{
  "id": 127061,
  "title": "BP Earnings Surge to $5.7 Billion on Oil Price and Refining Boom",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/bp-earnings-surge-to-5-7-billion-on-oil-price-and-refining-boom",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-04T10:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "OilPrice",
    "slug": "oilprice",
    "url": "https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/BP-Earnings-Surge-to-57-Billion-on-Oil-Price-and-Refining-Boom.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "BP more than doubled its profit for the second quarter from a year earlier on the back of higher oil and gas prices and stronger refining margins driven by the shock supply disruption in the Middle East. BP on Tuesday reported an underlying replacement cost (RC) profit, the closest metric to net profit closely watched by analysts, of $5.7 billion for the second quarter, up from $3.2 billion for…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}