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What’s BP’s Fundamental Value Based On Expected 2015 Results?
Have more questions about BP? See the links below: What’s BP’s Revenue & Earnings Breakdown In Terms of Different Products? How Has BP’s Revenue Composition Changed In The Last Five Years? What Has Led To Mo...
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What’s BP’s Revenue & Earnings Breakdown In Terms of Different Products?
Have more questions about BP? See the links below: What’s BP’s Fundamental Value Based On Expected 2015 Results? How Has BP’s Revenue Composition Changed In The Last Five Years? What Has Led To More Than 30% Dec...
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BP Q3 Earnings: Low Oil Prices Negate The Positive Effects Of Increased Upstream Production And Higher Downstream Margins
BP Plc. (NYSE:BP) released its Q3 2015 earnings report recently. The decline in upstream earnings more than offset the improvement due to higher downstream margins and increased upstream production. Overall, if we look beyond the volatility in co...
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Why We Believe BP’s Stock Is Worth $41
BP Plc. (NYSE:BP) is one of the world’s leading oil & gas companies, with operations all across the globe. The company has been hit hard by the current downtrend of low crude oil prices and its average price realizations in both upstream and ...
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Volkswagen Emissions Scandal: What We Can Learn From History
Let us look at past scandals and controversies, and see what they can tell us about when the present Volkswagen mess may present itself as an opportunity to investors…. Toyota’s Sticky Gas Pedals Issue In early 2014, the U.S. Gover...
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BP Earnings: Oil Prices Offset Thicker Refining Margins; Focus on Lowering Upstream Cost Structure
BP Plc. (NYSE:BP) recently announced its 2015 second-quarter results. The company’s underlying replacement cost profit, which is profit adjusted for one-time items and inventory changes, fell by 64% year-on-year to $1.3 billion, or $0.43 per ADS ...
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BP Q2 Earnings Preview: Lower Oil Prices To Overshadow Production Growth
BP Plc. (NYSE:BP) is scheduled to announce its 2015 second quarter earnings on July 28. We expect lower crude oil prices to weigh significantly on the company’s upstream earnings growth. The average Brent crude oil spot price declined by almost ...
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What’s Driving Our Long-Term Forecast For Oil Prices?
We recently revised our long-term crude oil price forecast in view of the changed supply-demand outlook, primarily driven by increasing prospects of the finalization of the Iran nuclear deal and a slower than expected deceleration in the U.S. tig...
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How Would The Iran Nuclear Deal Impact Oil Prices?
Iran was the first Middle East nation to report an oil discovery. In 1908, the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, known as BP (NYSE:BP) today, struck first oil in the country. Since then, the country’s crude oil industry has seen many ups and downs, in...
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BP Earnings Review: Lower Oil Prices Offset Higher Upstream Production, Thicker Downstream Margins
BP Plc. (NYSE:BP) recently announced its 2015 first-quarter results. The company’s underlying replacement cost profit, which is profit adjusted for one-time items and inventory changes, fell by slightly more than a fifth to $2.58 billion or...
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BP Earnings Preview: Lower Oil Prices To Offset Higher Production
BP Plc. (NYSE:BP) is scheduled to announce its 2015 first quarter earnings on April 28. We expect lower crude oil prices to weigh significantly on the company’s upstream earnings growth. The average Brent crude oil spot price declined by more th...
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How Does BP Plan To Ride Through The Oil Crash?
The recent crash in oil prices has made BP’s (NYSE:BP) road to recovery from a massive setback it faced as a result of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon incident even more challenging. Just when the company’s underlying business seemed to b...
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Weekly Oil and Gas Notes: EOG Resources’ Earnings and BP’s Oil Spill Setback
Oil and gas stocks fell slightly this week as benchmark crude oil prices continued to remain weak on rising crude oil inventories in the U.S. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported yesterday that commercial crude oil inventori...
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BP Q4 2014 Preview: The Decline In Oil Prices and Ruble To Weigh On Upstream Earnings
BP Plc. (NYSE:BP) is scheduled to announce its 2014 fourth quarter earnings on February 3. We expect lower crude oil prices to weigh significantly on the company’s upstream earnings growth. The average Brent crude oil spot price declined by more...
