BP PLC stated Wednesday it expects to guide $4-5 billion in write-downs primarily associated to its “transition” enterprise for the fourth quarter of 2025.
“These fees are primarily attributable to the fuel and low-carbon vitality section and are excluded from underlying alternative value revenue [BP’s version of adjusted net profit]”, the British oil and fuel large stated in an outlook assertion forward of outcomes, scheduled for February 10, 2026. BP didn’t disclose the affected initiatives.
BP had already acknowledged a internet impairment cost of $881 million from pure fuel and low-carbon vitality for the primary 9 months of 2025, and $1.86 billion for 2024, in its third quarter report revealed November 4, 2025.
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BP has signed agreements to promote a number of vitality transition-related companies as a part of a “reset” technique that entails divesting $20 billion value of belongings by 2027 and cutting down renewables funding.
On December 16, 2025 state-owned Petróleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) and BP photo voltaic firm Lightsource BP Renewable Power Investments Ltd stated that they had penned a deal underneath which Petrobras would purchase 49.99 p.c of Lightsource BP’s subsidiaries in Brazil. Lightsource BP’s Brazilian portfolio included 1-1.5 gigawatts in numerous phases of growth, based on a joint on-line assertion.
On August 4, 2025 Japanese energy utility JERA Co Inc and BP accomplished the spinoff of their offshore wind portfolios right into a three way partnership. BP contributed its growth initiatives in Germany and the UK and secured leases within the UK and the US.
On July 18, 2025 BP stated it had agreed to divest its onshore wind enterprise within the U.S. to LS Energy Improvement LLC, giving up 1.3 gigawatts of internet capability from 10 initiatives in operation.
On July 9, 2025 BP stated it had penned a deal to divest its BP Pulse, comfort and mobility companies within the Netherlands to native fuels distributor Catom BV. BP Pulse is BP’s multinational electrical car charging enterprise.
On March 27, 2025 BP stated it was initiating a advertising and marketing course of to promote its retail websites, related fleet and EV charging infrastructure in Austria, in addition to its stake within the Linz gas terminal.
In Wednesday’s assertion BP additionally stated it expects fuel and low-carbon vitality realizations – from consolidated subsidiaries, excluding equity-accounted entities – to take a adverse impression of $100-300 million “together with modifications in non-Henry Hub pure fuel marker costs”.
“The fuel advertising and marketing and buying and selling result’s anticipated to be common”, BP added.
In its merchandise section BP initiatives larger realized refining margins of round $100 million for This autumn, “offset by the next impression from turnaround exercise and the non permanent impression of decreased capability following a hearth on the Whiting refinery”, the assertion stated. “The oil buying and selling result’s anticipated to be weak”.
Within the clients section BP expects “seasonally decrease volumes and broadly flat fuels margins”.
“Within the oil manufacturing and operations section, realizations, in comparison with the prior quarter, are anticipated to have an effect of $(0.2) to (0.4) billion together with the impression of the worth lags on BP’s manufacturing within the Gulf of America and the UAE”, BP stated.
It expects This autumn upstream manufacturing, together with its share from equity-accounted entities, “to be broadly flat in comparison with the prior quarter, with manufacturing broadly flat in oil manufacturing and operations and decrease in fuel and low carbon vitality”.
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