By Shelby Webb | 06/26/2025 06:52 AM EDT Shell said it’s not trying to buy its British rival, but changing conditions at BP keep fueling speculation that a tie-up is possible.

Oil stocks rose today despite a hit to prices on warnings of a supply glut by the end of the year. The price of Brent Crude ...

“For now, any takeover of BP by Shell will be a 2026 story, and is unlikely to happen in 2025,” said Kathleen Brooks, research director for the XTB brokerage house.

Shell had been seeking $1.7 billion in its arbitration case. Several other customers are pursuing their own cases, including ...

LONDON (Reuters) -Shell has not bid for BP and is not actively considering such a move, it said in a categorical denial on Thursday, adding it was bound by UK rules which mean such a statement ...

An arbitration tribunal has ruled in favor of Venture Global in its high-profile LNG contract dispute with Shell and other ...

Energy giant Shell has maintained the pace of its $3 billion-plus share buybacks, despite quarterly profits falling by a ...

Shell said “no talks are taking place” for a potential megamerger with rival BP that would cost more than $80 billion and represent the biggest energy deal of the century. Shell and BP (ranked ...

No talks are taking place,” a Shell spokesperson said. BP surged as much as 10% in New York earlier on June 25 on the report that it was in early-stage takeover talks with Shell.

Analysts at UBS note that Shell (SHEL) would need to find more than $5B in post-tax synergies for a BP (BP) deal to be accretive to free cash flow, a tall order given the likely premium demanded ...

BP shares jumped more than 10% to a session high of $32.94 on a report in The Wall Street Journal that Shell was in early-stage talks to acquire BP. The report, citing people familiar with the ...

Reports and rumors have intensified this year that BP is in the crosshairs of rivals, especially Shell, for a potential takeover that would be the largest deal in the oil industry since the Exxon ...