Shell and BP are reportedly in early talks for what could become the largest oil merger in decades. BP shares immediately ...

Shell has doubled down on denials that it is in talks over a spectacular takeover of fellow oil and gas giant BP, which would create an offshore wind superpower despite the two supermajors both ...

Market chatter about a potential Shell-BP merger has intensified, fueled by BP’s weak performance, strategic flip-flops, and ...

The energy giant has been weakened by years of mishaps and poor decisions, leading to rumors of a takeover that may not ...

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Shell’s robust rejection of these reports appears to have, for now, thrown cold water on a potential takeover bid for BP.

City investment bankers have been floating the idea of a Shell-BP deal to create a London-based European oil champion on the scale of the American behemoths for some months.

News that Shell and BP were involved in tie-up talks on Wednesday reignited chatter about the potential for an oil industry megamerger on a scale unseen since the 1990s. But analysts consulted by ...

BP’s high debt burden is somewhat awkwardly split between $27 billion in net debt and $38 billion in additional liabilities, ...

Shell (SHEL.L) has not bid for BP (BP.L) 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 bans ...

SHELL denied that it was in talks to buy BP after the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Wednesday that the oil major was in early discussions over a takeover of its British rival.