BP today announced an interim dividend of 8.660 cents per ordinary share which is expected to be paid on 18 September 2026 to ordinary shareholders and American Depositary Share (ADS) holders on the register on 14 August 2026. The ex-dividend date will be 13 August 2026 for ordinary shareholders and 14 August 2026 for ADS holders.
Other financial highlights include:
• Stronger financial performance: 2Q 2026 underlying RC profit $5.7 billion, $2.5 billion higher than the prior quarter reflecting the strength of bp's integrated operational model; operating cash flow $10.9 billion after taking into account a $1.0 billion adjusted working capital build(
• Operating performance: 2Q 2026 upstream plant reliability 92.4% (1Q 2026 95.7%); reported production 2.2mmboe/d (1Q 2026 2.3mmboe/d); refining availability 94.7% (1Q 2026 96.3%); refining throughput 1,467mb/d (1Q 2026 1,527mb/d)
• Strategic progress on portfolio and balance sheet: Reached an agreement to sell Austrian retail business; agreed terms to bring partners into Kirkuk; completed the sale of Gelsenkirchen refinery, launched processes to market their North Sea business and Archaea Energy; the total of net debt, hybrid bonds and securities, leases and Gulf of America settlement liabilities reduced by $6.9 billion.
• Shareholder returns: 2Q 2026 dividend per ordinary share of 8.66 cents, 4% increase.
