The business unit’s all-shale holdings’ “attractiveness” to potential BP Plc suitors “would likely be an important input into ...

Lydia Rainforth, head of European energy, equity research at Barclays, discusses takeover speculation over a BP takeover and the valuation gap between European and U.S. oil majors.

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A price target of $29 was set for BP (NYSE:BP), indicating a slight overvaluation at its current trading price. Downgrade to ...

Rumors of a potential takeover of BP are circulating, with ExxonMobil being a possible key contender. Big Technologies, a provider of electronic tagging services, is experiencing significant ...

BP's shares surged on takeover speculation in May, and the company submitted decent Q1 earnings last month, despite lower liquids realizations. BP generated fairly stable results in oil production ...

A consolidation wave has washed over the oil patch in recent years. ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) kicked things off with its $64.5 ...

Sunoco (NYSE:SUN) said Monday it agreed to acquire Canada-based fuel distributor and marketer Parkland (OTCPK:PKIUF) for ~US$9.1B in cash and stock, including assumed debt. TaskUS (NASDAQ:TASK) jumped ...

speculation of a Shell-BP megadeal intensified. This week, Bloomberg reported that Shell is considering the merits of a takeover bid for BP, which has seen its fortunes dim recently after its ...

Chevron, Exxon Mobil and TotalEnergies are among other big oil companies that could be considering a deal for BP, a report said Friday.

"The continued underperformance of BP makes it open to a takeover." Any takeover of BP would be complex and including a number of competition and political hurdles. BP also has significant debt of ...