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Bernard Looney

  • Thursday, 12 December, 2024
    Abu Dhabi National Oil Co
    Former BP chief Looney joins board of Abu Dhabi energy group XRG

    Blackstone chief operating officer Jonathan Gray also appointed to board

    1 hour ago
    Bernard Looney speaks during an interview
  • Sunday, 24 November, 2024
    Tech start-ups
    Looney to chair US start-up as he plans comeback from BP scandal

    Former oil company chief joins company building $10bn artificial intelligence data centre in Wyoming

    Bernard Looney raising his hands during an interview in February 2022
  • Monday, 8 July, 2024
    Bernard Looney plots Abu Dhabi comeback from BP scandal

    Adnoc’s Sultan al-Jaber has discussed projects with ex-CEO following exit from oil major

    A montage of the images of Bernard Looney and Sultan al-Jaber
  • Wednesday, 17 January, 2024
    BP PLC
    BP appoints interim boss Murray Auchincloss as permanent chief

    Former finance chief to replace Bernard Looney, who abruptly resigned from energy group last year

    Murray Auchincloss
  • Wednesday, 20 December, 2023
    LexBP PLC
    BP CEO: curtains for Looney should not open wide window of opportunity Premium content

    Oil group needs to move swiftly in appointing a successor

    Montage of BP logo and pictures of former BP chief executives Tony Hayward, Bernard Looney and Bob Dudley
  • Thursday, 14 December, 2023
    BP PLC
    BP memo denies Looney pay decision was ‘unduly harsh’

    Oil major briefed leaders on fielding queries over £32.4mn clawback from its ex-chief

    Bernard Looney at a conference in October 2022
  • Thursday, 14 December, 2023
    LexBP PLC
    Bernard Looney/BP: loss leader takes smaller haircut than headlines imply Premium content

    Oil group says former chief will forfeit up to £32.4mn but final sum is likely to be less eye-popping

    BP’s former chief Bernard Looney
  • Wednesday, 13 December, 2023
    Ex-BP boss Looney to forfeit up to £32.4mn after ‘serious misconduct’

    Oil group says it has ‘dismissed’ ex-chief for failing to disclose past relationships with colleagues

    Bernard Looney
  • Friday, 24 November, 2023
    BP PLC
    How BP’s ‘Sun King’ court enabled the rise and fall of Bernard Looney

    Former employees say oil major has tended to overlook its rising stars’ mis-steps

    A montage of Bernard Looney and the BP logo
  • Saturday, 16 September, 2023
    Brooke Masters
    Sex, lies and magical thinking about CEO behaviour

    The departure of Bernard Looney is another example of how boards are stepping up their scrutiny

    A man in a navy suit and ocean-blue shirt stands with his hand on a railing inside an office building
  • Friday, 15 September, 2023
    BP PLC
    How Bernard Looney’s career at BP unravelled

    Chief executive’s abrupt exit has left oil major facing questions over its culture

    Bernard Looney and a BP logo
  • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
    BP PLC
    BP chair rules himself out as next chief executive

    Helge Lund has sought to reassure investors following Bernard Looney’s abrupt departure

    BP chair Helge Lund
  • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
    News in-depthBP PLC
    Looney’s exit throws BP’s strategy into doubt

    Chief went further than competitors in oil and gas group’s commitments to invest in renewable energy

    Bernard Looney
  • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
    BP PLC
    BP’s board started fresh probe into Bernard Looney’s conduct last week

    New claims regarding undisclosed relations with colleagues precipitated chief executive’s exit

    Bernard Looney
  • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
    BP PLC
    BP chief Bernard Looney resigns over past relationships with colleagues

    Irish executive has led British oil major since 2020

    Bernard Looney
  • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
    Due Diligence
    BP CEO ousted over relationships at work Premium content

    Plus, the Barclay family fortune comes under scrutiny and the DoJ’s pivotal case against Google

    The Due Diligence logo
  • Wednesday, 12 July, 2023
    BP PLC
    BP to make €6.8bn investment in German offshore wind power

    Licence win seen as sign of energy major’s commitment to growing its renewables business

    Wind turbines off Heligoland
  • Thursday, 11 May, 2023
    Energy Source
    BP chief: Fossil fuels have done ‘enormous good’ Premium content

    Also in today’s newsletter, is the gag about nuclear fusion true?

    Bernard Looney, chief executive of BP
  • Thursday, 27 April, 2023
    BP PLC
    BP defends climate strategy at AGM clash

    Provisional results show 17% of shareholders voted in support of activist resolution on matching Paris accord

    Protesters outside BP’s annual general meeting at the ExCel Centre in east London
  • Thursday, 13 April, 2023
    BP PLC
    BP commits to Gulf of Mexico as $9bn platform comes online

    Group’s biggest project in region since Deepwater Horizon follows strategic shift on fossil fuels

    BP’s Argos platform
  • Friday, 10 March, 2023
    BP PLC
    BP chief Bernard Looney’s pay doubled to £10mn last year

    Latest energy boss to enjoy rewards boost as oil and gas industry records bumper profits

    Bernard Looney at a conference in Texas
  • Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
    LexBP PLC
    BP: Looney leans in to a longer runoff for oil Premium content

    Energy group is compromising in effort to catch up with US peers

    BP chief Bernard Looney
  • Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
    Oil & Gas industry
    BP slows oil and gas retreat after record $28bn profit

    Chief Bernard Looney says recent years show world needs ‘secure’ energy alongside renewables

    A BP petrol station in London
  • Tuesday, 3 May, 2022
    Oil & Gas industry
    BP’s bumper earnings stoke new calls for windfall tax

    Oil major reports highest underlying quarterly profit in more than 10 years

    The BP logo at a petrol station
  • Sunday, 27 February, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    BP to divest stake in Russian state-oil company Rosneft

    Move could hit oil major with $25bn of charges after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine

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