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago.
In April 2026, bp also signed a memorandum of understanding with
the Venezuelan Government regarding joint opportunities in the
offshore Loran gas field and certain exploration
areas
● In
May bp signed three production-sharing contracts in Indonesia,
bringing bp's total participation in oil and gas blocks in the
country to 11. This includes the Bintuni and Drawa exploration
blocks and also participation in the INPEX-operated Barong block in
East Java.
● In
May bp confirmed a gas discovery in the East Nile Delta region in
Egypt. The discovery follows the drilling of the Nidoco N-2
exploration well, operated by Eni in partnership with bp and the
Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC).
● In
May bp signed a 10-year deal with Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
(ONGC) where bp has been selected as the technical services
provider for the western offshore fields in the Mumbai Offshore
Basin in India.
● In
May bp signed a new long-term deal to supply the Korea Gas
Corporation (KOGAS) with 0.7 million tonnes per annum of LNG for 10
years from 2028.
● In
June bp entered into an agreement to sell a 5% interest in the
Browse project in Western Australia to GS Energy, with bp retaining
39.33% working interest.
● In
June bp, together with ADNOC and partners, has signed a concession
agreement to develop the Bab Gas Cap project in Abu Dhabi. With
this agreement, bp holds a 10% interest in the Bab Gas Cap
concession, which is expected to produce up to 1.5 billion cubic
feet per day of gas.
● bp
today is announcing that it is launching a process to market
Archaea Energy for a potential sale.
● These
events build on the progress announced in our first-quarter
results, which comprised the following:
bp
and South Valley Egyptian Petroleum Holding Company signed a
memorandum of understanding for the award of Block (6) in the Red
Sea; bp announced a significant gas and condensate discovery
offshore Egypt following the successful drilling of the Denise W-1
exploration well in the Temsah Concession, located in the Eastern
Mediterranean. The Denise W-1 well follows a binding head of
agreement signed in July 2025 with EGPC and EGAS for a 20-year
renewal of the Temsah Concession; and Arcius, a joint venture with
bp holding 51% and XRG holding 49%, has taken a final investment
decision to develop the Harmattan gas field in Egypt's El Burg
offshore concession, a significant step toward executing one of its
first projects in Egypt.
gas & low carbon energy (continued)
|
|
|
Second
|
First
|
Second
|
|
First
|
First
|
|||||
|
|
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
|
half
|
half
|
|||||
|
$ million
|
|
2026
|
2026
|
2025
|
|
2026
|
2025
|
|||||
|
Profit before interest and tax
|
|
1,564
|
|
1,054
|
|
1,047
|
|
|
2,618
|
|
2,405
|
|
|
Inventory holding (gains) losses*
|
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
|
RC profit before interest and tax
|
|
1,564
|
|
1,054
|
|
1,047
|
|
|
2,618
|
|
2,405
|
|
|
Net (favourable) adverse impact of adjusting items
|
|
558
|
|
282
|
|
415
|
|
|
840
|
|
54
|
|
|
Underlying RC profit before interest and tax
|
|
2,122
|
|
1,336
|
|
1,462
|
|
|
3,458
|
|
2,459
|
|
|
Taxation on an underlying RC basis
|
|
(706
|
)
|
(473
|
)
|
(509
|
)
|
|
(1,179
|
)
|
(980
|
)
|
|
Underlying RC profit before interest
|
|
1,416
|
|
863
|
|
953
|
|
|
2,279
|
|
1,479
|
|
|
|
|
Second
|
First
|
Second
|
|
First
|
First
|
|||||
|
|
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
|
half
|
half
|
|||||
|
$ million
|
|
2026
|
2026
|
2025
|
|
2026
|
2025
|
|||||
|
Depreciation, depletion and amortization
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Total depreciation, depletion and amortization
|
|
1,139
|
|
1,186
|
|
1,407
|
|
|
2,325
|
|
2,573
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Exploration write-offs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Exploration write-offs
|
|
48
|
|
-
|
|
1
|
|
|
48
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Adjusted EBITDA*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Total adjusted EBITDA
|
|
3,309
|
|
2,522
|
|
2,870
|
|
|
5,831
|
|
5,033
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Capital expenditure
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
gas
|
|
717
|
|
635
|
|
688
|
|
|
1,352
|
|
1,462
|
|
|
low carbon energy
|
|
59
|
|
60
|
|
102
|
|
|
119
|
|
231
|
|
|
Total capital expenditure
|
|
776
|
|
695
|
|
790
|
|
|
1,471
|
|
1,693
|
|
|
|
|
Second
|
First
|
Second
|
|
First
|
First
|
|||||
|
|
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
|
half
|
half
|
|||||
|
|
|
2026
|
2026
|
2025
|
|
2026
|
2025
|
|||||
|
Production (net of
royalties)(a)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Liquids (mb/d)
|
|
88
|
|
87
|
|
85
|
|
|
87
|
|
84
|
|
|
Natural gas (mmcf/d)
|
|
3,928
|
|
4,124
|
|
4,043
|
|
|
4,025
|
|
3,997
|
|
|
Total hydrocarbons (mboe/d)
|
|
765
|
|
798
|
|
782
|
|
|
782
|
|
773
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Average realizations(b)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Liquids ($/bbl)
|
|
94.09
|
|
67.17
|
|
64.15
|
|
|
81.26
|
|
67.21
|
|
|
Natural gas ($/mcf)
|
|
8.03
|
|
6.30
|
|
6.50
|
|
|
7.14
|
|
6.86
|
|
|
Total hydrocarbons ($/boe)
|
|
52.82
|
|
40.08
|
|
40.84
|
|
|
46.33
|
|
43.00
|
|
(a)
Includes bp's share of production of equity-accounted entities in
the gas & low carbon energy segment.
(b)
Realizations are based on sales by consolidated subsidiaries only -
this excludes equity-accounted entities.
oil production & operations
Financial results
● The
replacement cost (RC) profit before interest and tax for the second
quarter and half year was $3,397 million and $5,052 million
respectively, compared with $1,916 million and $4,704 million for
the same periods in 2025. The second quarter and half year are
adjusted by an adverse impact of net adjusting items* of $184
million and $510 million respectively, compared with an adverse
impact of net adjusting items of $346 million and $453 million for
the same periods in 2025. See page 28 for more
information on adjusting items.
● After
adjusting RC profit before interest and tax for adjusting items,
the underlying RC profit before interest and tax* for the second
quarter and half year was $3,581 million and $5,562 million
respectively, compared with $2,262 million and $5,157 million for
the same periods in 2025.
● The
underlying RC profit before interest and tax for the second
quarter, compared with the same period in 2025, reflects higher
liquid realizations and higher income from equity-accounted
entities partly offset by higher exploration write-offs mainly due
to sale of Bay du Nord in Canada, the divestment of the Culzean gas
field in the UK North Sea, and lower
production.
● The
underlying RC profit before interest and tax for the half year,
compared with the same period in 2025, reflects higher liquid
realizations and higher income from equity-accounted entities
partly offset by higher exploration write-offs mainly due to sale
of Bay du Nord in Canada, the divestment of the Culzean gas field
in the UK North Sea and higher costs.
Operational update
● Reported
production for the quarter was 1,436mboe/d, 5.4% lower than the
same period in 2025. Underlying production for the quarter was 1.8%
higher mainly due to increased production in bpx Energy and ramp up
of major projects partly offset by seasonal
maintenance.
● Reported
production for the half year was 1,488mboe/d, 0.6% lower than the
same period in 2025. Underlying production for the half year was
3.8% higher mainly due to increased production in bpx Energy and
ramp up of major projects partly offset by seasonal
maintenance.
Strategic progress
● In
May, bp as operator, confirmed a final investment decision (FID) on
the Thunder Horse subsea pump. With plans to deliver first oil in
2028, the project is expected to add gross production of around
15,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day at
peak.
● In
June bp confirmed the preliminary results of the Capricornus-1A
appraisal well in Namibia's Orange Basin. This established an oil
pay extension from the Capricornus discovery well. Petroleum
Exploration License 85 (PEL85), where the well was drilled, is
operated by Rhino Resources where Azule Energy has a 42.5% working
interest. bp holds a 50% interest in Azule
Energy.
● In
June bp, as operator, announced the commencement of non-associated
gas (NAG) production operations on the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG)
field in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea. This marks the
first commercial gas production operations on ACG, one of the
world's largest oil-producing fields.
● In
June bp announced the FID for the Greater PAJ Project, a major
offshore oil development located in Blocks 31 and 31/21 in Angola,
adding expected gross production of around 95,000 barrels of oil
equivalent per day at peak. This is operated by Azule Energy, a
50:50 joint venture between bp and Eni. Azule Energy has a 26.67%
working interest in Block 31 and a 50% working interest in Block
31/21.
● In
June, following regulatory approval, bp completed the sale of a 10%
shareholding in Pan American Energy Group S.L., reducing its
shareholding from 50% to 40%.
● It
was announced that, effective 1 July 2026, operatorship of the
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil export pipeline was transferred from
bp to SOCAR Midstream Operations LLC (SMO), a wholly owned
subsidiary of SOCAR.
● In
July bp agreed to sell its non-operated interest in the Bay du Nord
project offshore Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, to Equinor.
Completion of the transaction is subject to third party
approvals.
● In
July bp has agreed terms for ConocoPhillips to acquire a 42%
interest in BP Energy Company of Kirkuk Limited (BP ECKL),
supporting the redevelopment of several large-scale oil fields in
the Kirkuk area of northern Iraq. bp has also agreed terms for
Turkiye Petrolleri Anonim Ortakligi (TPAO) to acquire a further 15%
interest in BP ECKL. Completion of the respective transactions are
subject to third party approvals.
● In
July bp successfully started up the Atlantis Major Facility
Expansion project in the Gulf of America, the eighth of its 10
major projects due online between 2025 and 2027, adding two new
subsea water injection wells.
● In
July bp announced its intention to market its North Sea business
for a potential sale.
oil production & operations (continued)
● These
events build on the progress announced in our first-quarter
results, which comprised the following:
Aker
BP started oil production from the Solveig Phase 2 (formally called
Utsira High) development in the North Sea (bp interest in Aker BP
15.9%). The project has been delivered on schedule, adding
approximately 39 million barrels of oil equivalent in recoverable
resources to the Solveig field; bp confirmed an oil discovery in
the Algaita-01 exploration well offshore Angola. The well was
drilled in Block 15/06, and is operated by Azule Energy; bp
announced the start-up of the Ndungu full-field, part of the Agogo
Integrated West Hub Project (IWH), in the western area of Block
15/06, offshore Angola. Agogo IWH is operated by Azule Energy; bp
was the apparent highest bidder on three blocks in the BBG-2 Gulf
of America lease sale; bp confirmed start-up of gas production from
the Quiluma field, part of the New Gas Consortium in Angola,
operated by Azule Energy; and bp agreed to acquire a 60% interest
in three offshore exploration blocks in Namibia from Eco Atlantic
Oil & Gas. Subject to Namibian government approvals, bp will be
the operator of three blocks - PEL97, PEL99 and PEL100 - offshore
Namibia in the Walvis Basin, with Eco Atlantic remaining a partner,
along with Namibia's national oil company NAMCOR.
|
|
|
Second
|
First
|
Second
|
|
First
|
First
|
|||||
|
|
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
|
half
|
half
|
|||||
|
$ million
|
|
2026
|
2026
|
2025
|
|
2026
|
2025
|
|||||
|
Profit before interest and tax
|
|
3,396
|
|
1,662
|
|
1,914
|
|
|
5,058
|
|
4,709
|
|
|
Inventory holding (gains) losses*
|
|
1
|
|
(7
|
)
|
2
|
|
|
(6
|
)
|
(5
|
)
|
|
RC profit before interest and tax
|
|
3,397
|
|
1,655
|
|
1,916
|
|
|
5,052
|
|
4,704
|
|
|
Net (favourable) adverse impact of adjusting items
|
|
184
|
|
326
|
|
346
|
|
|
510
|
|
453
|
|
|
Underlying RC profit before interest and tax
|
|
3,581
|
|
1,981
|
|
2,262
|
|
|
5,562
|
|
5,157
|
|
|
Taxation on an underlying RC basis
|
|
(1,659
|
)
|
(854
|
)
|
(1,062
|
)
|
|
(2,513
|
)
|
(2,437
|
)
|
|
Underlying RC profit before interest
|
|
1,922
|
|
1,127
|
|
1,200
|
|
|
3,049
|
|
2,720
|
|
|
|
|
Second
|
First
|
Second
|
|
First
|
First
|
|||||
|
|
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
|
half
|
half
|
|||||
|
$ million
|
|
2026
|
2026
|
2025
|
|
2026
|
2025
|
|||||
|
Depreciation, depletion and amortization
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Total depreciation, depletion and amortization
|
|
1,754
|
|
2,009
|
|
1,933
|
|
|
3,763
|
|
3,720
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Exploration write-offs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Exploration write-offs
|
|
478
|
|
2
|
|
81
|
|
|
480
|
|
134
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Adjusted EBITDA*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Total adjusted EBITDA
|
|
5,813
|
|
3,992
|
|
4,276
|
|
|
9,805
|
|
9,011
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Capital expenditure
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Total capital expenditure
|
|
1,733
|
|
1,891
|
|
1,706
|
|
|
3,624
|
|
3,402
|
|
|
|
|
Second
|
First
|
Second
|
|
First
|
First
|
|||||
|
|
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
|
half
|
half
|
|||||
|
|
|
2026
|
2026
|
2025
|
|
2026
|
2025
|
|||||
|
Production (net of
royalties)(a)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Liquids (mb/d)
|
|
997
|
|
1,126
|
|
1,115
|
|
|
1,061
|
|
1,101
|
|
|
Natural gas (mmcf/d)
|
|
2,543
|
|
2,407
|
|
2,338
|
|
|
2,476
|
|
2,298
|
|
|
Total hydrocarbons (mboe/d)
|
|
1,436
|
|
1,541
|
|
1,518
|
|
|
1,488
|
|
1,497
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Average realizations(b)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Liquids ($/bbl)
|
|
84.10
|
|
59.75
|
|
59.74
|
|
|
71.67
|
|
63.54
|
|
|
Natural gas ($/mcf)
|
|
2.16
|
|
3.57
|
|
3.66
|
|
|
2.85
|
|
4.18
|
|
|
Total hydrocarbons ($/boe)
|
|
62.18
|
|
48.51
|
|
49.03
|
|
|
55.29
|
|
52.66
|
|
(a)
Includes bp's share of production of equity-accounted entities in
the oil production & operations segment.
(b)
Realizations are based on sales by consolidated subsidiaries only -
this excludes equity-accounted entities.
customers & products
Financial results
● The
replacement cost (RC) profit before interest and tax for the second
quarter and half year was $5,100 million and $7,552 million
respectively, compared with $972 million and $1,075 million for the
same periods in 2025. The second quarter and half year are adjusted
by a favourable impact of net adjusting items* of $146 million and
an adverse impact of $605 million respectively, compared with an
adverse impact of net adjusting items of $561 million and $1,135
million for the same periods in 2025. See page 28 for
more information on adjusting items.
● After
adjusting RC profit before interest and tax for adjusting items,
the underlying RC profit before interest and tax* (underlying
result) for the second quarter and half year was $4,954 million and
$8,157 million respectively, compared with $1,533 million and
$2,210 million for the same periods in 2025.
● The
customers & products underlying result for the second quarter
and for the half year was significantly higher compared with the
same periods in 2025, reflecting a stronger performance across both
sub-segments.
● customers -
the customers underlying result for the second quarter and half
year was significantly higher compared with the same periods in
2025, reflecting stronger integrated performance across fuels and
midstream and a stronger Castrol result, partly offset by a lower
contribution from bioenergy and lower fuels
volumes.
● products -
the products underlying result for the second quarter and half year
was significantly higher compared with the same periods in 2025. In
refining, the second quarter and first half result benefited from
significantly higher realized refining margins and significantly
lower turnaround activity, as well as crude selection timing
effects. These benefits were partly offset by the impacts of the
third party event at Whiting in April and other maintenance
activities. The oil trading contribution for the second quarter and
first half was significantly higher compared with the same periods
in 2025.
