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Wael Sawan, chief executive officer of Shell Plc.
Environment
Shell waters down its 2030 carbon reduction target, but still aims to reach net zero by 2050
By Laura Hurst and BloombergMarch 14, 2024
BP Plc surged to a two-month high after accelerating share buybacks. Chief Executive Officer Murray Auchincloss was appointed last month.
Finance
BP investors send shares soaring as new CEO woos them with $250m buyback boost after his predecessor Bernard Looney’s abrupt resignation
By Laura Hurst and BloombergFebruary 6, 2024
BP’s former CEO is docked $41 million in pay after he ‘knowingly misled the board’ about personal relationships with other employees
Leadership
BP’s former CEO is docked $41 million in pay after he ‘knowingly misled the board’ about personal relationships with other employees
By Laura Hurst and BloombergDecember 13, 2023
Bernard Looney, CEO of Prometheus Hyperscale
Europe
‘It’s been mismanaged’: Shocking exit of BP’s CEO leaves the oil giant in a state of chaos
By Laura Hurst and BloombergSeptember 15, 2023
BP’s CEO just resigned because ‘he was not fully transparent’ about his past relationships with colleagues
Leadership
BP’s CEO just resigned because ‘he was not fully transparent’ about his past relationships with colleagues
By Laura Hurst, Anne Riley Moffat and BloombergSeptember 12, 2023
Big Oil’s falling profits push BP to hike dividends and buy back $1.5 billion more stock to keep shareholders happy
Finance
Big Oil’s falling profits push BP to hike dividends and buy back $1.5 billion more stock to keep shareholders happy
By Laura Hurst and BloombergAugust 1, 2023
BP shareholders will get a $2.5 billion buyback as Russia’s war gives oil giant ‘exceptional’ results
Finance
BP shareholders will get a $2.5 billion buyback as Russia’s war gives oil giant ‘exceptional’ results
By Laura Hurst and BloombergMay 3, 2022
Fuel prices on a pump filling station at a Shell gas station in Boston, Mass., on Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Democratic efforts to define the party's energy policies are facing mounting pressure as surging gasoline prices, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and the collapse in Congress of President Joe Bidens climate spending package heighten scrutiny of their agenda.
Energy
Shell says it bought Russian oil after government talks
By Archie Hunter, Laura Hurst and BloombergMarch 5, 2022
Shell employee during a fuel delivery
Energy
Shell reportedly continues to purchase oil and gas from Russia amid invasion, expert says
By Laura Hurst and BloombergMarch 2, 2022
BP just became the only Big Oil firm to have more women than men in its top executive team
MPW
BP just became the only Big Oil firm to have more women than men in its top executive team
By Laura Hurst and BloombergMarch 1, 2022
Shell will accelerate carbon emission cuts after Dutch court ruling
Energy
Shell will accelerate carbon emission cuts after Dutch court ruling
By Laura Hurst and BloombergJune 9, 2021
The era of peak oil has already arrived for this energy giant
Energy
The era of peak oil has already arrived for this energy giant
By Laura Hurst and BloombergFebruary 11, 2021
BP bets big on carbon credits in latest acquisition
Energy
BP bets big on carbon credits in latest acquisition
By Laura Hurst and BloombergDecember 16, 2020
BP to cut 10,000 jobs as the coronavirus pandemic continues to squeeze Big Oil
Energy
BP to cut 10,000 jobs as the coronavirus pandemic continues to squeeze Big Oil
By Laura Hurst and BloombergJune 8, 2020
Gas filling stations in St Petersburg, Russia
Energy
The oil business may never be the same again, Shell CEO acknowledges
By Anna Edwards, Laura Hurst and BloombergApril 30, 2020
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