US EditionOil major BP suspends buybacks in fresh sign of oil price pressure
BP's board suspended share buybacks to focus on debt reduction and cost savings after a 16% fall in 2025 underlying profits to $7.5 billion amid weaker oil prices.
- On March 15, 2025, BP suspended its share buyback programme and said it would fully allocate excess cash to strengthen the balance sheet, raising its cost-savings target to 5.5 billion dollars to 6.5 billion dollars.
- Falling crude prices and sector weakness hit Europe's oil sector last year, while BP faced investor pressure from Elliott Investment Management and leadership turmoil after Murray Auchincloss left.
- Financial filings show underlying replacement cost profit fell 16% to 7.49 billion dollars for 2025, with fourth-quarter underlying profit at 1.54 billion dollars, down 30%.
- The suspension shifts excess cash to shore up the balance sheet as BP executes a 20 billion dollar disposal programme and trims capital expenditure for 2026 to the lower end of guidance.
- Carol Howle, BP interim chief executive, said urgent progress is needed while Meg O'Neill, incoming CEO, starts on April 1; rivals Equinor cut buybacks to $1.5 billion, Shell held steady at $3.5 billion.
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