Operational update
● bp-operated
refining availability for the second quarter and half year was
94.7% and 95.5% respectively, lower compared with 96.4% and 96.3%
for the same periods in 2025.
Strategic progress
● In
July bp completed the sale of the Gelsenkirchen refinery and
related businesses to Klesch Group, following the announcement in
March that an agreement had been reached for the
sale.
● In
July bp announced the sale of its Austria mobility &
convenience and bp pulse businesses to volenergy AG. The sale is
expected to complete by the end of 2026 subject to regulatory
approvals.
● bp
signed a 25-year agreement to continue operating at Durban's Island
View Terminal, securing long-term access to strategic
infrastructure that strengthens our supply position in South
Africa.
● Working
with government partners, bp secured a fast-tracked lease extension
at the Bulwer Island facility at the Port of Brisbane enabling
investment in additional fuel storage capacity to support
Australia's fuel security.
● These
events build on the progress announced in our first-quarter
results, which comprised the following:
◦
Air bp signed a multi-year supply agreement with Airbus to provide
jet fuel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), as well as aviation
services in Germany and Spain.
◦
In January bp and Castrol commenced their Formula 1 partnership
with Audi during the start of the season. This reflects the outcome
of several years of bp and Castrol fuels and lubricants research
and development to support compliance with the new 2026 Formula 1
regulations. The partnership showcases our strengths in technology
and innovation and helps build brand equity.
customers & products (continued)
|
|
|
Second
|
First
|
Second
|
|
First
|
First
|
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|
|
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
|
half
|
half
|
|||||
|
$ million
|
|
2026
|
2026
|
2025
|
|
2026
|
2025
|
|||||
|
Profit before interest and tax
|
|
4,231
|
|
6,604
|
|
420
|
|
|
10,835
|
|
675
|
|
|
Inventory holding (gains) losses*
|
|
869
|
|
(4,152
|
)
|
552
|
|
|
(3,283
|
)
|
400
|
|
|
RC profit before interest and tax
|
|
5,100
|
|
2,452
|
|
972
|
|
|
7,552
|
|
1,075
|
|
|
Net (favourable) adverse impact of adjusting items
|
|
(146
|
)
|
751
|
|
561
|
|
|
605
|
|
1,135
|
|
|
Underlying RC profit before interest and tax
|
|
4,954
|
|
3,203
|
|
1,533
|
|
|
8,157
|
|
2,210
|
|
|
Of
which:(a)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
customers
- convenience & mobility
|
|
1,771
|
|
1,009
|
|
1,056
|
|
|
2,780
|
|
1,720
|
|
|
Castrol - included in customers
|
|
429
|
|
346
|
|
245
|
|
|
775
|
|
483
|
|
|
products
- refining & trading
|
|
3,183
|
|
2,194
|
|
477
|
|
|
5,377
|
|
490
|
|
|
Taxation on an underlying RC basis
|
|
(1,034
|
)
|
(646
|
)
|
(251
|
)
|
|
(1,680
|
)
|
(327
|
)
|
|
Underlying RC profit before interest
|
|
3,920
|
|
2,557
|
|
1,282
|
|
|
6,477
|
|
1,883
|
|
(a)
A reconciliation to RC profit before interest and tax by business
is provided on page 31.
|
|
|
Second
|
First
|
Second
|
|
First
|
First
|
|||||
|
|
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
|
half
|
half
|
|||||
|
$ million
|
|
2026
|
2026
|
2025
|
|
2026
|
2025
|
|||||
|
Adjusted EBITDA*(b)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
customers - convenience & mobility
|
|
2,340
|
|
1,541
|
|
1,698
|
|
|
3,881
|
|
2,929
|
|
|
Castrol - included in customers
|
|
429
|
|
346
|
|
295
|
|
|
775
|
|
579
|
|
|
products - refining & trading
|
|
3,616
|
|
2,626
|
|
895
|
|
|
6,242
|
|
1,326
|
|
|
|
|
5,956
|
|
4,167
|
|
2,593
|
|
|
10,123
|
|
4,255
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Depreciation, depletion and amortization
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Total depreciation, depletion and amortization
|
|
1,002
|
|
964
|
|
1,060
|
|
|
1,966
|
|
2,045
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Capital expenditure
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
customers - convenience & mobility
|
|
309
|
|
367
|
|
387
|
|
|
676
|
|
972
|
|
|
Castrol - included in customers
|
|
(3
|
)
|
15
|
|
36
|
|
|
12
|
|
73
|
|
|
products - refining & trading
|
|
229
|
|
290
|
|
410
|
|
|
519
|
|
768
|
|
|
Total capital expenditure
|
|
538
|
|
657
|
|
797
|
|
|
1,195
|
|
1,740
|
|
(a)
A reconciliation to RC profit before interest and tax by business
is provided on page 31.
|
|
|
Second
|
First
|
Second
|
|
First
|
First
|
|||||
|
|
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
|
half
|
half
|
|||||
|
Marketing sales of refined products (mb/d)
|
|
2026
|
2026
|
2025
|
|
2026
|
2025
|
|||||
|
US
|
|
1,189
|
|
1,172
|
|
1,248
|
|
|
1,181
|
|
1,225
|
|
|
Europe
|
|
986
|
|
923
|
|
1,006
|
|
|
955
|
|
976
|
|
|
Rest of World
|
|
449
|
|
458
|
|
466
|
|
|
453
|
|
466
|
|
|
|
|
2,624
|
|
2,553
|
|
2,720
|
|
|
2,589
|
|
2,667
|
|
|
Trading/supply sales of refined products
|
|
539
|
477
|
|
478
|
|
|
508
|
460
|
|
||
|
Total sales volume of refined products
|
|
3,163
|
3,030
|
|
3,198
|
|
|
3,097
|
3,127
|
|
||
|
bp average refining
indicator margin (RIM)
($/bbl)
|
|
29.6
|
|
16.9
|
|
11.9
|
|
|
23.3
|
|
10.0
|
|
|
Refinery throughputs (mb/d)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
US
|
|
626
|
|
682
|
|
573
|
|
|
654
|
|
623
|
|
|
Europe
|
|
841
|
|
845
|
|
715
|
|
|
843
|
|
768
|
|
|
Total refinery throughputs
|
|
1,467
|
|
1,527
|
|
1,288
|
|
|
1,497
|
|
1,391
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
bp-operated refining availability (%)
|
|
94.7
|
|
96.3
|
|
96.4
|
|
|
95.5
|
|
96.3
|
|
other businesses & corporate
Other businesses & corporate comprises technology, bp ventures,
shipping, our corporate activities & functions and any residual
costs of the Gulf of America oil spill.
Financial results
● The
replacement cost (RC) loss before interest and tax for the second
quarter and half year was $250 million and $1,105 million
respectively, compared with a profit of $645 million and $623
million for the same periods in 2025. The second quarter and half
year are adjusted by a favourable impact of net adjusting items* of
$95 million and an adverse impact of $488 million respectively,
compared with a favourable impact of net adjusting items of $683
million and $778 million for the same periods in 2025. Adjusting
items include a favourable impact of fair value accounting effects*
of $114 million and an adverse impact of $104 million for the
second quarter and half year, and a favourable impact of $740
million and $1,109 million for the same periods in 2025. See
page 28 for more information on adjusting
items.
● After
adjusting RC loss before interest and tax for adjusting items, the
underlying RC loss before interest and tax* for the second quarter
and half year was $345 million and $617 million respectively,
compared with a loss of $38 million and $155 million for the same
periods in 2025.
Strategic progress
● In
July bp reached an agreement to sell the majority of the direct
investments held in bp Ventures, subject to regulatory and
contractual approvals. Alongside this transaction bp intends to
further simplify its portfolio by closing bp
Ventures.
|
|
|
Second
|
First
|
Second
|
|
First
|
First
|
|||||
|
|
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
|
half
|
half
|
|||||
|
$ million
|
|
2026
|
2026
|
2025
|
|
2026
|
2025
|
|||||
|
Profit (loss) before interest and tax
|
|
(250
|
)
|
(855
|
)
|
645
|
|
|
(1,105
|
)
|
623
|
|
|
Inventory holding (gains) losses*
|
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
|
RC profit (loss) before interest and tax
|
|
(250
|
)
|
(855
|
)
|
645
|
|
|
(1,105
|
)
|
623
|
|
|
Net
(favourable) adverse impact of adjusting items(a)
|
|
(95
|
)
|
583
|
|
(683
|
)
|
|
488
|
|
(778
|
)
|
|
Underlying RC profit (loss) before interest and tax
|
|
(345
|
)
|
(272
|
)
|
(38
|
)
|
|
(617
|
)
|
(155
|
)
|
|
Taxation on an underlying RC basis
|
|
91
|
|
124
|
|
109
|
|
|
215
|
|
142
|
|
|
Underlying RC profit (loss) before interest
|
|
(254
|
)
|
(148
|
)
|
71
|
|
|
(402
|
)
|
(13
|
)
|
(a)
Includes fair value accounting effects relating to hybrid bonds.
See page 35 for more information.
This
results announcement also represents bp's half-yearly financial
report for the purposes of the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency
Rules made by the UK Financial Conduct Authority. In this context:
(i) the condensed set of financial statements can be found on
pages 16-26; (ii) pages 1-13,
and 27-40 comprise the interim management report; and
(iii) the directors' responsibility statement and auditors'
independent review report can be found on
pages 14-15.
Statement of directors' responsibilities
The directors confirm that, to the best of their knowledge, the
condensed set of financial statements on pages 16-26 has
been prepared in accordance with United Kingdom adopted IAS 34
'Interim Financial Reporting', and that the interim management
report on pages 1-13, and 27-40 includes a fair
review of the information required by the Disclosure Guidance and
Transparency Rules.
The directors of BP p.l.c. are listed on pages 73-75
of bp
Annual Report and Form 20-F 2025, with the following exceptions: Carol Howle
stepped down as an executive director and interim chief executive
officer on 31 March 2026, Meg O'Neill was appointed as an executive
director and chief executive officer on 1 April 2026, and Melody
Meyer, Karen Richardson and Simon Henry each stepped down as
non-executive directors on 23 April 2026. On 26 May 2026, Albert
Manifold ceased to serve as a non-executive director and chair and
Ian Tyler was appointed as interim chair.
By
order of the board
|
Meg
O'Neill
|
Kate
Thomson
|
|
Chief
Executive Officer
|
Chief
Financial Officer
|
|
3
August 2026
|
3
August 2026
|
Independent review report to BP p.l.c.
Conclusion
We have been engaged by the company to review the condensed set of
financial statements in the half-yearly financial report for the
six months ended 30 June 2026 which comprises the group income
statement, the condensed group statement of comprehensive income,
the group balance sheet, the condensed group statement of changes
in equity, the condensed group cash flow statement and related
notes 1 to 10.
Based on our review, nothing has come to our attention that causes
us to believe that the condensed set of financial statements in the
half-yearly financial report for the six months ended 30 June 2026
is not prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with
United Kingdom adopted International Accounting Standard 34 and the
Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules of the United Kingdom's
Financial Conduct Authority.
Basis for Conclusion
We conducted our review in accordance with International Standard
on Review Engagements (UK) 2410 'Review of Interim Financial
Information Performed by the Independent Auditor of the Entity'
issued by the Financial Reporting Council for use in the United
Kingdom (ISRE (UK) 2410). A review of interim financial information
consists of making inquiries, primarily of persons responsible for
financial and accounting matters, and applying analytical and other
review procedures. A review is substantially less in scope than an
audit conducted in accordance with International Standards on
Auditing (UK) and consequently does not enable us to obtain
assurance that we would become aware of all significant matters
that might be identified in an audit. Accordingly, we do not
express an audit opinion.
As disclosed in note 1, the annual financial statements of the
group are prepared in accordance with IFRS Accounting Standards
(IFRS) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board
(IASB), IFRS as adopted by the UK, and European Union (EU), and in
accordance with the provisions of the UK Companies Act 2006 as
applicable to companies reporting under international accounting
standards. The condensed set of financial statements included in
this half-yearly financial report has been prepared in accordance
with United Kingdom adopted International Accounting Standard 34,
'Interim Financial Reporting'.
Conclusion Relating to Going Concern
Based on our review procedures, which are less extensive than those
performed in an audit as described in the Basis for Conclusion
section of this report, nothing has come to our attention to
suggest that the directors have inappropriately adopted the going
concern basis of accounting or that the directors have identified
material uncertainties relating to going concern that are not
appropriately disclosed.
This Conclusion is based on the review procedures performed in
accordance with ISRE (UK) 2410; however future events or conditions
may cause the entity to cease to continue as a going
concern.
Responsibilities of the directors
The directors are responsible for preparing the half-yearly
financial report in accordance with the Disclosure Guidance and
Transparency Rules of the United Kingdom's Financial Conduct
Authority.
In preparing the half-yearly financial report, the directors are
responsible for assessing the group's ability to continue as a
going concern, disclosing as applicable, matters related to going
concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the
directors either intend to liquidate the company or to cease
operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do
so.
Auditor's Responsibilities for the review of the financial
information
In reviewing the half-yearly financial report, we are responsible
for expressing to the company a conclusion on the condensed set of
financial statements in the half-yearly financial report. Our
Conclusion, including our Conclusion Relating to Going Concern, are
based on procedures that are less extensive than audit procedures,
as described in the Basis for Conclusion paragraph of this
report.
Use of our report
This report is made solely to the company in accordance with ISRE
(UK) 2410. Our work has been undertaken so that we might state to
the company those matters we are required to state to it in an
independent review report and for no other purpose. To the fullest
extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility
to anyone other than the company, for our review work, for this
report, or for the conclusions we have formed.
