The following Trading Statement provides a summary of BP p.l.c.’s (bp) current estimates and expectations for the third quarter of 2025, including data on the economic environment as well as group performance during the period.
The information presented is not comprehensive of all factors which may impact bp’s group results for the third quarter 2025 and is not an estimate of those results. Also refer to bp’s second quarter 2025 group results announcement on 5 August 2025 for third quarter and full year 2025 guidance items which continue to apply unless explicitly stated. A summary of that guidance is also provided in the Appendix to this Trading Statement. All information provided is subject to the finalization of bp’s financial reporting processes and actual results may vary.
bp’s group results for the third quarter 2025 are expected to be published on 4 November 2025.
Brent averaged $69.13/bbl in the third quarter 2025 compared to $67.88/bbl in the second quarter 2025.
US gas Henry Hub first of month index averaged $3.07/mmBtu in the third quarter 2025 compared to $3.44/mmBtu in the second quarter 2025.
The bp RIM* averaged $15.8/bbl in the third quarter 2025 compared to $11.9/bbl in the second quarter 2025.
Further information on prices and bp’s current rules of thumb can be found at the following link: bp.com Rules of Thumb
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Guidance Area |
Full Year 2025 |
3Q25 vs 2Q25 |
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Reported and underlying* upstream production |
Reported upstream production to be lower and underlying upstream production to be slightly lower than 2024, of which oil production & operations broadly flat and gas & low carbon energy lower |
Reported upstream production to be slightly lower |
Customers |
Growth in its business including a full year contribution from bp bioenergy; earnings growth to be supported by structural cost reduction; fuels margins to remain sensitive to the cost of supply |
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Products |
Stronger underlying performance underpinned by the absence of the plant-wide power outage at Whiting refinery; improvement plans across the portfolio; similar levels of turnaround activity, with phasing of turnaround activity in 2025 heavily weighted towards 1H25, with the highest impact in 2Q |
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| Income taxes paid |
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| Perpetual hybrid bonds |
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OB&C |
Around $0.5-1.0bn charge |
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DD&A |
Slightly higher compared with 2024 |
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Underlying effective tax rate*b |
Around 40% |
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Capital expenditure* |
Around $14.5bn |
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| Divestment and other proceeds | Around $3-4bn with the remaining proceeds weighted to 4Q25 | |
| Gulf of America oil settlement payments | ~$1.2bn pre-tax, of which $1.1bn 2Q | |
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Capital expenditure is total cash capital expenditure as stated in the condensed group cash flow statement. Capital expenditure for the operating segments, gas & low carbon energy businesses and customers & products businesses is presented on the same basis.
Replacement cost (RC) profit or loss reflects the replacement cost of inventories sold in the period and is calculated as profit or loss attributable to bp shareholders, adjusting for inventory holding gains and losses (net of tax). RC profit or loss for the group is a non-IFRS measure. The nearest equivalent measure on an IFRS basis is profit or loss attributable to bp shareholders.
Refining indicator margin (RIM) is a simple indicator of the weighted average of bp’s crude slate and product yield as deemed representative for each refinery. Actual margins realized by bp may vary due to a variety of factors, including the actual mix of a crude and product for a given quarter.
Technical service contract (TSC) – Technical service contract is an arrangement through which an oil and gas company bears the risks and costs of exploration, development and production. In return, the oil and gas company receives entitlement to variable physical volumes of hydrocarbons, representing recovery of the costs incurred and a profit margin which reflects incremental production added to the oilfield.
Underlying production – 2025 underlying production, when compared with 2024, is production after adjusting for acquisitions and divestments, curtailments, and entitlement impacts in our production-sharing agreements/contracts and technical service contract*.
Underlying RC profit or loss before interest and tax for the operating segments or customers & products businesses is a non-IFRS measure and is calculated as RC profit or loss including profit or loss attributable to non-controlling interests before interest and tax for the operating segments and excluding net adjusting items for the respective operating segment or business. The nearest equivalent measure on an IFRS basis for segments and businesses is RC profit or loss before interest and taxation.
Underlying effective tax rate (ETR) is a non-IFRS measure. The underlying ETR is calculated by dividing taxation on an underlying replacement cost (RC) basis by underlying RC profit or loss before tax. Taxation on an underlying RC basis for the group is calculated as taxation as stated on the group income statement adjusted for taxation on inventory holding gains and losses and total taxation on adjusting items. Information on underlying RC profit or loss is provided below. Taxation on an underlying RC basis presented for the operating segments is calculated through an allocation of taxation on an underlying RC basis to each segment. bp believes it is helpful to disclose the underlying ETR because this measure may help investors to understand and evaluate, in the same manner as management, the underlying trends in bp’s operational performance on a comparable basis, period on period. Taxation on an underlying RC basis and underlying ETR are non-IFRS measures. The nearest equivalent measure on an IFRS basis is the ETR on profit or loss for the period.