BP to buy back $1.4bn of shares as rising oil price boosts profits

Energy company raises oil price forecasts for rest of decade, but lowers them for longer term

BP will hand shareholders a windfall of $1.4bn (£1bn) through share buybacks and has promised to increase its dividend by 4% a year up to 2025 after predicting a short-term increase in global oil prices before a quicker than expected shift to low-carbon energy.

Rising global oil prices helped BP make an underlying profit of $2.8bn for the three months to June, up sharply from a loss of $6.68bn in the same quarter last year when Covid-19 brought the oil industry to a standstill.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/3A5leSx

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