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3
August 2026
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Financial statements
Group income statement
|
|
|
Second
|
First
|
Second
|
|
First
|
First
|
|||||
|
|
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
|
half
|
half
|
|||||
|
$ million
|
|
2026
|
2026
|
2025
|
|
2026
|
2025
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Sales
and other operating revenues (Note 5)
|
|
69,105
|
|
52,255
|
|
46,627
|
|
|
121,360
|
|
93,532
|
|
|
Earnings from joint ventures - after interest and
tax
|
|
438
|
|
323
|
|
241
|
|
|
761
|
|
568
|
|
|
Earnings from associates - after interest and
tax
|
|
145
|
|
353
|
|
155
|
|
|
498
|
|
404
|
|
|
Interest and other income
|
|
411
|
|
338
|
|
375
|
|
|
749
|
|
760
|
|
|
Gains on sale of businesses and fixed assets
|
|
15
|
|
102
|
|
279
|
|
|
117
|
|
293
|
|
|
Total revenues and other income
|
|
70,114
|
|
53,371
|
|
47,677
|
|
|
123,485
|
|
95,557
|
|
|
Purchases
|
|
41,149
|
|
26,250
|
|
26,875
|
|
|
67,399
|
|
54,595
|
|
|
Production and manufacturing expenses
|
|
8,954
|
|
8,537
|
|
6,153
|
|
|
17,491
|
|
12,267
|
|
|
Production and similar taxes
|
|
629
|
|
429
|
|
414
|
|
|
1,058
|
|
861
|
|
|
Depreciation,
depletion and amortization (Note 6)
|
|
4,149
|
|
4,410
|
|
4,641
|
|
|
8,559
|
|
8,824
|
|
|
Net
impairment and losses on sale of businesses and fixed assets (Note
3)
|
|
1,100
|
|
589
|
|
1,157
|
|
|
1,689
|
|
1,660
|
|
|
Exploration expense
|
|
582
|
|
44
|
|
139
|
|
|
626
|
|
242
|
|
|
Distribution and administration expenses
|
|
4,610
|
|
4,626
|
|
4,242
|
|
|
9,236
|
|
8,653
|
|
|
Profit (loss) before interest and taxation
|
|
8,941
|
|
8,486
|
|
4,056
|
|
|
17,427
|
|
8,455
|
|
|
Finance costs
|
|
1,175
|
|
1,175
|
|
1,229
|
|
|
2,350
|
|
2,550
|
|
|
Net
finance (income) expense relating to pensions and other
post-employment benefits
|
|
(55
|
)
|
(54
|
)
|
(56
|
)
|
|
(109
|
)
|
(108
|
)
|
|
Profit (loss) before taxation
|
|
7,821
|
|
7,365
|
|
2,883
|
|
|
15,186
|
|
6,013
|
|
|
Taxation
|
|
3,491
|
|
3,153
|
|
954
|
|
|
6,644
|
|
3,102
|
|
|
Profit (loss) for the period
|
|
4,330
|
|
4,212
|
|
1,929
|
|
|
8,542
|
|
2,911
|
|
|
Attributable to
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
bp
shareholders
|
|
3,911
|
|
3,842
|
|
1,629
|
|
|
7,753
|
|
2,316
|
|
|
Non-controlling
interests
|
|
419
|
|
370
|
|
300
|
|
|
789
|
|
595
|
|
|
|
|
4,330
|
|
4,212
|
|
1,929
|
|
|
8,542
|
|
2,911
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Earnings per share (Note 7)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Profit (loss) for the period attributable to bp
shareholders
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Per
ordinary share (cents)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Basic
|
|
24.77
|
|
24.83
|
|
10.41
|
|
|
49.60
|
|
14.73
|
|
|
Diluted
|
|
24.54
|
|
24.53
|
|
10.27
|
|
|
48.99
|
|
14.44
|
|
|
Per
ADS (dollars)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Basic
|
|
1.49
|
|
1.49
|
|
0.62
|
|
|
2.98
|
|
0.88
|
|
|
Diluted
|
|
1.47
|
|
1.47
|
|
0.62
|
|
|
2.94
|
|
0.87
|
|
Condensed group statement of comprehensive income
|
|
|
Second
|
First
|
Second
|
|
First
|
First
|
|||||
|
|
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
|
half
|
half
|
|||||
|
$ million
|
|
2026
|
2026
|
2025
|
|
2026
|
2025
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Profit (loss) for the period
|
|
4,330
|
|
4,212
|
|
1,929
|
|
|
8,542
|
|
2,911
|
|
|
Other comprehensive income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or
loss
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Currency
translation differences(a)
|
|
65
|
|
(191
|
)
|
1,323
|
|
|
(126
|
)
|
2,142
|
|
|
Exchange
(gains) losses on translation of foreign operations reclassified to
gain or loss on sale of businesses and fixed assets
|
|
2
|
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
|
2
|
|
-
|
|
|
Cash
flow hedges and costs of hedging
|
|
(8
|
)
|
159
|
|
235
|
|
|
151
|
|
50
|
|
|
Share
of items relating to equity-accounted entities, net of
tax
|
|
(1
|
)
|
7
|
|
3
|
|
|
6
|
|
4
|
|
|
Income
tax relating to items that may be reclassified
|
|
(15
|
)
|
(14
|
)
|
(57
|
)
|
|
(29
|
)
|
(15
|
)
|
|
|
|
43
|
|
(39
|
)
|
1,504
|
|
|
4
|
|
2,181
|
|
|
Items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Remeasurements
of the net pension and other post-employment benefit liability or
asset
|
|
(364
|
)
|
119
|
|
(214
|
)
|
|
(245
|
)
|
117
|
|
|
Remeasurements
of equity investments
|
|
3
|
|
(1
|
)
|
2
|
|
|
2
|
|
1
|
|
|
Cash
flow hedges that will subsequently be transferred to the balance
sheet
|
|
-
|
|
3
|
|
2
|
|
|
3
|
|
4
|
|
|
Income
tax relating to items that will not be reclassified
|
|
91
|
|
(37
|
)
|
52
|
|
|
54
|
|
(43
|
)
|
|
|
|
(270
|
)
|
84
|
|
(158
|
)
|
|
(186
|
)
|
79
|
|
|
Other comprehensive income
|
|
(227
|
)
|
45
|
|
1,346
|
|
|
(182
|
)
|
2,260
|
|
|
Total comprehensive income
|
|
4,103
|
|
4,257
|
|
3,275
|
|
|
8,360
|
|
5,171
|
|
|
Attributable to
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
bp
shareholders
|
|
3,700
|
|
3,916
|
|
2,883
|
|
|
7,616
|
|
4,439
|
|
|
Non-controlling
interests
|
|
403
|
|
341
|
|
392
|
|
|
744
|
|
732
|
|
|
|
|
4,103
|
|
4,257
|
|
3,275
|
|
|
8,360
|
|
5,171
|
|
(a)
Second quarter and first half 2025 are principally affected by
movements in the Pound Sterling against the US dollar.
Condensed group statement of changes in equity
|
|
|
bp shareholders'
|
Non-controlling interests
|
Total
|
|||||
|
$ million
|
|
equity
|
Hybrid bonds
|
Other interest
|
equity
|
||||
|
At 1 January 2026
|
|
53,052
|
|
15,955
|
|
4,993
|
|
74,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Total comprehensive income
|
|
7,616
|
|
371
|
|
373
|
|
8,360
|
|
|
Dividends
|
|
(2,574
|
)
|
-
|
|
(377
|
)
|
(2,951
|
)
|
|
Cash
flow hedges transferred to the balance sheet, net of
tax
|
|
(1
|
)
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
Repurchase of ordinary share capital
|
|
(114
|
)
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
(114
|
)
|
|
Share-based payments, net of tax
|
|
498
|
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
498
|
|
|
Redemption of
perpetual hybrid bonds, net of tax(a)
|
|
(65
|
)
|
(2,816
|
)
|
-
|
|
(2,881
|
)
|
|
Payments on perpetual hybrid bonds
|
|
-
|
|
(495
|
)
|
-
|
|
(495
|
)
|
|
Transactions
involving non-controlling interests, net of tax
|
|
16
|
|
-
|
|
(12
|
)
|
4
|
|
|
At 30 June 2026
|
|
58,428
|
|
13,015
|
|
4,977
|
|
76,420
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
bp shareholders'
|
Non-controlling interests
|
Total
|
|||||
|
$ million
|
|
equity
|
Hybrid bonds
|
Other interest
|
equity
|
||||
|
At 1 January 2025
|
|
59,246
|
|
16,649
|
|
2,423
|
|
78,318
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Total comprehensive income
|
|
4,439
|
|
402
|
|
330
|
|
5,171
|
|
|
Dividends
|
|
(2,515
|
)
|
-
|
|
(219
|
)
|
(2,734
|
)
|
|
Cash
flow hedges transferred to the balance sheet, net of
tax
|
|
(4
|
)
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
(4
|
)
|
|
Repurchase of ordinary share capital
|
|
(2,511
|
)
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
(2,511
|
)
|
|
Share-based payments, net of tax
|
|
594
|
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
594
|
|
|
Issue of perpetual hybrid bonds
|
|
-
|
|
500
|
|
-
|
|
500
|
|
|
Payments on perpetual hybrid bonds
|
|
(9
|
)
|
(511
|
)
|
-
|
|
(520
|
)
|
|
Transactions
involving non-controlling interests, net of tax
|
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
966
|
|
966
|
|
|
At 30 June 2025
|
|
59,240
|
|
17,040
|
|
3,500
|
|
79,780
|
|
(a)
In the second quarter 2026, BP Capital Markets p.l.c. exercised its
option to redeem €2.5 billion of hybrid bonds.
Group balance sheet
|
|
|
30 June
|
31 December
|
||
|
$ million
|
|
2026
|
2025
|
||
|
Non-current assets
|
|
|
|
||
|
Property, plant and equipment
|
|
96,444
|
|
98,633
|
|
|
Goodwill
|
|
9,639
|
|
10,300
|
|
|
Intangible assets
|
|
8,081
|
|
8,197
|
|
|
Investments in joint ventures
|
|
13,106
|
|
13,400
|
|
|
Investments in associates
|
|
7,167
|
|
7,325
|
|
|
Other investments
|
|
705
|
|
857
|
|
|
Fixed assets
|
|
135,142
|
|
138,712
|
|
|
Loans
|
|
2,073
|
|
1,991
|
|
|
Trade and other receivables
|
|
2,551
|
|
2,376
|
|
|
Derivative financial instruments
|
|
22,541
|
|
20,957
|
|
|
Prepayments
|
|
625
|
|
608
|
|
|
Deferred tax assets
|
|
2,921
|
|
4,325
|
|
|
Defined benefit pension plan surpluses
|
|
7,488
|
|
7,771
|
|
|
|
|
173,341
|
|
176,740
|
|
|
Current assets
|
|
|
|
||
|
Loans
|
|
462
|
|
457
|
|
|
Inventories
|
|
31,003
|
|
22,499
|
|
|
Trade and other receivables
|
|
35,004
|
|
26,014
|
|
|
Derivative financial instruments
|
|
7,852
|
|
5,180
|
|
|
Prepayments
|
|
3,209
|
|
3,422
|
|
|
Current tax receivable
|
|
740
|
|
1,153
|
|
|
Other investments
|
|
57
|
|
158
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
|
37,168
|
|
36,556
|
|
|
|
|
115,495
|
|
95,439
|
|
|
Assets
classified as held for sale (Note 2)
|
|
5,791
|
|
6,347
|
|
|
|
|
121,286
|
|
101,786
|
|
|
Total assets
|
|
294,627
|
|
278,526
|
|
|
Current liabilities
|
|
|
|
||
|
Trade and other payables
|
|
61,844
|
|
56,843
|
|
|
Derivative financial instruments
|
|
6,947
|
|
4,413
|
|
|
Accruals
|
|
5,330
|
|
5,572
|
|
|
Lease liabilities
|
|
2,961
|
|
2,832
|
|
|
Finance debt
|
|
5,888
|
|
3,356
|
|
|
Current tax payable
|
|
3,215
|
|
1,262
|
|
|
Provisions
|
|
7,095
|
|
4,709
|
|
|
|
|
93,280
|
|
78,987
|
|
|
Liabilities
directly associated with assets classified as held for sale (Note
2)
|
|
2,084
|
|
1,594
|
|
|
|
|
95,364
|
|
80,581
|
|
|
Non-current liabilities
|
|
|
|
||
|
Other payables
|
|
6,843
|
|
7,975
|
|
|
Derivative financial instruments
|
|
22,274
|
|
19,667
|
|
|
Accruals
|
|
1,995
|
|
1,834
|
|
|
Lease liabilities
|
|
11,395
|
|
11,739
|
|
|
Finance debt
|
|
52,449
|
|
54,602
|
|
|
Deferred tax liabilities
|
|
7,826
|
|
7,642
|
|
|
Provisions
|
|
15,928
|
|
15,670
|
|
|
Defined benefit pension plan and other post-employment benefit plan
deficits
|
|
4,133
|
|
4,816
|
|
|
|
|
122,843
|
|
123,945
|
|
|
Total liabilities
|
|
218,207
|
|
204,526
|
|
|
Net assets
|
|
76,420
|
|
74,000
|
|
|
Equity
|
|
|
|
||
|
bp
shareholders' equity
|
|
58,428
|
|
53,052
|
|
|
Non-controlling interests
|
|
17,992
|
|
20,948
|
|
|
Total equity
|
|
76,420
|
|
74,000
|
|
Condensed group cash flow statement
|
|
|
Second
|
First
|
Second
|
|
First
|
First
|
|||||
|
|
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
|
half
|
half
|
|||||
|
$ million
|
|
2026
|
2026
|
2025
|
|
2026
|
2025
|
|||||
|
Operating activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Profit (loss) before taxation
|
|
7,821
|
|
7,365
|
|
2,883
|
|
|
15,186
|
|
6,013
|
|
|
Adjustments to
reconcile profit (loss) before taxation to net cash provided by
operating activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Depreciation,
depletion and amortization and exploration expenditure written
off
|
|
4,675
|
|
4,412
|
|
4,723
|
|
|
9,087
|
|
8,959
|
|
|
Net
impairment and (gain) loss on sale of businesses and fixed
assets
|
|
1,085
|
|
487
|
|
878
|
|
|
1,572
|
|
1,367
|
|
|
Earnings
from equity-accounted entities, less dividends
received
|
|
51
|
|
(367
|
)
|
40
|
|
|
(316
|
)
|
(160
|
)
|
|
Net
charge for interest and other finance expense, less net interest
paid
|
|
151
|
|
35
|
|
126
|
|
|
186
|
|
273
|
|
|
Share-based
payments
|
|
201
|
|
318
|
|
215
|
|
|
519
|
|
616
|
|
|
Net
operating charge for pensions and other post-employment benefits,
less contributions and benefit payments for unfunded
plans
|
|
(18
|
)
|
(29
|
)
|
(36
|
)
|
|
(47
|
)
|
(47
|
)
|
|
Net
charge for provisions, less payments
|
|
948
|
|
2,357
|
|
666
|
|
|
3,305
|
|
1,770
|
|
|
Movements in
inventories and other current and non-current assets and
liabilities
|
|
(2,675
|
)
|
(10,542
|
)
|
(2,030
|
)
|
|
(13,217
|
)
|
(7,099
|
)
|
|
Income
taxes paid
|
|
(1,381
|
)
|
(1,176
|
)
|
(1,194
|
)
|
|
(2,557
|
)
|
(2,587
|
)
|
|
Net cash provided by operating activities
|
|
10,858
|
|
2,860
|
|
6,271
|
|
|
13,718
|
|
9,105
|
|
|
Investing activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Expenditure
on property, plant and equipment, intangible and other
assets
|
|
(3,087
|
)
|
(3,242
|
)
|
(3,236
|
)
|
|
(6,329
|
)
|
(6,587
|
)
|
|
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired
|
|
9
|
|
(14
|
)
|
(39
|
)
|
|
(5
|
)
|
(241
|
)
|
|
Investment in joint ventures
|
|
(8
|
)
|
(22
|
)
|
(59
|
)
|
|
(30
|
)
|
(117
|
)
|
|
Investment in associates
|
|
-
|
|
(12
|
)
|
(27
|
)
|
|
(12
|
)
|
(39
|
)
|
|
Total cash capital expenditure
|
|
(3,086
|
)
|
(3,290
|
)
|
(3,361
|
)
|
|
(6,376
|
)
|
(6,984
|
)
|
|
Proceeds from disposal of fixed assets
|
|
425
|
|
159
|
|
322
|
|
|
584
|
|
614
|
|
|
Proceeds from disposal of businesses, net of cash
disposed
|
|
184
|
|
102
|
|
76
|
|
|
286
|
|
112
|
|
|
Proceeds from loan repayments
|
|
31
|
|
32
|
|
31
|
|
|
63
|
|
62
|
|
|
Cash provided from investing activities
|
|
640
|
|
293
|
|
429
|
|
|
933
|
|
788
|
|
|
Net cash used in investing activities
|
|
(2,446
|
)
|
(2,997
|
)
|
(2,932
|
)
|
|
(5,443
|
)
|
(6,196
|
)
|
|
Financing activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Net
issue (repurchase) of shares (Note 7)
|
|
-
|
|
(562
|
)
|
(1,063
|
)
|
|
(562
|
)
|
(2,910
|
)
|
|
Lease liability payments
|
|
(761
|
)
|
(764
|
)
|
(784
|
)
|
|
(1,525
|
)
|
(1,511
|
)
|
|
Proceeds from long-term financing
|
|
1,170
|
|
67
|
|
1,155
|
|
|
1,237
|
|
1,209
|
|
|
Repayments of long-term financing
|
|
(21
|
)
|
(845
|
)
|
(848
|
)
|
|
(866
|
)
|
(2,214
|
)
|
|
Net increase (decrease) in short-term debt
|
|
(2,726
|
)
|
3,112
|
|
39
|
|
|
386
|
|
(86
|
)
|
|
Issue of perpetual hybrid bonds
|
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
500
|
|
|
Redemption
of perpetual hybrid bonds(a)
|
|
(2,855
|
)
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
|
(2,855
|
)
|
-
|
|
|
Payments relating to perpetual hybrid bonds
|
|
(293
|
)
|
(237
|
)
|
(332
|
)
|
|
(530
|
)
|
(604
|
)
|
|
Payments
relating to transactions involving non-controlling interests (Other
interest)
|
|
-
|
|
(13
|
)
|
-
|
|
|
(13
|
)
|
-
|
|
|
Receipts
relating to transactions involving non-controlling interests (Other
interest)
|
|
1
|
|
-
|
|
965
|
|
|
1
|
|
965
|
|
|
Dividends paid - bp shareholders
|
|
(1,302
|
)
|
(1,278
|
)
|
(1,238
|
)
|
|
(2,580
|
)
|
(2,495
|
)
|
|
-
non-controlling interests
|
|
(206
|
)
|
(175
|
)
|
(127
|
)
|
|
(381
|
)
|
(201
|
)
|
|
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
|
|
(6,993
|
)
|
(695
|
)
|
(2,233
|
)
|
|
(7,688
|
)
|
(7,347
|
)
|
|
Currency translation differences relating to cash and cash
equivalents
|
|
49
|
|
(109
|
)
|
193
|
|
|
(60
|
)
|
299
|
|
|
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
|
|
1,468
|
|
(941
|
)
|
1,299
|
|
|
527
|
|
(4,139
|
)
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents at beginning of period(b)
|
|
35,717
|
|
36,658
|
|
33,831
|
|
|
36,658
|
|
39,269
|
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents at end of period(c)
|
|
37,185
|
|
35,717
|
|
35,130
|
|
|
37,185
|
|
35,130
|
|
(a) See Condensed group statement of changes in
equity - footnote
(a) for further
information.
