BP tăng sản lượng dầu, thông tin từ vị lãnh đạo cho hay

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BP’s new chief executive, Murray Auchincloss, promised a flexible approach (cách tiếp cận linh hoạt)to the shift away (chuyển đi) from fossil fuels as the oil giant reported a $3 billion profit in its latest quarter on Tuesday.

Mr. Auchincloss said in an interview after BP reported earnings that the company was pursuing what he called a “demand strategy.” BP’s shares rose nearly 5 percent in trading in London, where the company is based.

The leaders of oil companies, especially in Europe, face a difficult balancing act between demonstrating (chứng minh) to customers and governments that they are serious about lowering emissions and appealing (hấp dẫn) to investors, who insist on profitability (lợi nhuận) and returns above all.

Mr. Auchincloss said that oil output would continue to rise 2 percent to 3 percent a year through 2027 because of production increases in Abu Dhabi, Angola, the United States and elsewhere. He that there were projects on the drawing board that could prolong the output growth (kéo dài tốc độ tăng trưởng sản lượng) in later years if necessary. “We have some big decisions ahead of ourselves,” he said.

BP said that, on average, the prices it received for oil and gas were about 20 percent lower in 2023 than in 2022, partly accounting for a drop in annual profit (lợi nhuận hàng năm), from $27 billion in 2022 to $13.8 billion last year, which still ranked as one of its best years in a decade.

source: nytimes,