Published 11 February 2025

Since setting out our strategy five years ago, a lot has changed in the global economy, across the energy sector – and at bp.

We have been transforming bp over the past 12 months, building on what we have learned – always with safety at the heart of everything we do. We have been in action reshaping our portfolio, forging new partnerships, and embracing new technology as we become a simpler and far more focused company.

As we deliver our performance results, we’ve selected some of the year’s key highlights below.

“In 2024, we laid the foundations for growth. We have been reshaping our portfolio – sanctioning new major projects and focusing our low carbon investment – and we have made strong progress in reducing costs. Building on the actions taken in the past 12 months, we now plan to fundamentally reset our strategy and drive further improvements in performance, all in service of growing cash flow and returns. It will be a new direction for bp and we look forward to sharing it at our Capital Markets Update on 26 February.”

Murray Auchincloss

Chief executive officer, bp
February 2025

Reshaping our portfolio

Throughout 2024, bp sanctioned 10 major projects and secured important new access, while stopping or pausing more than 20 projects. Here’s how we were in action:

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Reducing structural costs

In 2024, we delivered c$0.8bn of structural cost reductions, more than offsetting inflation, FX and business growth costs.

“In 2024, bp delivered operating cash flow of $27.3 billion. During the year, we introduced our target to deliver at least $2billion of savings(a) by the end of 2026 relative to 2023 and are making strong progress, achieving $0.8 billion of structural cost reduction*. We raised the dividend per ordi

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Kate Thomson

Chief financial officer, bp

a. Target first introduced in bp’s first quarter 2024 group results announcement referred to as cash costs savings. Cash costs has the same meaning as underlying operating expenditure.

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