(b)
First quarter and first half 2026 include the impact of initial
adoption of amendments to IFRS 9 'Financial Instruments'. See note
1.
(c)
Second quarter and first half 2026 include $17 million (first
quarter 2026 $24 million, second quarter and first half 2025 $63
million) of cash and cash equivalents classified as assets held for
sale in the group balance sheet.
Notes
Note 1. Basis of preparation
The interim financial information included in this report has been
prepared in accordance with IAS 34 'Interim Financial
Reporting'.
The results for the interim periods presented herein are unaudited
and, in the opinion of management, include all adjustments
necessary for a fair presentation of the results for each period.
All such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. This report
should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial
statements and related notes for the year ended 31 December 2025
included in bp Annual Report and Form 20-F
2025.
The directors consider it appropriate to adopt the going concern
basis of accounting in preparing these interim financial
statements.
bp prepares its consolidated financial statements included within
bp Annual Report and Form 20-F on the basis of United Kingdom
adopted international accounting standards and IFRS Accounting
Standards® (IFRS) as issued by the International Accounting
Standards Board (IASB), IFRS as adopted by the European Union (EU),
and in accordance with the provisions of the UK Companies Act 2006
as applicable to companies reporting under international accounting
standards. IFRS as adopted by the UK does not differ from IFRS as
adopted by the EU. IFRS as adopted by the UK and EU differ in
certain respects from IFRS as issued by the IASB. The differences
have no impact on the group's consolidated financial statements for
the periods presented. The financial information presented herein
has been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies
expected to be used in preparing bp Annual Report and Form 20-F
2026, which are the same as those used in
preparing bp Annual Report and Form 20-F
2025.
New standards and amendments to IFRS
On 1 January 2026, bp adopted the amendments to IFRS 9 'Financial
Instruments' relating to the settlement of liabilities through
electronic payment systems using the modified retrospective
approach. The impact to the interim financial information upon
transition was a $34 million increase to cash and cash
equivalents.
Significant accounting judgements and estimates
bp's significant accounting judgements and estimates were disclosed
in bp
Annual Report and Form 20-F 2025. These have been subsequently considered at the
end of this quarter to determine if any changes were required to
those judgements and estimates.
Considerations in respect of ongoing geopolitical instability in
the Middle East and impact on the economic environment
The impact of ongoing geopolitical instability in the Middle East
and the associated economic developments have been considered for
the basis of preparation for the interim financial information.
Such factors include the economic effect of price volatility,
supply disruptions in the region, operability of producing assets
and discount rates.
Impairment testing assumptions
As a result of ongoing geopolitical instability in the Middle East
and the related economic impact, the group's value-in-use
impairment testing price assumptions for Brent oil and Henry Hub
gas were revised during the second quarter from those disclosed in
the bp
Annual Report and Form 20-F 2025, and also revised since the first quarter 2026.
The group has updated its estimate of Brent oil prices to $80/bbl
(previously $70/bbl) and Henry Hub gas prices to $3.34/mmBtu
(previously $3.80/mmBtu) in real 2024 terms on an average basis for
the full year 2026. With reference to the Brent price, this
estimate assumes that the ongoing supply disruptions resulting from
geopolitical instability in the Middle East resolve before the year
end 2026. With regard to the Henry Hub gas price assumption, the
price decrease is based on an expectation of oversupply in 2026 in
the US domestic market, partly offset by supply disruption. No
material impairment or reversal of impairment arose in the second
quarter 2026 and half year 2026 interim periods as a result of the
changes to these commodity price assumptions. The post-tax discount
rate used for value-in-use impairment testing of assets other than
certain low carbon energy assets was maintained at 8% (31 December
2025 8%).
Segmentation
Reportable segments for external financial reporting will remain
Oil production & operations, Gas & low carbon energy and
Customers & products until 31 December 2026, as the financial
reporting aspects of the new segment model announced on 9 June 2026
will take time to implement. Until the new reporting segments take
effect from the financial year beginning 1 January 2027, decisions
about resource allocation and performance assessment of segments
will continue to be made on the existing segmental internal
reporting regularly reviewed by the chief operating decision
maker.
Note 2. Non-current assets held for sale
The carrying amount of assets classified as held for sale at
30 June 2026 is $5,791 million, with associated
liabilities of $2,084 million.
Gas & low carbon energy
On 24 October 2024, bp completed the acquisition of the remaining
50.03% of Lightsource bp. The acquisition included certain assets
for which sales processes were in progress at the acquisition date.
The sales of these assets are expected to complete in 2026. The
carrying amount of assets classified as held for sale at 30 June
2026 is $789 million, with associated liabilities of
$496 million.
Customers & products
On 18 March 2026, bp agreed with the Klesch Group to divest its
100% interest in the Gelsenkirchen refinery and associated assets.
The carrying amount of assets classified as held for sale at 30
June 2026 is $549 million, with associated liabilities of
$1,260 million. Working capital balances, including inventory,
as at completion will be transferred to the buyer. The transaction
completed on 31 July 2026.
On 24 December 2025, bp announced an agreement with Stonepeak to
divest a 65% shareholding in the Castrol business with bp retaining
a 35% interest through a holding in a newly incorporated entity.
Cash proceeds are estimated at $6 billion. The transaction is
expected to complete by the end of 2026, subject to regulatory
approvals. The carrying amount of assets classified as held for
sale at 30 June 2026 is $4,453 million including
$2,713 million of goodwill that arose on the acquisition of
Castrol in 2000, with associated liabilities of $328 million.
Net working capital has not been classified as assets and
associated liabilities held for sale. The working capital balances,
including inventory, as at completion will be transferred to the
buyer. The shares to be held by Stonepeak after the transaction
closes are subject to preferred distributions, the effect of which
is that bp does not expect to recognize income or dividends from
the investment in the short to medium term.
Note 3. Impairment and losses on sale of businesses and fixed
assets
Net impairment charges and losses on sale of businesses and fixed
assets for the second quarter and half year were
$1,100 million and $1,689 million respectively, compared
with net charges of $1,157 million and $1,660 million for
the same periods in 2025 and include net impairment charges for the
second quarter and half year of $888 million and
$1,248 million respectively, compared with net impairment
charges of $1,130 million and
$1,561 million for
the same periods in 2025.
Gas & low carbon energy
Second quarter and half year 2026 impairments includes a net
impairment charge of $680 million and $525 million
respectively, primarily related to the group's transition
businesses, compared with net charges of $431 million and
$746 million for the same periods in 2025 in the gas & low
carbon energy segment.
Oil production & operations
Second quarter and half year 2026 impairments includes a net
impairment charge of $107 million and $255 million
respectively, compared with net charges of $326 million and
$336 million for the same periods in 2025 in the oil
production & operations segment.
Customers & products
Second quarter and half year 2026 impairments includes a net
impairment charge of $101 million and $225 million
respectively, compared with net charges of $373 million and
$477 million for the same periods in 2025 in the customers
& products segment.
Note 4. Analysis of replacement cost profit (loss) before interest
and tax and reconciliation to profit (loss) before
taxation
|
|
|
Second
|
First
|
Second
|
|
First
|
First
|
|||||
|
|
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
|
half
|
half
|
|||||
|
$ million
|
|
2026
|
2026
|
2025
|
|
2026
|
2025
|
|||||
|
gas & low carbon energy
|
|
1,564
|
|
1,054
|
|
1,047
|
|
|
2,618
|
|
2,405
|
|
|
oil production & operations
|
|
3,397
|
|
1,655
|
|
1,916
|
|
|
5,052
|
|
4,704
|
|
|
customers & products
|
|
5,100
|
|
2,452
|
|
972
|
|
|
7,552
|
|
1,075
|
|
|
other businesses & corporate
|
|
(250
|
)
|
(855
|
)
|
645
|
|
|
(1,105
|
)
|
623
|
|
|
|
|
9,811
|
|
4,306
|
|
4,580
|
|
|
14,117
|
|
8,807
|
|
|
Consolidation adjustment - UPII*
|
|
-
|
|
21
|
|
30
|
|
|
21
|
|
43
|
|
|
RC profit (loss) before interest and tax
|
|
9,811
|
|
4,327
|
|
4,610
|
|
|
14,138
|
|
8,850
|
|
|
Inventory holding gains (losses)*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
gas
& low carbon energy
|
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
|
oil
production & operations
|
|
(1
|
)
|
7
|
|
(2
|
)
|
|
6
|
|
5
|
|
|
customers
& products
|
|
(869
|
)
|
4,152
|
|
(552
|
)
|
|
3,283
|
|
(400
|
)
|
|
Profit (loss) before interest and tax
|
|
8,941
|
|
8,486
|
|
4,056
|
|
|
17,427
|
|
8,455
|
|
|
Finance costs
|
|
1,175
|
|
1,175
|
|
1,229
|
|
|
2,350
|
|
2,550
|
|
|
Net
finance expense/(income) relating to pensions and other
post-employment benefits
|
|
(55
|
)
|
(54
|
)
|
(56
|
)
|
|
(109
|
)
|
(108
|
)
|
|
Profit (loss) before taxation
|
|
7,821
|
|
7,365
|
|
2,883
|
|
|
15,186
|
|
6,013
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
RC profit (loss) before interest and tax*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
US
|
|
3,727
|
|
1,521
|
|
1,417
|
|
|
5,248
|
|
2,950
|
|
|
Non-US
|
|
6,084
|
|
2,806
|
|
3,193
|
|
|
8,890
|
|
5,900
|
|
|
|
|
9,811
|
|
4,327
|
|
4,610
|
|
|
14,138
|
|
8,850
|
|
Note 5. Sales and other operating revenues
|
|
|
Second
|
First
|
Second
|
|
First
|
First
|
|||||
|
|
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
|
half
|
half
|
|||||
|
$ million
|
|
2026
|
2026
|
2025
|
|
2026
|
2025
|
|||||
|
By segment
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
gas & low carbon energy
|
|
11,675
|
|
9,447
|
|
9,172
|
|
|
21,122
|
|
19,950
|
|
|
oil production & operations
|
|
7,813
|
|
5,952
|
|
6,053
|
|
|
13,765
|
|
12,555
|
|
|
customers & products
|
|
57,159
|
|
42,961
|
|
37,449
|
|
|
100,120
|
|
73,612
|
|
|
other businesses & corporate
|
|
739
|
|
561
|
|
539
|
|
|
1,300
|
|
1,023
|
|
|
|
|
77,386
|
|
58,921
|
|
53,213
|
|
|
136,307
|
|
107,140
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Less: sales and other operating revenues between
segments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
gas & low carbon energy
|
|
808
|
|
347
|
|
337
|
|
|
1,155
|
|
1,068
|
|
|
oil production & operations
|
|
7,289
|
|
5,600
|
|
5,818
|
|
|
12,889
|
|
11,636
|
|
|
customers & products
|
|
(293
|
)
|
475
|
|
(55
|
)
|
|
182
|
|
(13
|
)
|
|
other businesses & corporate
|
|
477
|
|
244
|
|
486
|
|
|
721
|
|
917
|
|
|
|
|
8,281
|
|
6,666
|
|
6,586
|
|
|
14,947
|
|
13,608
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
External sales and other operating revenues
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
gas & low carbon energy
|
|
10,867
|
|
9,100
|
|
8,835
|
|
|
19,967
|
|
18,882
|
|
|
oil production & operations
|
|
524
|
|
352
|
|
235
|
|
|
876
|
|
919
|
|
|
customers & products
|
|
57,452
|
|
42,486
|
|
37,504
|
|
|
99,938
|
|
73,625
|
|
|
other businesses & corporate
|
|
262
|
|
317
|
|
53
|
|
|
579
|
|
106
|
|
|
Total sales and other operating revenues
|
|
69,105
|
|
52,255
|
|
46,627
|
|
|
121,360
|
|
93,532
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
By geographical area
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
US
|
|
25,125
|
|
19,476
|
|
18,890
|
|
|
44,601
|
|
37,979
|
|
|
Non-US
|
|
57,019
|
|
42,577
|
|
36,233
|
|
|
99,596
|
|
71,934
|
|
|
|
|
82,144
|
|
62,053
|
|
55,123
|
|
|
144,197
|
|
109,913
|
|
|
Less: sales and other operating revenues between areas
|
|
13,039
|
|
9,798
|
|
8,496
|
|
|
22,837
|
|
16,381
|
|
|
|
|
69,105
|
|
52,255
|
|
46,627
|
|
|
121,360
|
|
93,532
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Revenues from contracts with customers
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Sales
and other operating revenues include the following in relation to
revenues from contracts with customers:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Crude oil
|
|
402
|
|
333
|
|
421
|
|
|
735
|
|
836
|
|
|
Oil products
|
|
43,549
|
|
29,851
|
|
28,572
|
|
|
73,400
|
|
55,734
|
|
|
Natural gas, LNG and NGLs
|
|
8,523
|
|
6,637
|
|
6,049
|
|
|
15,160
|
|
13,312
|
|
|
Non-oil products and other revenues from contracts with
customers
|
|
3,721
|
|
3,695
|
|
3,697
|
|
|
7,416
|
|
7,330
|
|
|
Revenue from contracts with customers
|
|
56,195
|
|
40,516
|
|
38,739
|
|
|
96,711
|
|
77,212
|
|
|
Other
operating revenues(a)
|
|
12,910
|
|
11,739
|
|
7,888
|
|
|
24,649
|
|
16,320
|
|
|
Total sales and other operating revenues
|
|
69,105
|
|
52,255
|
|
46,627
|
|
|
121,360
|
|
93,532
|
|
(a)
Principally relates to commodity derivative transactions including
sales of bp own production in trading books.
Note 6. Depreciation, depletion and amortization
|
|
|
Second
|
First
|
Second
|
|
First
|
First
|
|||||
|
|
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
|
half
|
half
|
|||||
|
$ million
|
|
2026
|
2026
|
2025
|
|
2026
|
2025
|
|||||
|
Total depreciation, depletion and amortization by
segment
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
gas & low carbon energy
|
|
1,139
|
|
1,186
|
|
1,407
|
|
|
2,325
|
|
2,573
|
|
|
oil production & operations
|
|
1,754
|
|
2,009
|
|
1,933
|
|
|
3,763
|
|
3,720
|
|
|
customers & products
|
|
1,002
|
|
964
|
|
1,060
|
|
|
1,966
|
|
2,045
|
|
|
other businesses & corporate
|
|
254
|
|
251
|
|
241
|
|
|
505
|
|
486
|
|
|
|
|
4,149
|
|
4,410
|
|
4,641
|
|
|
8,559
|
|
8,824
|
|
|
Total depreciation, depletion and amortization by geographical
area
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
US
|
|
1,721
|
|
1,879
|
|
1,897
|
|
|
3,600
|
|
3,633
|
|
|
Non-US
|
|
2,428
|
|
2,531
|
|
2,744
|
|
|
4,959
|
|
5,191
|
|
|
|
|
4,149
|
|
4,410
|
|
4,641
|
|
|
8,559
|
|
8,824
|
|
Note 7. Earnings per share and shares in issue
Basic earnings per ordinary share (EpS) amounts are calculated by
dividing the profit (loss) for the period attributable to ordinary
shareholders by the weighted average number of ordinary shares
outstanding during the period.
