BP drops oil and gas output reduction target

BP scaled back the target in February last year to a 25% reduction, which would leave it producing 2m barrels per day at the end of the decade, as investors focused on near-term returns rather than the energy transition

When unveiled in 2020, BP’s strategy was the sector’s most ambitious with a pledge to cut output by 40% while rapidly growing renewables by 2030.

BP has abandoned a target to cut oil and gas output by 2030 as CEO Murray Auchincloss scales back the firm’s energy transition strategy to regain investor confidence, three sources with knowledge of the matter said.

When unveiled in 2020, BP’s strategy was the sector’s most ambitious with a pledge to cut output by 40% while rapidly growing renewables by 2030.