Strong performance – building for the future
Albert Manifold, chair
Carol Howle, interim CEO
Primary targets |
2025 |
2025 on a price adjusted basis |
Targets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adjusted free cash flow growth | 25%b (from 2024-25) |
~+55%b (from 2024-25) |
>20%c compound annual growth rate from 2024-27 |
Net debt |
$22.2bnd |
n/a |
$14-18bn by end 2027 |
Structural cost reduction
|
$2.8bne (cumulative since 2023) |
n/a |
$5.5-6.5bnf by end 2027 |
Return on average capital employed (ROACE) |
13.9%g |
~14%g |
>16%c in 2027 |
Delivering energy to the world, today and tomorrow.
In 2025 we advanced our upstream strategy and delivered seven major project start-ups, five of which were ahead of schedule. Start-ups included GTA, in Mauritania and Senegal, Cypre in Trinidad and Murlach in the UK North Sea. We also announced 12 discoveries, including Bumerangue in Brazil, our largest exploration discovery in 25 years, plus further finds in Brazil, Egypt, the Gulf of America, Libya and Trinidad, as well as discoveries in Namibia and Angola through Azule Energy, our 50-50 joint venture with Eni.
In upstream oil and gas production, we achieved our best wells reliability in years at 98% and a record full-year plant reliability at >96%. Our proved reserves replacement ratio was 90% – up from an average of around 50% in the prior two years.
In April we announced a Miocene oil discovery at the Far South prospect in Green Canyon Block 584, 120 miles off the coast of Louisiana. Drilled to 23,830 feet in 4,092 feet of water, the discovery signals potentially commercial volumes and helps to strengthen our upstream portfolio.
In August we announced the start-up of the Argos Southwest Extension project, seven months ahead of schedule. From appraisal to first oil, the project was developed in about 25 months – a record for bp. Argos has a gross production capacity of up to 140,000 barrels of oil per day (boe/d).
In December the development programme for the Karabagh field in the Caspian Sea, offshore Azerbaijan, was approved by the management committee (joint venture) and subsequently by State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) as the State representative. Seismic acquisition commenced thereafter.
We also completed the divestment of the Culzean gas field in the UK North Sea to NEO Next in December.
2025 was also a strong year for the downstream, delivering a significant step up in performance. We achieved around $1.6 billion in cumulative structural cost reductions (2024-25) and sustained refinery availability above 96%, strengthening commercial performance across refining, trading, midstream and fuels. Customers reported its highest underlying RC profit before interest and tax since 2019, with growth across all businesses.
As we continue streamlining our portfolio, in 2025 we reached an agreement to sell a 65% stake in Castrol, completed the sale of the Netherlands mobility, convenience and bp pulse businesses, and announced plans to sell the Gelsenkirchen refinery and the Austria retail business.
As part of our broader retail network high grading programme, in 2025 we exited around 5% of our company owned retail sites, supporting our plan to exit around 10% by 2027.
In EV charging, we are focusing investment on four core markets and utilising our retail network to maximise returns.
We focused our low carbon energy portfolio in 2025, prioritizing investment choices that deliver value for shareholders.
We formed JERA Nex bp, a 50:50 offshore wind joint venture between JERA and bp. The new joint venture brings together each parties’ complementary expertise for a balanced mix of operating assets and development projects.
We sold our US onshore wind business to LS Power. And we continued to manage the pace of investment in biogas and refine and high-grade our hydrogen and carbon, capture and storage (CCS) portfolio. This included decisions not to progress H2Teesside and to end participation in projects in Oman, Australia and the US Gulf Coast. In 2025 we focused on delivering four sanctioned projects in 2024: Lingen green hydrogen project, Castellón green hydrogen project, the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP), and Net Zero Teesside Power (NZT) – and the UCC project in Indonesia.