The calculation of EpS is performed separately for each discrete
quarterly period, and for the year-to-date period. As a result, the
sum of the discrete quarterly EpS amounts in any particular
year-to-date period may not be equal to the EpS amount for the
year-to-date period.
For the diluted EpS calculation the weighted average number of
shares outstanding during the period is adjusted for the number of
shares that are potentially issuable in connection with employee
share-based payment plans using the treasury stock
method.
|
|
|
Second
|
First
|
Second
|
|
First
|
First
|
|||||
|
|
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
|
half
|
half
|
|||||
|
$ million
|
|
2026
|
2026
|
2025
|
|
2026
|
2025
|
|||||
|
Results for the period
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Profit
(loss) for the period attributable to bp shareholders
|
|
3,911
|
|
3,842
|
|
1,629
|
|
|
7,753
|
|
2,316
|
|
|
Less: preference dividend
|
|
1
|
|
-
|
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
|
1
|
|
|
Less:
(gain) loss on redemption of perpetual hybrid bonds(a)
|
|
65
|
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
|
65
|
|
-
|
|
|
Profit (loss) attributable to bp ordinary shareholders
|
|
3,845
|
|
3,842
|
|
1,628
|
|
|
7,687
|
|
2,315
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Number of shares (thousand)(b)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Basic
weighted average number of shares outstanding
|
|
15,522,233
|
|
15,471,646
|
|
15,645,561
|
|
|
15,496,928
|
|
15,711,554
|
|
|
ADS
equivalent(c)
|
|
2,587,038
|
|
2,578,607
|
|
2,607,593
|
|
|
2,582,821
|
|
2,618,592
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Weighted average
number of shares outstanding used to calculate diluted earnings per
share
|
|
15,667,335
|
|
15,662,113
|
|
15,854,588
|
|
|
15,691,289
|
|
16,026,670
|
|
|
ADS
equivalent(c)
|
|
2,611,222
|
|
2,610,352
|
|
2,642,431
|
|
|
2,615,214
|
|
2,671,111
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Shares in issue at period-end
|
|
15,546,713
|
|
15,496,882
|
|
15,596,112
|
|
|
15,546,713
|
|
15,596,112
|
|
|
ADS
equivalent(c)
|
|
2,591,118
|
|
2,582,813
|
|
2,599,352
|
|
|
2,591,118
|
|
2,599,352
|
|
(a) See Condensed group statement of changes in
equity - footnote
(a) for further
information.
(b)
Excludes treasury shares and includes certain shares that will be
issued in the future under employee share-based payment
plans.
(c)
One ADS is equivalent to six ordinary shares.
Note 8. Dividends
Dividends payable
bp today announced an interim dividend of 8.660 cents per ordinary
share which is expected to be paid on 18 September 2026 to ordinary
shareholders and American Depositary Share (ADS) holders on the
register on 14 August 2026. The ex-dividend date will be 13 August
2026 for ordinary shareholders and 14 August 2026 for ADS holders.
The corresponding amount in sterling is due to be announced on 8
September 2026, calculated based on the average of the market
exchange rates over three dealing days between 2 September 2026 and
4 September 2026. Holders of ADSs are expected to receive $0.5196
per ADS (less applicable fees). The board has decided not to offer
a scrip dividend alternative in respect of the second quarter 2026
dividend. Ordinary shareholders and ADS holders (subject to certain
exceptions) will be able to participate in a dividend reinvestment
programme. Details of the second quarter dividend and timetable are
available at bp.com/dividends and
further details of the dividend reinvestment programmes are
available at bp.com/drip.
|
|
|
Second
|
First
|
Second
|
|
First
|
First
|
|||||
|
|
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
|
half
|
half
|
|||||
|
|
|
2026
|
2026
|
2025
|
|
2026
|
2025
|
|||||
|
Dividends paid per ordinary share
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
cents
|
|
8.320
|
|
8.320
|
|
8.000
|
|
|
16.640
|
|
16.000
|
|
|
pence
|
|
6.184
|
|
6.226
|
|
5.899
|
|
|
12.410
|
|
12.075
|
|
|
Dividends paid per ADS (cents)
|
|
49.92
|
|
49.92
|
|
48.00
|
|
|
99.84
|
|
96.00
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Note 9. Net debt
|
|
|
30 June
|
31 March
|
30 June
|
|||
|
$ million
|
|
2026
|
2026
|
2025
|
|||
|
Finance
debt(a)
|
|
58,337
|
|
59,821
|
|
60,346
|
|
|
Fair
value (asset) liability of hedges related to finance
debt(b)
|
|
1,082
|
|
1,181
|
|
764
|
|
|
|
|
59,419
|
|
61,002
|
|
61,110
|
|
|
Less: cash and cash equivalents
|
|
37,168
|
|
35,693
|
|
35,067
|
|
|
Net
debt(c)
|
|
22,251
|
|
25,309
|
|
26,043
|
|
|
Total equity
|
|
76,420
|
|
76,961
|
|
79,780
|
|
|
Gearing
|
|
22.6%
|
|
24.7%
|
|
24.6%
|
|
(a)
The fair value of finance debt at 30 June 2026 was
$54,869 million (31 March 2026 $56,331 million, 30 June 2025
$57,135 million).
(b)
Derivative financial instruments entered into for the purpose of
managing foreign currency exchange risk associated with net debt
with a fair value liability position of $105 million at
30 June 2026 (first quarter 2026 liability of
$101 million and second quarter 2025 liability of
$96 million) are not included in the calculation of net debt
shown above as hedge accounting is not applied for these
instruments.
(c)
Net debt does not include accrued interest, which is reported
within other receivables and other payables on the balance sheet
and for which the associated cash flows are presented as operating
cash flows in the group cash flow statement.
Note 10. Statutory accounts
The financial information shown in this publication, which was
approved by the Board of Directors on 3 August 2026, is unaudited
and does not constitute statutory financial statements. Audited
financial information will be published in bp Annual Report and Form 20-F
2026. bp Annual Report and Form 20-F 2025 has been filed with the Registrar of
Companies in England and Wales. The report of the auditor on those
accounts was unqualified, did not include a reference to any
matters to which the auditor drew attention by way of emphasis
without qualifying the report and did not contain a statement under
section 498(2) or section 498(3) of the UK Companies Act
2006.
Additional information
Capital expenditure
Capital expenditure is a measure that provides useful information
to understand how bp's management allocates resources including the
investment of funds in projects which expand the group's activities
through acquisition.
|
|
|
Second
|
First
|
Second
|
|
First
|
First
|
|||||
|
|
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
|
half
|
half
|
|||||
|
$ million
|
|
2026
|
2026
|
2025
|
|
2026
|
2025
|
|||||
|
Capital expenditure
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Organic capital expenditure*
|
|
3,086
|
|
3,276
|
|
3,321
|
|
|
6,362
|
|
6,761
|
|
|
Inorganic capital expenditure*
|
|
-
|
|
14
|
|
40
|
|
|
14
|
|
223
|
|
|
|
|
3,086
|
|
3,290
|
|
3,361
|
|
|
6,376
|
|
6,984
|
|
|
|
|
Second
|
First
|
Second
|
|
First
|
First
|
|||||
|
|
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
|
half
|
half
|
|||||
|
$ million
|
|
2026
|
2026
|
2025
|
|
2026
|
2025
|
|||||
|
Capital expenditure by segment
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
gas & low carbon energy
|
|
776
|
|
695
|
|
790
|
|
|
1,471
|
|
1,693
|
|
|
oil production & operations
|
|
1,733
|
|
1,891
|
|
1,706
|
|
|
3,624
|
|
3,402
|
|
|
customers & products
|
|
538
|
|
657
|
|
797
|
|
|
1,195
|
|
1,740
|
|
|
other businesses & corporate
|
|
39
|
|
47
|
|
68
|
|
|
86
|
|
149
|
|
|
|
|
3,086
|
|
3,290
|
|
3,361
|
|
|
6,376
|
|
6,984
|
|
|
Capital expenditure by geographical area
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
US
|
|
1,423
|
|
1,602
|
|
1,576
|
|
|
3,025
|
|
3,009
|
|
|
Non-US
|
|
1,663
|
|
1,688
|
|
1,785
|
|
|
3,351
|
|
3,975
|
|
|
|
|
3,086
|
|
3,290
|
|
3,361
|
|
|
6,376
|
|
6,984
|
|
Adjusting items*
Adjusting items are items that management considers to be important
to period-on-period analysis of the group's results and are
disclosed in order to enable investors to better understand and
evaluate the group's reported financial performance. Adjusting
items are used as a reconciling adjustment to derive underlying RC
profit or loss and related underlying measures which are non-IFRS
measures.
|
|
|
Second
|
First
|
Second
|
|
First
|
First
|
|||||
|
|
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
|
half
|
half
|
|||||
|
$ million
|
|
2026
|
2026
|
2025
|
|
2026
|
2025
|
|||||
|
gas & low carbon energy
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Gains on sale of businesses and fixed assets
|
|
7
|
|
1
|
|
69
|
|
|
8
|
|
68
|
|
|
Net
impairment and losses on sale of businesses and fixed
assets
|
|
(687
|
)
|
(56
|
)
|
(439
|
)
|
|
(743
|
)
|
(805
|
)
|
|
Environmental and related provisions
|
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
|
Restructuring, integration and rationalization costs
|
|
(9
|
)
|
(13
|
)
|
3
|
|
|
(22
|
)
|
(11
|
)
|
|
Fair
value accounting effects(a)(b)
|
|
205
|
|
(273
|
)
|
18
|
|
|
(68
|
)
|
686
|
|
|
Other
|
|
(74
|
)
|
59
|
|
(66
|
)
|
|
(15
|
)
|
8
|
|
|
|
|
(558
|
)
|
(282
|
)
|
(415
|
)
|
|
(840
|
)
|
(54
|
)
|
|
oil production & operations
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Gains on sale of businesses and fixed assets
|
|
5
|
|
67
|
|
196
|
|
|
72
|
|
205
|
|
|
Net
impairment and losses on sale of businesses and fixed
assets
|
|
(108
|
)
|
(155
|
)
|
(330
|
)
|
|
(263
|
)
|
(345
|
)
|
|
Environmental and related provisions
|
|
(42
|
)
|
(170
|
)
|
(55
|
)
|
|
(212
|
)
|
(86
|
)
|
|
Restructuring, integration and rationalization costs
|
|
(9
|
)
|
(66
|
)
|
(46
|
)
|
|
(75
|
)
|
(87
|
)
|
|
Fair value accounting effects
|
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
|
Other
|
|
(30
|
)
|
(2
|
)
|
(111
|
)
|
|
(32
|
)
|
(140
|
)
|
|
|
|
(184
|
)
|
(326
|
)
|
(346
|
)
|
|
(510
|
)
|
(453
|
)
|
|
customers & products
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Gains on sale of businesses and fixed assets
|
|
4
|
|
33
|
|
16
|
|
|
37
|
|
19
|
|
|
Net
impairment and losses on sale of businesses and fixed
assets
|
|
(306
|
)
|
(134
|
)
|
(389
|
)
|
|
(440
|
)
|
(503
|
)
|
|
Environmental and related provisions
|
|
-
|
|
(3
|
)
|
(1
|
)
|
|
(3
|
)
|
(1
|
)
|
|
Restructuring, integration and rationalization costs
|
|
(40
|
)
|
(60
|
)
|
(86
|
)
|
|
(100
|
)
|
(177
|
)
|
|
Fair
value accounting effects(b)
|
|
641
|
|
(593
|
)
|
(201
|
)
|
|
48
|
|
(283
|
)
|
|
Other
|
|
(153
|
)
|
6
|
|
100
|
|
|
(147
|
)
|
(190
|
)
|
|
|
|
146
|
|
(751
|
)
|
(561
|
)
|
|
(605
|
)
|
(1,135
|
)
|
|
other businesses & corporate
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Gains on sale of businesses and fixed assets
|
|
-
|
|
1
|
|
-
|
|
|
1
|
|
-
|
|
|
Net
impairment and losses on sale of businesses and fixed
assets
|
|
1
|
|
(244
|
)
|
-
|
|
|
(243
|
)
|
(5
|
)
|
|
Environmental and related provisions
|
|
(21
|
)
|
-
|
|
(18
|
)
|
|
(21
|
)
|
(90
|
)
|
|
Restructuring, integration and rationalization costs
|
|
(5
|
)
|
(110
|
)
|
(39
|
)
|
|
(115
|
)
|
(237
|
)
|
|
Fair
value accounting effects(b)
|
|
114
|
|
(218
|
)
|
740
|
|
|
(104
|
)
|
1,109
|
|
|
Gulf of America oil spill
|
|
-
|
|
(4
|
)
|
(9
|
)
|
|
(4
|
)
|
(18
|
)
|
|
Other
|
|
6
|
|
(8
|
)
|
9
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
19
|
|
|
|
|
95
|
|
(583
|
)
|
683
|
|
|
(488
|
)
|
778
|
|
|
Total before interest and taxation
|
|
(501
|
)
|
(1,942
|
)
|
(639
|
)
|
|
(2,443
|
)
|
(864
|
)
|
|
Finance
costs(c)
|
|
(67
|
)
|
(74
|
)
|
(78
|
)
|
|
(141
|
)
|
(265
|
)
|
|
Total before taxation
|
|
(568
|
)
|
(2,016
|
)
|
(717
|
)
|
|
(2,584
|
)
|
(1,129
|
)
|
|
Taxation
on adjusting items(d)(e)
|
|
(439
|
)
|
(520
|
)
|
400
|
|
|
(959
|
)
|
539
|
|
|
Taxation
- tax rate change effect(f)
|
|
(97
|
)
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
|
(97
|
)
|
(539
|
)
|
|
Total after taxation for period
|
|
(1,104
|
)
|
(2,536
|
)
|
(317
|
)
|
|
(3,640
|
)
|
(1,129
|
)
|
(a)
Under IFRS bp marks-to-market the value of the hedges used to
risk-manage LNG contracts, but not the contracts themselves,
resulting in a mismatch in accounting treatment. The fair value
accounting effect includes the change in value of LNG contracts
that are being risk managed, and the underlying result reflects how
bp risk-manages its LNG contracts.
(b)
For further information, including the nature of fair value
accounting effects reported in each segment, see
pages 4, 7 and 35.
(c)
Includes the unwinding of discounting effects relating to Gulf of
America oil spill payables, the income statement impact of
temporary valuation differences related to the group's interest
rate and foreign currency exchange risk management associated with
finance debt, and the unwinding of discounting effects relating to
certain onerous contract provisions.
(d)
Includes certain foreign exchange effects on tax as adjusting
items. These amounts represent the impact of: (i) foreign exchange
on deferred tax balances arising from the conversion of local
currency tax base amounts into functional currency, and (ii)
taxable gains and losses from the retranslation of US
dollar-denominated intra-group loans to local
currency.
(e)
Second quarter 2026 and first quarter 2026 include the impact of
the reassessment of the recognition of deferred tax
assets.
(f)
Second quarter 2026 and first half 2025 include revisions to the
deferred tax impact of the introduction of the UK Energy Profits
Levy (EPL) on temporary differences existing at the opening balance
sheet date. The EPL increases the headline rate of tax on taxable
profits from bp's North Sea business to 78%. In the first quarter
2025 a two-year extension of the EPL to 31 March 2030 was
substantively enacted.
