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BP Underlying Replacement-Cost Profit Rises to $8.458 Billion

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BP recorded $8.458 billion in underlying replacement-cost profit for the third quarter of 2026, against $2.210 billion in the corresponding 2025 period, according to its quarterly and nine-month results released on 30 October 2026. Reuters reported that the figure was above the $7.33 billion average forecast in an analyst poll compiled by BP.

That underlying measure is distinct from profit attributable to shareholders, which BP put at $4.696 billion for the quarter. The shareholder-profit figure for the same period a year earlier was $1.161 billion.

BP’s reporting definitions distinguish both figures from replacement-cost profit. To calculate replacement-cost profit, the company adjusts shareholder profit to account for gains and losses from holding inventories. BP classifies the resulting measure as non-IFRS. A further adjustment for items identified in the results produces its underlying replacement-cost measure.

For the latest quarter, BP listed replacement-cost profit at $3.098 billion. Its reconciliation recorded a $5.360 billion net negative effect from adjusting items, accounting for the difference between replacement-cost profit and the underlying figure.

In its explanation of refining performance, BP said improved results reflected higher margins realised from refining, better results from commercial optimisation, and less turnaround and maintenance work. The company also said results from oil trading, as well as gas marketing and trading, were higher than in the third quarter of 2025.

Cash generated by operating activities totalled $14.829 billion during the third quarter, according to BP. Included in that amount was an adjusted working-capital release of $0.5 billion. BP said its calculation of the release incorporated adjustments for gains from holding inventories, effects arising from fair-value accounting and other adjusting items.

BP’s reported net debt stood at $13.870 billion on 30 September 2026. That compared with $22.251 billion at the end of June 2026 and $26.054 billion on 30 September 2025. Reuters reported that the third-quarter reduction took BP to its stated net-debt target one year before the scheduled date.

* This article is based on publicly available information at the time of writing.

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