Supermajor strikes provisional agreement to secure access to Sarir oilfield — and nearby Messla field — which it discovered ...

BP and Shell have signed agreements to assess new opportunities in Libya, as international oil majors step up their return to the North African country more than decade after it collapsed into civil ...

Iraq developed 113 oil wells in the first half of 2025 as it pushed ahead with plans to expand its crude output capacity by more than 50 percent. The developed wells include 27 newly drilled producing ...

Shell has doubled down on denials that it is in talks over a spectacular takeover of fellow oil and gas giant BP, which would create an offshore wind superpower despite the two supermajors both ...

BP, then led by Lord John Browne, swallowed American giants Amoco for S48.2bn in 1998 and Arco (Atlantic Richfield) for $26.8bn in 2000.

Shell (SHEL.L) has not bid for BP (BP.L) and is not actively considering such a move, it said in a categorical denial on Thursday, adding it was bound by UK rules which mean such a statement bans ...

Shell denied a takeover but the rumor highlights what investors are starting to see: BP’s deep discount and strategic pivot may be ripe for revaluation.

Shell (SHEL) and BP (BP) are in focus after The Wall Street Journal reported Shell is in early talks to acquire BP, though Shell has denied the report. Yahoo Finance anchor Brad Smith takes a ...

Shell (SHEL) has said it won’t bid for BP (BP.) unless another buyer arrives on the scene. The potential tie-up between Europe’s top oil and gas companies has been a point of speculation for months, ...

Shell, led by boss Wael Sawan (pictured), doubled down on its denial of takeover talks after a Wall Street Journal report fuelled speculation of a merger.

Dutch oil and gas giant Shell has denied reports suggesting it is in negotiations with British competitor BP regarding a potential merger or acquisition, Azernews reports.