Net debt including leases*
Gearing including leases and net debt including leases are non-IFRS
measures that provide the impact of the group's lease portfolio on
net debt and gearing.
|
Net debt including leases
|
|
30 June
|
31 March
|
30 June
|
||||||
|
$ million
|
|
2026
|
2026
|
2025
|
||||||
|
Net debt*
|
|
22,251
|
|
25,309
|
|
26,043
|
|
|||
|
Lease liabilities
|
|
14,356
|
|
14,357
|
|
14,636
|
|
|||
|
Net
partner (receivable) payable for leases entered into on behalf of
joint operations
|
|
(1,040
|
)
|
|
(1,072
|
)
|
|
(1,030
|
)
|
|
|
Net debt including leases
|
|
35,567
|
|
38,594
|
|
39,649
|
|
|||
|
Total
equity
|
|
76,420
|
|
76,961
|
|
79,780
|
|
|||
|
Gearing including leases*
|
|
31.8%
|
|
33.4%
|
|
33.2%
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gulf of America oil spill
|
|
|
30 June
|
31 December
|
||
|
$ million
|
|
2026
|
2025
|
||
|
Gulf of America oil spill payables and provisions
|
|
(5,878
|
)
|
(7,256
|
)
|
|
Of
which - current
|
|
(1,120
|
)
|
(1,522
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Deferred tax asset
|
|
877
|
|
1,110
|
|
During the second quarter pre-tax payments of $1,129 million
were made relating to the 2016 consent decree and settlement
agreement with the United States and the five Gulf coast states.
Payables and provisions presented in the table above reflect the
latest estimate for the remaining costs associated with the Gulf of
America oil spill. Where amounts have been provided on an estimated
basis, the amounts ultimately payable may differ from the amounts
provided and the timing of payments is uncertain. Further
information relating to the Gulf of America oil spill, including
information on the nature and expected timing of payments relating
to provisions and other payables, is provided
in bp
Annual Report and Form 20-F 2025 - Financial statements - Notes 7, 22,
23, 29, and 33.
Working capital* reconciliation
Change in working capital adjusted for inventory holding
gains/losses*, fair value accounting effects* relating to
subsidiaries and other adjusting items is a non-IFRS measure. It
represents what would have been reported as movements in
inventories and other current and non-current assets and
liabilities, if the starting point in determining net cash provided
by operating activities had been underlying replacement cost profit
rather than profit for the period.
|
|
|
Second
|
First
|
Second
|
|
First
|
First
|
|||||
|
|
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
|
half
|
half
|
|||||
|
$ million
|
|
2026
|
2026
|
2025
|
|
2026
|
2025
|
|||||
|
Movements in
inventories and other current and non-current assets and
liabilities as per condensed group cash flow statement(a)
|
|
(2,675
|
)
|
(10,542
|
)
|
(2,030
|
)
|
|
(13,217
|
)
|
(7,099
|
)
|
|
Adjusted
for inventory holding gains (losses) (Note 4)
|
|
(870
|
)
|
4,159
|
|
(554
|
)
|
|
3,289
|
|
(395
|
)
|
|
Adjusted for fair value accounting effects relating to
subsidiaries
|
|
906
|
|
(1,101
|
)
|
554
|
|
|
(195
|
)
|
1,513
|
|
|
Other
adjusting items(b)
|
|
1,623
|
|
1,454
|
|
646
|
|
|
3,077
|
|
1,247
|
|
|
Working
capital release (build) after adjusting for net inventory holding
gains (losses), fair value accounting effects and other adjusting
items
|
|
(1,016
|
)
|
(6,030
|
)
|
(1,384
|
)
|
|
(7,046
|
)
|
(4,734
|
)
|
(a)
The movement in working capital includes outflows relating to the
Gulf of America oil spill on a pre-tax basis of $1,129 million
in the second quarter 2026 (first quarter 2026 $396 million,
second quarter 2025 $1,129 million).
(b)
Other adjusting items relate to the non-cash movement of US
emissions obligations carried as a provision that will be settled
by allowances held as inventory.
Underlying operating expenditure* reconciliation
Underlying operating expenditure is a non-IFRS measure and a subset
of production and manufacturing expenses plus distribution and
administration expenses and excludes costs that are classified as
adjusting items. It represents the majority of the remaining
expenses in these line items but excludes certain costs that are
variable, primarily with volumes (such as freight
costs).
Management believes that underlying operating expenditure is a
performance measure that provides investors with useful information
regarding the company's financial performance because it considers
these expenses to be the principal operating and overhead expenses
that are most directly under their control although they also
include certain foreign exchange and commodity price
effects.
|
|
|
Second
|
First
|
Second
|
|
First
|
First
|
|||||
|
|
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
|
half
|
half
|
|||||
|
$ million
|
|
2026
|
2026
|
2025
|
|
2026
|
2025
|
|||||
|
From group income statement
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Production and manufacturing expenses
|
|
8,954
|
|
8,537
|
|
6,153
|
|
|
17,491
|
|
12,267
|
|
|
Distribution and administration expenses
|
|
4,610
|
|
4,626
|
|
4,242
|
|
|
9,236
|
|
8,653
|
|
|
|
|
13,564
|
|
13,163
|
|
10,395
|
|
|
26,727
|
|
20,920
|
|
|
Less certain variable costs:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Transportation
and shipping costs
|
|
3,772
|
|
3,083
|
|
2,634
|
|
|
6,855
|
|
5,080
|
|
|
Environmental
costs
|
|
2,917
|
|
2,399
|
|
1,630
|
|
|
5,316
|
|
2,967
|
|
|
Marketing
and distribution costs
|
|
724
|
|
767
|
|
421
|
|
|
1,491
|
|
848
|
|
|
Commission,
storage and handling costs
|
|
423
|
|
399
|
|
405
|
|
|
822
|
|
771
|
|
|
Other
variable costs and non-cash costs
|
|
253
|
|
503
|
|
435
|
|
|
756
|
|
732
|
|
|
Certain
variable costs and non-cash costs
|
|
8,089
|
|
7,151
|
|
5,525
|
|
|
15,240
|
|
10,398
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Adjusted operating expenditure*
|
|
5,475
|
|
6,012
|
|
4,870
|
|
|
11,487
|
|
10,522
|
|
|
Less certain adjusting items*:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Gulf
of America oil spill
|
|
-
|
|
4
|
|
9
|
|
|
4
|
|
18
|
|
|
Environmental
and related provisions
|
|
63
|
|
173
|
|
74
|
|
|
236
|
|
177
|
|
|
Restructuring,
integration and rationalization costs
|
|
63
|
|
249
|
|
168
|
|
|
312
|
|
512
|
|
|
Fair
value accounting effects - derivative instruments relating to the
hybrid bonds
|
|
(114
|
)
|
218
|
|
(740
|
)
|
|
104
|
|
(1,109
|
)
|
|
Other
certain adjusting items
|
|
130
|
|
(1
|
)
|
(98
|
)
|
|
129
|
|
163
|
|
|
Certain adjusting items
|
|
142
|
|
643
|
|
(587
|
)
|
|
785
|
|
(239
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Underlying operating expenditure
|
|
5,333
|
|
5,369
|
|
5,457
|
|
|
10,702
|
|
10,761
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
(Decrease) increase in underlying operating
expenditure
|
|
(59
|
)
|
|
||||||||
|
Of which:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Structural cost reduction*
|
|
|
|
|
|
(782
|
)
|
|
||||
|
Increase/(decrease) in underlying operating expenditure due to
inflation, exchange movements, portfolio changes and
growth
|
|
723
|
|
|
||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Structural cost reduction at 30 June 2026 since 2023
|
|
|||||||||||
|
Structural cost reduction in 2024 and 2025
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,761
|
)
|
|
||||
|
Structural cost reduction in the first half 2026
|
|
|
|
|
|
(782
|
)
|
|
||||
|
Cumulative structural cost reduction
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3,543
|
)
|
|
||||
Reconciliation of customers & products RC profit before
interest and tax to underlying RC profit before interest and tax*
to adjusted EBITDA* by business
|
|
|
Second
|
First
|
Second
|
|
First
|
First
|
|||||
|
|
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
|
half
|
half
|
|||||
|
$ million
|
|
2026
|
2026
|
2025
|
|
2026
|
2025
|
|||||
|
RC profit before interest and tax for customers &
products
|
|
5,100
|
|
2,452
|
|
972
|
|
|
7,552
|
|
1,075
|
|
|
Less: Adjusting items* gains (charges)
|
|
146
|
|
(751
|
)
|
(561
|
)
|
|
(605
|
)
|
(1,135
|
)
|
|
Underlying
RC profit before interest and tax for customers &
products
|
|
4,954
|
|
3,203
|
|
1,533
|
|
|
8,157
|
|
2,210
|
|
|
By business:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
customers
- convenience & mobility
|
|
1,771
|
|
1,009
|
|
1,056
|
|
|
2,780
|
|
1,720
|
|
|
Castrol - included in customers
|
|
429
|
|
346
|
|
245
|
|
|
775
|
|
483
|
|
|
products
- refining & trading
|
|
3,183
|
|
2,194
|
|
477
|
|
|
5,377
|
|
490
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Add back: Depreciation, depletion and amortization
|
|
1,002
|
|
964
|
|
1,060
|
|
|
1,966
|
|
2,045
|
|
|
By business:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
customers
- convenience & mobility
|
|
569
|
|
532
|
|
642
|
|
|
1,101
|
|
1,209
|
|
|
Castrol - included in customers
|
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
50
|
|
|
-
|
|
96
|
|
|
products
- refining & trading
|
|
433
|
|
432
|
|
418
|
|
|
865
|
|
836
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Adjusted EBITDA for customers & products
|
|
5,956
|
|
4,167
|
|
2,593
|
|
|
10,123
|
|
4,255
|
|
|
By business:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
customers
- convenience & mobility
|
|
2,340
|
|
1,541
|
|
1,698
|
|
|
3,881
|
|
2,929
|
|
|
Castrol - included in customers
|
|
429
|
|
346
|
|
295
|
|
|
775
|
|
579
|
|
|
products
- refining & trading
|
|
3,616
|
|
2,626
|
|
895
|
|
|
6,242
|
|
1,326
|
|
Realizations and marker prices
|
|
|
Second
|
First
|
Second
|
|
First
|
First
|
|||||
|
|
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
|
half
|
half
|
|||||
|
|
|
2026
|
2026
|
2025
|
|
2026
|
2025
|
|||||
|
Average realizations(a)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Liquids(b) ($/bbl)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
US
|
|
76.03
|
|
51.20
|
|
53.39
|
|
|
63.20
|
|
57.54
|
|
|
Europe
|
|
97.49
|
|
85.35
|
|
64.62
|
|
|
90.58
|
|
70.09
|
|
|
Rest of World
|
|
95.39
|
|
68.74
|
|
69.69
|
|
|
82.60
|
|
72.09
|
|
|
bp average
|
|
85.14
|
|
60.43
|
|
60.16
|
|
|
72.61
|
|
63.88
|
|
|
Natural gas ($/mcf)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
US
|
|
1.72
|
|
3.36
|
|
2.52
|
|
|
2.51
|
|
2.82
|
|
|
Europe
|
|
17.25
|
|
8.76
|
|
13.06
|
|
|
12.52
|
|
14.81
|
|
|
Rest of World
|
|
8.03
|
|
6.30
|
|
6.50
|
|
|
7.14
|
|
6.86
|
|
|
bp
average
|
|
5.89
|
|
5.37
|
|
5.56
|
|
|
5.62
|
|
5.97
|
|
|
Total hydrocarbons ($/boe)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
US
|
|
48.47
|
|
38.91
|
|
39.51
|
|
|
43.65
|
|
42.77
|
|
|
Europe
|
|
97.85
|
|
80.66
|
|
68.02
|
|
|
88.09
|
|
74.91
|
|
|
Rest of World
|
|
64.34
|
|
47.28
|
|
48.44
|
|
|
55.77
|
|
50.82
|
|
|
bp average
|
|
58.62
|
|
45.26
|
|
45.84
|
|
|
51.86
|
|
48.95
|
|
|
Average oil marker prices ($/bbl)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Brent
|
|
103.85
|
|
81.13
|
|
67.88
|
|
|
92.31
|
|
71.87
|
|
|
West Texas Intermediate
|
|
93.11
|
|
72.73
|
|
63.81
|
|
|
83.00
|
|
67.60
|
|
|
Western Canadian Select
|
|
72.86
|
|
57.22
|
|
53.16
|
|
|
64.98
|
|
55.74
|
|
|
Alaska North Slope
|
|
103.05
|
|
77.55
|
|
68.82
|
|
|
90.40
|
|
72.30
|
|
|
Average natural gas marker prices
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Henry
Hub gas price(c) ($/mmBtu)
|
|
2.90
|
|
5.05
|
|
3.44
|
|
|
3.98
|
|
3.55
|
|
|
UK Gas - National Balancing Point (p/therm)
|
|
112.39
|
|
100.85
|
|
84.53
|
|
|
106.53
|
|
100.47
|
|
(a) Based on sales of
consolidated subsidiaries only - this
excludes equity-accounted entities.
(b)
Liquids comprises crude oil, condensate and natural gas
liquids.
(c)
Henry Hub First of Month Index.
Exchange rates
|
|
|
Second
|
First
|
Second
|
|
First
|
First
|
|||||
|
|
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
quarter
|
|
half
|
half
|
|||||
|
|
|
2026
|
2026
|
2025
|
|
2026
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Principal risks and uncertainties
The principal risks and uncertainties affecting bp are described in
the Principal risks and uncertainties (Risk factors) section of bp
Annual Report and Form 20-F 2025 (pages 62-66) and are summarized
below.
There are no material changes expected in those risk factors for
the remaining six months of the financial year.
The risks and uncertainties summarized below, separately or in
combination, could have a material adverse effect on the
implementation of our strategy, business, financial performance,
results of operations, cash flows, liquidity, prospects,
shareholder value and returns, and reputation.
Strategic and commercial risks
● Commodity prices and market
environment -
our financial performance is impacted by fluctuations in the prices
of oil, natural gas, refined products, and emerging energy
commodities due to factors such as volatile energy markets,
exchange rates, or structural shifts in demand and supply, policy,
or trade (such as carbon pricing or LNG flows).
● Accessing and producing hydrocarbon
resources -
failure to adequately access, develop or sustain production of
hydrocarbon resources may result in delivery delays, missed
strategic targets and adversely impact our financial performance
and undermine our reputation.
● Major project delivery -
failure to invest in the best opportunities or deliver major
projects successfully could adversely affect our financial
performance and long-term competitiveness.
● Geopolitical exposure -
the diverse locations of our business activities and operations
around the world expose us to a wide range of geopolitical
developments (including sanctions, trade route restrictions, civil
unrest, conflict, or government intervention).
● Liquidity, capital access and financial
resilience -
external market conditions can impact our ability to maintain
liquidity, credit strength, or access to capital markets which
could impair our ability to operate, meet financial commitments, or
deliver our strategy.
● Partner and third-party
risk -
the performance, standards, or compliance of non-operated joint
ventures, strategic partners, contractors, sub-contractors, or
other third parties could expose bp to legal, operational,
financial, or reputational harm.
● Digital, cyber security and data
risk -
increasing reliance on digital infrastructure, growing AI adoption,
and evolving cyber threats exposes bp and our third-party suppliers
and contractors to data loss, infrastructure failures, or system
compromise which could result in operational disruption, regulatory
breaches, significant fines and reputational
harm.
● Climate change and the transition to a
lower carbon economy -
developments in policy, law, regulation, technology and markets,
including societal and investor sentiment, related to the issue of
climate change and the transition to a lower carbon economy could
increase costs, reduce revenues, constrain our operations and
affect our business plans and financial
performance.
● Competitiveness -
failure to maintain a competitive strategy, underpinned by a strong
portfolio of assets, cost performance, innovative technology,
projects and long-term growth opportunities, could negatively
impact our investors' confidence in our ability to grow long-term
shareholder value and returns.
