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The Latest Breaking News from Bernard Looney

BP boss earns 172 times more than average employee as his pay doubles

Bernard Looney’s total pay packet increased from around £4.5m to about £10m

Wales Online

BP CEO pay doubles to $12M as high energy costs surge profit

Total pay for BP’s CEO more than doubled to $12 million last year

The Independent UK

Doubling of BP boss pay to £10m is a ‘kick in the teeth’, say campaigners

Bernard Looney’s bumper pay package follows annual profits of £23bn linked to soaring gas prices sparked by Russia-Ukraine war

The Guardian - UK

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Fury at BP oil boss's £10million bonus while Brits struggle with sky-high bills

BP chief executive Bernard Looney could be in line for a fat paypacket but the End Fuel Poverty Coalition slammed the 'champagne lifestyle for energy bosses' while struggling Brits suffer in 'cold, damp homes'

Daily Mirror

BP boss could be in line for special bonus of up to £11.4m

Firm set for clash with investors over possible payout to Bernard Looney from three-year share award plan

The Guardian - UK

BP CEO Bernard Looney pushes beyond recent headlines to detail the company’s upcoming plans

The three main energy issues BP is trying to solve, Looney says, are lower carbon emissions, affordability, and security.

Fortune

Big Oil backs out of climate promises

"If we see value, we’ll do it. If we don’t, we won’t."

Salon

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Fossil-fuel investments have sparked more than one important debate

An activist investor is urging rival Shell to split in two.

Fortune

Michael Hiltzik: Big oil companies are already reneging on their global warming promises

If there's an enduring truism about corporate promises to do well by doing good, it's that believing them is a mug's game.

Los Angeles Times

BP CEO Looney addresses climate-target rollback furor

"While I understand that people are skeptical, I would encourage people to look at the facts.”

Fortune

‘Monster profits’ for energy giants reveal a self-destructive fossil fuel resurgence

Last year’s combined $200bn profit for the ‘big five’ oil and gas companies brings little hope of driving down emissions

The Guardian - US

Why the global climate activism community feels betrayed by BP

The first big oil company to 'walk the walk' on carbon emissions reduction is rolling back its goals, and green activists feel betrayed.

Fortune

If BP’s change of heart isn’t a U-turn, it’s certainly a major detour

Bernard Looney is ‘leaning in’ to his earlier pledge to cut hydrocarbons, but where will it end?

The Guardian - UK

BP company directors earned enough in 2021 to pay 246 nurses salaries

Figures come as oil and gas giant posts record profits while millions face soaring energy bills

The Independent UK

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Insider UK

BP profits reach £23 billion after spike in oil and gas prices

Oil and gas giant comes in for criticism as it lowers the ambition of its climate change pledges

Evening Standard

BP profits more than double amid energy cost crisis

BP has reignited the row over the vast scale of energy company money making since the start of the Ukraine war when it reported record profits of £23 billion last year.

Wales Online

BP profits double thanks to energy price surge

Chief executive Bernard Looney said the company had its lowest production costs in 16 years

Investors Business Daily

BP Stock Surges On Mixed Q4 Earnings, Decision To Throttle Back On Renewables

BP stock has rebounded 156% from Oct. 2020 lows of 14.74. Meanwhile, Exxon Mobil stock has ballooned 258% since then.

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The Guardian - UK

Global carbon emissions forecast cut due to Ukraine war and Biden, says BP

Oil and gas group says countries are pursuing energy security by backing domestic, renewable supplies

The Guardian - UK

Shell and BP face tough job of keeping customers and investors happy as profits roll in

The oil giants will also have to contend with intensifying calls to put more money into clean energy

The Guardian - UK

BP shares in Kremlin oil firm are ‘blood money’, says Zelenskiy adviser

British oil giant had said it would ‘exit Russia’ but still owns nearly 20% of state-controlled fossil fuel firm Rosneft

The Guardian - AU

Fair Cop27? Where did Peter Dutton’s figure of $2tn for climate damage fund come from?

Meanwhile, BP’s CEO was in town spruiking the energy giant’s climate credentials, as its oil output increases from last year

ABC News

Gas well methane leaks a 'huge' environmental and economic issue, BP's Bernard Looney says

The head of one of the world's biggest oil and gas producers has called for a clampdown on fugitive emissions on economic and environmental grounds, but says fossil fuels are crucial to the renewable energy transition.

The Guardian - UK

The case for an energy windfall tax is simple, the problem is the opt-outs

The allowances are either too generous or something has gone wrong in the design

Salon

The oil industry has a talent vacuum

Who wants to work for the brands that brought you climate change?

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