BP Plc’s crucial strategy reset, which included a pivot back to oil and promises to sell assets, appeared to win few plaudits from investors as shares erased their recent gains. Most Read from BloombergThe Trump Administration Takes Aim at Transportation ResearchNYC’s Congestion Pricing Pulls In $48.
BP Plc’s “fundamental reset” on Wednesday is the most highly anticipated strategy shift for an oil major in several years.
BP Plc is set to announce a potential sale of its lubricants business and abandon plans to cut oil and gas output as it embarks on a shift away from renewable energy amid pressure from activist investor Elliott Investment Management,
In a highly anticipated strategy update, BP Chief Executive Officer Murray Auchincloss scrapped a plan to pull back from oil and gas and pledged to grow production slightly instead. He also cut investment in renewable energy and began a strategic review of lubricants business Castrol, which could be worth as much as $10 billion if it was sold.
BP (BP) will do away with its pledge to reduce oil and gas output and announce at least one major divestment at its investor day on Wednesday