● Talent, leadership and organizational
capability -
failure to retain, develop, and attract the talent, leadership,
capabilities and behaviours required to deliver our strategy could
weaken performance, culture, and long-term value
creation.
Safety and operational risks
● Process safety, personal safety, and
environmental risks -
bp's operations and business activities are exposed to a wide range
of safety, operational integrity, and environmental risks -
particularly under growing complexity and delivery intensity -
which could result in major incidents that harm people or the
environment, disrupted operations, damage to bp's reputation, legal
liability, undermine our financial standing or threaten our licence
to operate.
● Security -
hostile acts such as terrorism, civil unrest, armed conflict,
sabotage, activism, piracy, insider threats, workplace violence,
cyber-enabled physical attacks, or threats to personnel security
such as kidnapping or detention could harm our people, disrupt
operations, compromise critical assets, or damage our
reputation.
● Product quality -
failure to supply products to customers, meet technical
specifications or regulatory standards could lead to harm,
operational disruption, reputational damage, or legal and financial
consequences.
Compliance and control risks
● Legal, regulatory and ethical
compliance -
ethical misconduct, non-compliance with law and regulation or
changes in law and regulation could increase costs, constrain our
operations and affect our strategy, business plans and financial
performance. Incidents of ethical misconduct or non-compliance
could also damage our reputation and result in litigation,
regulatory action, penalties and potentially affect our licence to
operate.
● Financial and physical commodity trading
activities -
we undertake physical and financial trading across global commodity
and financial markets. Risk associated with our trading activities
could arise from a failure to maintain robust oversight, controls,
and disciplined execution in our trading activities which could
result in business disruption, financial loss, regulatory action,
or reputational damage.
● Integrity of financial and non-financial
reporting -
failure to maintain integrity in financial and non-financial
reporting may result in material misstatement or regulatory breach,
which could lead to regulatory action, legal liability and
reputational damage.
Legal proceedings
For a full discussion of the group's material legal proceedings,
see pages 236-237 of bp Annual Report and Form 20-F
2025.
Glossary
Non-IFRS measures are provided for investors because they are
closely tracked by management to evaluate bp's operating
performance and to make financial, strategic and operating
decisions. Non-IFRS measures are sometimes referred to as
alternative performance measures.
Adjusted EBITDA is
a non-IFRS measure presented for bp's operating segments and is
defined as replacement cost (RC) profit before interest and tax,
adjusting for net adjusting items* before interest and tax, and
adding back depreciation, depletion and amortization and
exploration write-offs (net of adjusting items). Adjusted EBITDA by
business is a further analysis of adjusted EBITDA for the customers
& products businesses. bp believes it is helpful to disclose
adjusted EBITDA by operating segment and by business because it
reflects how the segments measure underlying business delivery. The
nearest equivalent measure on an IFRS basis for the segment is RC
profit or loss before interest and tax, which is bp's measure of
profit or loss that is required to be disclosed for each operating
segment under IFRS. A reconciliation to IFRS information is
provided on page 31 for the customers & products
businesses.
Adjusted operating expenditure is
a non-IFRS measure and a subset of production and manufacturing
expenses plus distribution and administration expenses. It
represents the majority of the remaining expenses in these line
items but excludes certain costs that are variable, primarily with
volumes (such as freight costs). Other variable costs are included
in purchases in the income statement. Management believes that
adjusted operating expenditure is a performance measure that
provides investors with useful information regarding the company's
financial performance because it considers these expenses to be the
principal operating and overhead expenses that are most directly
under their control although they also include certain adjusting
items*, foreign exchange and commodity price effects. The nearest
IFRS measures are production and manufacturing expenses and
distributions and administration expenses. A reconciliation of
production and manufacturing expenses plus distribution and
administration expenses to adjusted operating expenditure is
provided on page 30.
Adjusting items are
items that bp discloses separately because it considers such
disclosures to be meaningful and relevant to investors. They are
items that management considers to be important to period-on-period
analysis of the group's results and are disclosed in order to
enable investors to better understand and evaluate the group's
reported financial performance. Adjusting items include gains and
losses on the sale of businesses and fixed assets, impairments,
environmental and related provisions and charges, restructuring,
integration and rationalization costs, fair value accounting
effects and costs relating to the Gulf of America oil spill and
other items. Adjusting items within equity-accounted earnings are
reported net of incremental income tax reported by the
equity-accounted entity. Adjusting items are used as a reconciling
adjustment to derive underlying RC profit or loss and related
underlying measures which are non-IFRS measures. An analysis of
adjusting items by segment and type is shown on
page 28.
Capital expenditure is
total cash capital expenditure as stated in the condensed group
cash flow statement. Capital expenditure for the operating
segments, gas & low carbon energy businesses and customers
& products businesses is presented on the same
basis.
CMU Cash Flow and ROACE Targets are
the following targets first announced by bp on 26 February 2025:
(i) bp's target for adjusted free cash flow compound annual growth
of greater than 20% from 2024-2027; and (ii) bp's target for group
ROACE above 16% in 2027.
● Adjusted
free cash flow is a non-IFRS measure and defined as operating cash
flow excluding working capital (after adjusting for inventory
holding gains/losses, fair value accounting effects and other
adjusting items) less cash capital expenditure.
● ROACE
is a non-IFRS measure and is defined as underlying replacement cost
profit after adding back non-controlling interest and interest
expense net of tax, divided by the average of the beginning and
ending balances of total equity plus finance debt excluding cash
and cash equivalents and goodwill as presented on the group balance
sheet over the periods. Interest expense before tax is finance
costs as presented on the group income statement, excluding lease
interest, the unwinding of the discount on provisions and other
payables and other adjusting items reported in finance
costs.
Consolidation adjustment - UPII is
unrealized profit in inventory arising on inter-segment
transactions.
Divestment proceeds are
disposal proceeds as per the condensed group cash flow
statement.
Glossary (continued)
Fair value accounting effects are
non-IFRS adjustments to our IFRS profit (loss). They reflect the
difference between the way bp manages the economic exposure and
internally measures performance of certain activities and the way
those activities are measured under IFRS. Fair value accounting
effects are included within adjusting items. They relate to certain
of the group's commodity, interest rate and currency risk exposures
as detailed below. Other than as noted below, the fair value
accounting effects described are reported in both the gas & low
carbon energy and customer & products
segments.
bp uses derivative instruments to manage the economic exposure
relating to inventories above normal operating requirements of
crude oil, natural gas and petroleum products. Under IFRS, these
inventories are recorded at historical cost. The related derivative
instruments, however, are required to be recorded at fair value
with gains and losses recognized in the income statement. This is
because hedge accounting is either not permitted or not followed,
principally due to the impracticality of effectiveness-testing
requirements. Therefore, measurement differences in relation to
recognition of gains and losses occur. Gains and losses on these
inventories, other than net realizable value provisions, are not
recognized until the commodity is sold in a subsequent accounting
period. Gains and losses on the related derivative commodity
contracts are recognized in the income statement, from the time the
derivative commodity contract is entered into, on a fair value
basis using forward prices consistent with the contract
maturity.
bp enters into physical commodity contracts to meet certain
business requirements, such as the purchase of crude for a refinery
or the sale of bp's gas production. Under IFRS these physical
contracts are treated as derivatives and are required to be fair
valued when they are managed as part of a larger portfolio of
similar transactions. Gains and losses arising are recognized in
the income statement from the time the derivative commodity
contract is entered into.
IFRS require that inventory held for trading is recorded at its
fair value using period-end spot prices, whereas any related
derivative commodity instruments are required to be recorded at
values based on forward prices consistent with the contract
maturity. Depending on market conditions, these forward prices can
be either higher or lower than spot prices, resulting in
measurement differences.
bp enters into contracts for pipelines and other transportation,
storage capacity, oil and gas processing, liquefied natural gas
(LNG) and certain gas and power contracts that, under IFRS, are
recorded on an accruals basis. These contracts are risk-managed
using a variety of derivative instruments that are fair valued
under IFRS. This results in measurement differences in relation to
recognition of gains and losses.
The way that bp manages the economic exposures described above, and
measures performance internally, differs from the way these
activities are measured under IFRS. bp calculates this difference
for consolidated entities by comparing the IFRS result with
management's internal measure of performance. We believe that
disclosing management's estimate of this difference provides useful
information for investors because it enables investors to see the
economic effect of these activities as a whole.
These include:
● Under
management's internal measure of performance the inventory,
transportation and capacity contracts in question are valued based
on fair value using relevant forward prices prevailing at the end
of the period.
● Fair
value accounting effects also include changes in the fair value of
the near-term portions of LNG contracts that fall within bp's risk
management framework. LNG contracts are not considered derivatives,
because there is insufficient market liquidity, and they are
therefore accrual accounted under IFRS. However, oil and natural
gas derivative financial instruments used to risk manage the
near-term portions of the LNG contracts are fair valued under IFRS.
The fair value accounting effect, which is reported in the gas and
low carbon energy segment, represents the change in value of LNG
contracts that are being risk managed and which is reflected in the
underlying result, but not in reported earnings. Management
believes that this gives a better representation of performance in
each period.
Furthermore, the fair values of derivative instruments used to risk
manage certain other oil, gas, power and other contracts, are
deferred to match with the underlying exposure. The commodity
contracts for business requirements are accounted for on an
accruals basis.
In addition, fair value accounting effects include changes in the
fair value of derivatives entered into by the group to manage
currency exposure and interest rate risks relating to hybrid bonds
to their respective first call periods. The hybrid bonds which are
classified as equity instruments were recorded in the balance sheet
at their issuance date at their USD equivalent issued value. Under
IFRS these equity instruments are not remeasured from period to
period, and do not qualify for application of hedge accounting. The
derivative instruments relating to the hybrid bonds, however, are
required to be recorded at fair value with mark to market gains and
losses recognized in the income statement. Therefore,
measurement differences in relation to the recognition of gains and
losses occur. The fair value accounting effect, which is reported
in the other businesses & corporate segment, eliminates the
fair value gains and losses of these derivative financial
instruments that are recognized in the income statement. We
believe that this gives a better representation of performance, by
more appropriately reflecting the economic effect of these risk
management activities, in each period.
Glossary (continued)
Gas & low carbon energy segment
comprises our gas and low carbon businesses. Our gas business
includes regions with upstream activities that predominantly
produce natural gas, gas trading and our Archaea Energy business.
Our low carbon business includes solar, offshore wind, hydrogen and
CCS, and power trading, and until December 2025 also included
onshore wind. Power trading and marketing includes trading of both
renewable and non-renewable power.
Gearing and gearing including leases are
non-IFRS measures. See Net debt or net debt including leases
below.
Hydrocarbons -
Liquids and natural gas. Natural gas is converted to oil equivalent
at 5.8 billion cubic feet = 1 million barrels.
Inorganic capital expenditure is
a subset of capital expenditure on a cash basis and a non-IFRS
measure. Inorganic capital expenditure comprises consideration in
business combinations and certain other significant investments
made by the group. It is reported on a cash basis. bp believes that
this measure provides useful information as it allows investors to
understand how bp's management invests funds in projects which
expand the group's activities through acquisition. The nearest
equivalent measure on an IFRS basis is capital expenditure on a
cash basis. Further information and a reconciliation to IFRS
information is provided on page 27.
Inventory holding gains and losses are
non-IFRS adjustments to our IFRS profit (loss) and
represent:
● the
difference between the cost of sales calculated using the
replacement cost of inventory and the cost of sales calculated on
the first-in first-out (FIFO) method after adjusting for any
changes in provisions where the net realizable value of the
inventory is lower than its cost. Under the FIFO method, which we
use for IFRS reporting of inventories other than for trading
inventories, the cost of inventory charged to the income statement
is based on its historical cost of purchase or manufacture, rather
than its replacement cost. In volatile energy markets, this can
have a significant distorting effect on reported income. The
amounts disclosed as inventory holding gains and losses represent
the difference between the charge to the income statement for
inventory on a FIFO basis (after adjusting for any related
movements in net realizable value provisions) and the charge that
would have arisen based on the replacement cost of inventory. For
this purpose, the replacement cost of inventory is calculated using
data from each operation's production and manufacturing system,
either on a monthly basis, or separately for each transaction where
the system allows this approach; and
● an
adjustment relating to certain trading inventories that are not
price risk managed which relate to a minimum inventory volume that
is required to be held to maintain underlying business activities.
This adjustment represents the movement in fair value of the
inventories due to prices, on a grade by grade basis, during the
period. This is calculated from each operation's inventory
management system on a monthly basis using the discrete monthly
movement in market prices for these
inventories.
The amounts disclosed are not separately reflected in the financial
statements as a gain or loss. No adjustment is made in respect of
the cost of inventories held as part of a trading position and
certain other temporary inventory positions that are price
risk-managed. See Replacement cost (RC) profit or loss definition
below.
Liquids -
Liquids comprises crude oil, condensate and natural gas liquids.
For the oil production & operations segment, it also includes
bitumen.
Major projects have
a bp net investment of at least $250 million, or are considered to
be of strategic importance to bp or of a high degree of
complexity.
Net debt and gearing are
non-IFRS measures. Net debt is calculated as finance debt, as shown
in the balance sheet, plus the fair value of associated derivative
financial instruments that are used to hedge foreign currency
exchange and interest rate risks relating to finance debt, for
which hedge accounting is applied, less cash and cash equivalents.
Net debt does not include accrued interest, which is reported
within other receivables and other payables on the balance sheet
and for which the associated cash flows are presented as operating
cash flows in the group cash flow statement. Gearing is defined as
the ratio of net debt to the total of net debt plus total equity.
bp believes these measures provide useful information to investors.
Net debt enables investors to see the economic effect of finance
debt, related hedges and cash and cash equivalents in total.
Gearing enables investors to see how significant net debt is
relative to total equity. The derivatives are reported on the
balance sheet within the headings 'Derivative financial
instruments'. The nearest equivalent measures on an IFRS basis are
finance debt and finance debt ratio. A reconciliation of finance
debt to net debt is provided on page 26.
We are unable to present reconciliations of forward-looking
information for net debt or gearing to finance debt and total
equity, because without unreasonable efforts, we are unable to
forecast accurately certain adjusting items required to present a
meaningful comparable IFRS forward-looking financial measure. These
items include fair value asset (liability) of hedges related to
finance debt and cash and cash equivalents, that are difficult to
predict in advance in order to include in an IFRS
estimate.
Net debt including leases and gearing including
leases are
non-IFRS measures. Net debt including leases is calculated as net
debt plus lease liabilities, less the net amount of partner
receivables and payables relating to leases entered into on behalf
of joint operations. Gearing including leases is defined as the
ratio of net debt including leases to the total of net debt
including leases plus total equity. bp believes these measures
provide useful information to investors as they enable investors to
understand the impact of the group's lease portfolio on net debt
and gearing. The nearest equivalent measures on an IFRS basis are
finance debt and finance debt ratio. A reconciliation of finance
debt to net debt including leases is provided on
page 29.
Glossary (continued)
Operating cash flow is
net cash provided by (used in) operating activities as stated in
the condensed group cash flow statement.
Organic capital expenditure is
a non-IFRS measure. Organic capital expenditure comprises capital
expenditure on a cash basis less inorganic capital expenditure. bp
believes that this measure provides useful information as it allows
investors to understand how bp's management invests funds in
developing and maintaining the group's assets. The nearest
equivalent measure on an IFRS basis is capital expenditure on a
cash basis and a reconciliation to IFRS information is provided on
page 27.
We are unable to present reconciliations of forward-looking
information for organic capital expenditure to total cash capital
expenditure, because without unreasonable efforts, we are unable to
forecast accurately the adjusting item, inorganic capital
expenditure, that is difficult to predict in advance in order to
derive the nearest IFRS estimate.
Production-sharing agreement/contract (PSA/PSC) is
an arrangement through which an oil and gas company bears the risks
and costs of exploration, development and production. In return, if
exploration is successful, the oil company receives entitlement to
variable physical volumes of hydrocarbons, representing recovery of
the costs incurred and a stipulated share of the production
remaining after such cost recovery.
Realizations are
the result of dividing revenue generated from hydrocarbon sales,
excluding revenue generated from purchases made for resale and
royalty volumes, by revenue generating hydrocarbon production
volumes. Revenue generating hydrocarbon production reflects the bp
share of production as adjusted for any production which does not
generate revenue. Adjustments may include losses due to shrinkage,
amounts consumed during processing, and contractual or regulatory
host committed volumes such as royalties. For the gas & low
carbon energy and oil production & operations segments,
realizations include transfers between
businesses.
Refining availability represents
Solomon Associates' operational availability for bp-operated
refineries, which is defined as the percentage of the year that a
unit is available for processing after subtracting the annualized
time lost due to turnaround activity and all mechanical, process
and regulatory downtime.
Refining indicator margin (RIM) is
a simple indicator of the weighted average of bp's crude slate and
product yield as deemed representative for each refinery. Actual
margins realized by bp may vary due to a variety of factors,
including the actual mix of a crude and product for a given
quarter.
Replacement cost (RC) profit or loss / RC profit or loss
attributable to bp shareholders reflects
the replacement cost of inventories sold in the period and is
calculated as profit or loss attributable to bp shareholders,
adjusting for inventory holding gains and losses (net of tax). RC
profit or loss for the group is not a recognized IFRS measure. bp
believes this measure is useful to illustrate to investors the fact
that crude oil and product prices can vary significantly from
period to period and that the impact on our reported result under
IFRS can be significant. Inventory holding gains and losses vary
from period to period due to changes in prices as well as changes
in underlying inventory levels. In order for investors to
understand the operating performance of the group excluding the
impact of price changes on the replacement of inventories, and to
make comparisons of operating performance between reporting
periods, bp's management believes it is helpful to disclose this
measure. The nearest equivalent measure on an IFRS basis is profit
or loss attributable to bp shareholders. A reconciliation to IFRS
information is provided on page 1. RC profit or loss before
interest and tax is bp's measure of profit or loss that is required
to be disclosed for each operating segment under
IFRS.
Structural cost reduction is
calculated as decreases in underlying operating expenditure* (as
defined on page 38) as a result of operational efficiencies,
divestments, workforce reductions and other cost saving measures
that are expected to be sustainable compared with 2023 levels. The
total change between periods in underlying operating expenditure
will reflect both structural cost reductions and other changes in
spend, including market factors, such as inflation and foreign
exchange impacts, as well as changes in activity levels and costs
associated with new operations. Estimates of cumulative annual
structural cost reduction may be revised depending on whether cost
reductions realized in prior periods are determined to be
sustainable compared with 2023 levels. Structural cost reductions
are stewarded internally to support management's oversight of
spending over time.
bp believes this performance measure is useful in demonstrating how
management drives cost discipline across the entire organization,
simplifying our processes and portfolio and streamlining the way we
work. The nearest IFRS measures are production and manufacturing
expenses and distributions and administration expenses. A
reconciliation of production and manufacturing expenses plus
distribution and administration expenses to underlying operating
expenditure is provided on page 30.
Glossary (continued)
Technical service contract (TSC) -
Technical service contract is an arrangement through which an oil
and gas company bears the risks and costs of exploration,
development and production. In return, the oil and gas company
receives entitlement to variable physical volumes of hydrocarbons,
representing recovery of the costs incurred and a profit margin
which reflects incremental production added to the
oilfield.
Tier 1 and tier 2 process safety events -
Tier 1 events are losses of primary containment from a process of
greatest consequence - causing harm to a member of the workforce,
damage to equipment from a fire or explosion, a community impact or
exceeding defined quantities. Tier 2 events are those of lesser
consequence. These represent reported incidents occurring within
bp's operational HSSE reporting boundary. That boundary includes
bp's own operated facilities and certain other locations or
situations. Reported process safety events are investigated
throughout the year and as a result there may be changes in
previously reported events. Therefore comparative movements are
calculated against internal data reflecting the final outcomes of
such investigations, rather than the previously reported
comparative period, as this represents a more up to date reflection
of the safety environment.
Underlying effective tax rate (ETR) is
a non-IFRS measure. The underlying ETR is calculated by dividing
taxation on an underlying replacement cost (RC) basis by underlying
RC profit or loss before tax. Taxation on an underlying RC basis
for the group is calculated as taxation as stated on the group
income statement adjusted for taxation on inventory holding gains
and losses and total taxation on adjusting items. Information on
underlying RC profit or loss is provided below. Taxation on an
underlying RC basis presented for the operating segments is
calculated through an allocation of taxation on an underlying RC
basis to each segment. bp believes it is helpful to disclose the
underlying ETR because this measure may help investors to
understand and evaluate, in the same manner as management, the
underlying trends in bp's operational performance on a comparable
basis, period on period. Taxation on an underlying RC basis and
underlying ETR are non-IFRS measures. The nearest equivalent
measure on an IFRS basis is the ETR on profit or loss for the
period.
We are unable to present reconciliations of forward-looking
information for underlying ETR to ETR on profit or loss for the
period, because without unreasonable efforts, we are unable to
forecast accurately certain adjusting items required to present a
meaningful comparable IFRS forward-looking financial measure. These
items include the taxation on inventory holding gains and losses
and adjusting items, that are difficult to predict in advance in
order to include in an IFRS estimate.
Underlying operating expenditure is
a non-IFRS measure and a subset of production and manufacturing
expenses plus distribution and administration expenses and excludes
costs that are classified as adjusting items. It represents the
majority of the remaining expenses in these line items but excludes
certain costs that are variable, primarily with volumes (such as
freight costs). Other variable costs are included in purchases in
the income statement. Management believes that underlying operating
expenditure is a performance measure that provides investors with
useful information regarding the company's financial performance
because it considers these expenses to be the principal operating
and overhead expenses that are most directly under their control
although they also include certain foreign exchange and commodity
price effects. The nearest IFRS measures are production and
manufacturing expenses and distribution and administration
expenses. A reconciliation of production and manufacturing expenses
plus distribution and administration expenses to underlying
operating expenditure is provided on
page 30.
Underlying production -
2026 underlying production, when compared with 2025, is production
after adjusting for acquisitions and divestments, curtailments, and
entitlement impacts in our production-sharing agreements/contracts
and technical service contract.
Underlying RC profit or loss / underlying RC profit or loss
attributable to bp shareholders is
a non-IFRS measure and is RC profit or loss* (as defined on
page 37) after excluding net adjusting items and related
taxation. See page 28 for additional information on the
adjusting items that are used to arrive at underlying RC profit or
loss in order to enable a full understanding of the items and their
financial impact.
Underlying RC profit or loss before interest and
tax for
the operating segments or customers & products businesses is
calculated as RC profit or loss (as defined above) including profit
or loss attributable to non-controlling interests before interest
and tax for the operating segments and excluding net adjusting
items for the respective operating segment or
business.
bp believes that underlying RC profit or loss is a useful measure
for investors because it is a measure closely tracked by management
to evaluate bp's operating performance and to make financial,
strategic and operating decisions and because it may help investors
to understand and evaluate, in the same manner as management, the
underlying trends in bp's operational performance on a comparable
basis, period on period, by adjusting for the effects of these
adjusting items. The nearest equivalent measure on an IFRS basis
for the group is profit or loss attributable to bp shareholders.
The nearest equivalent measure on an IFRS basis for segments and
businesses is RC profit or loss before interest and taxation. A
reconciliation to IFRS information is provided on
page 1 for the group and pages 7-13 for the
segments.
Glossary (continued)
Underlying RC profit or loss per share / underlying RC profit or
loss per ADS is
a non-IFRS measure. Earnings per share is defined in Note 7.
Underlying RC profit or loss per ordinary share is calculated using
the same denominator as earnings per share as defined in the
consolidated financial statements. The numerator used is underlying
RC profit or loss attributable to bp shareholders, rather than
profit or loss attributable to bp ordinary shareholders. Underlying
RC profit or loss per ADS is calculated as outlined above for
underlying RC profit or loss per share except the denominator is
adjusted to reflect one ADS equivalent to six ordinary shares. bp
believes it is helpful to disclose the underlying RC profit or loss
per ordinary share and per ADS because these measures may help
investors to understand and evaluate, in the same manner as
management, the underlying trends in bp's operational performance
on a comparable basis, period on period. The nearest equivalent
measure on an IFRS basis is basic earnings per share based on
profit or loss for the period attributable to bp ordinary
shareholders.
upstream includes
oil and natural gas field development and production within the gas
& low carbon energy and oil production & operations
segments.
upstream/hydrocarbon plant reliability (bp-operated)
is calculated taking 100% less the ratio of total unplanned plant
deferrals divided by installed production capacity, excluding
non-operated assets and bpx energy. Unplanned plant deferrals are
associated with the topside plant and where applicable the subsea
equipment (excluding wells and reservoir). Unplanned plant
deferrals include breakdowns, which does not include Gulf of
America weather related downtime.
upstream unit production costs are
calculated as production cost divided by units of production.
Production cost does not include ad valorem and severance taxes.
Units of production are barrels for liquids and thousands of cubic
feet for gas. Amounts disclosed are for bp subsidiaries only and do
not include bp's share of equity-accounted
entities.
Working capital is
movements in inventories and other current and non-current assets
and liabilities as reported in the condensed group cash flow
statement.
Change in working capital adjusted for inventory holding
gains/losses, fair value accounting effects relating to
subsidiaries and other adjusting items is a non-IFRS measure. It is
calculated by adjusting for inventory holding gains/losses reported
in the period; fair value accounting effects relating to
subsidiaries reported within adjusting items for the period; and
other adjusting items relating to the non-cash movement of US
emissions obligations carried as a provision that will be settled
by allowances held as inventory. This represents what would have
been reported as movements in inventories and other current and
non-current assets and liabilities, if the starting point in
determining net cash provided by operating activities had been
underlying replacement cost profit rather than profit for the
period. The nearest equivalent measure on an IFRS basis for this is
movements in inventories and other current and non-current assets
and liabilities.
bp utilizes various arrangements in order to manage its working
capital including discounting of receivables and, in the supply and
trading business, the active management of supplier payment terms,
inventory and collateral.
Trade marks
Trade marks of the bp group appear throughout this announcement.
They include:
bp, Amoco, Aral, ampm, bp pulse, Castrol, PETRO, TA, and Thorntons
Cautionary statement
In order to utilize the 'safe harbor' provisions of the United
States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the
'PSLRA') and the general doctrine of cautionary statements, bp is
providing the following cautionary statement:
The discussion in this announcement contains certain forecasts,
projections and forward-looking statements - that is, statements
related to future, not past events and circumstances - with respect
to the financial condition, results of operations and businesses of
bp and certain of the plans and objectives of bp with respect to
these items. These statements may generally, but not always, be
identified by the use of words such as 'will', 'expects', 'is
expected to', 'aims', 'should', 'may', 'objective', 'is likely to',
'intends', 'believes', 'anticipates', 'plans', 'we see', 'focus on'
or similar expressions.
In particular, the following, among other statements, are all
forward-looking in nature: plans, expectations and assumptions
regarding oil and gas demand, supply, prices or volatility;
expectations regarding production and volumes; expectations
regarding turnaround and maintenance activity; plans and
expectations regarding bp's balance sheet, financial performance,
results of operations, cost reduction, cash flows, and shareholder
returns; plans and expectations regarding the amount and timing of
dividends, share buybacks, dividend reinvestment programs and the
use of excess cash; plans and expectations regarding bp's upstream
production; plans and expectations regarding the amount, effects,
timing, quantum and nature of certain acquisitions, divestments and
related payments and proceeds, including expectations regarding the
Castrol business, the offshore exploration blocks in Namibia, the
Austrian mobility & convenience and bp pulse businesses,
Lightsource bp, the North Sea business, the Bay Du Nord project,
the Archaea business and other bp businesses and assets subject to
disposal or divestment; plans and expectations regarding the
closing of bp Ventures; plans and expectations regarding the Bab
Gas Cap project, the Thunder Horse Major Project, the Greater PAJ
Project, and the Atlantis Major Facility Expansion project; plans
and expectations regarding bp's net debt, credit rating, hybrid
capital (including with respect to the redemption, without
replacement, of hybrid bonds), investment strategy, capital
expenditures, underlying effective tax rate, depreciation,
depletion and amortization and the impact of the Gelsenkirchen
divestment on the bp refining indicator margin and associated
refining rule of thumb; expectations regarding bp's customers
business, including with respect to volumes, underlying operating
expenditure, earnings growth, midstream performance, fuels margins,
the impact of base oil costs and conditions in the Middle East,
structural cost reduction and the earnings impact of divestments;
expectations regarding bp's products, including underlying
performance, refining margins, and refinery turnaround activity;
expectations regarding bp's income taxes payable, including the
timing of instalment payments; expectations regarding bp's other
businesses & corporate underlying annual charge; and
expectations regarding Gulf of America settlement
payments.
By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk and
uncertainty because they relate to events and depend on
circumstances that will or may occur in the future and are outside
the control of bp. Recent global developments have caused
significant uncertainty and volatility in macroeconomic conditions
and commodity markets. Each item of outlook and guidance set out in
this announcement is based on bp's current expectations but actual
outcomes and results may be impacted by these evolving
macroeconomic and market conditions.
Actual results or outcomes may differ materially from those
expressed in such statements, depending on a variety of factors,
including: the extent and duration of the impact of current market
conditions including the volatility of oil prices, the effects of
bp's plan to exit its shareholding in Rosneft and other investments
in Russia, overall global economic and business conditions
impacting bp's business and demand for bp's products as well as the
specific factors identified in the discussions accompanying such
forward-looking statements; changes in consumer preferences and
societal expectations; the pace of development and adoption of
alternative energy solutions; developments in policy, law,
regulation, technology and markets, including societal and investor
sentiment related to the issue of climate change; the receipt of
relevant third party and/or regulatory approvals including ongoing
approvals required for the continued developments of approved
projects; the timing and level of maintenance and/or turnaround
activity; the timing and volume of refinery additions and outages;
the timing of bringing new fields onstream; the timing, quantum and
nature of certain acquisitions and divestments; future levels of
industry product supply, demand and pricing, including supply
growth in North America and continued base oil and additive supply
shortages; OPEC+ quota restrictions; PSA and TSC effects;
operational and safety problems; potential lapses in product
quality; economic and financial market conditions generally or in
various countries and regions; political stability and economic
growth in relevant areas of the world; changes in laws and
governmental regulations and policies, including related to climate
change; changes in social attitudes and customer preferences;
regulatory or legal actions including the types of enforcement
action pursued and the nature of remedies sought or imposed; the
actions of prosecutors, regulatory authorities and courts; delays
in the processes for resolving claims; amounts ultimately payable
and timing of payments relating to the Gulf of America oil spill;
the conditions and developments in the Middle East; exchange rate
fluctuations; development and use of new technology; recruitment
and retention of a skilled workforce; the success or otherwise of
partnering; the actions of competitors, trading partners,
contractors, subcontractors, creditors, rating agencies and others;
bp's access to future credit resources; business disruption and
crisis management; the impact on bp's reputation of ethical
misconduct and non-compliance with regulatory obligations; trading
losses; major uninsured losses; the possibility that international
sanctions or other steps taken by governmental authorities or any
other relevant persons may impact bp's ability to sell its
interests in Rosneft, or the price for which bp could sell such
interests; the actions of contractors; natural disasters and
adverse weather conditions; changes in public expectations and
other changes to business conditions; wars and acts of terrorism;
cyber-attacks or sabotage; and those factors discussed under "Risk
factors" in bp's Annual Report and Form 20-F for fiscal year 2025
as filed with the US Securities and Exchange
Commission.
Cautionary note to U.S. investors - This document contains
references to non-proved reserves and production outlooks based on
non-proved reserves that the SEC's rules prohibit us from including
in our filings with the SEC. U.S. investors are urged to consider
closely the disclosures in our Form 20-F, SEC File No. 1-06262.
This form is available on our website at www.bp.com. You can also
obtain this form from the SEC's website at
www.sec.gov.
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BP p.l.c.'s LEI Code 213800LH1BZH3DI6G760
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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