{
  "id": 143410,
  "title": "BP boss is unsentimental in pruning portfolio and clear on North Sea advice to Burnham | Nils Pratley",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/bp-boss-is-unsentimental-in-pruning-portfolio-and-clear-on-north-sea",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-04T17:56:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/business/nils-pratley-on-finance/2026/aug/04/bp-boss-unsentimental-pruning-portfolio-north-sea-advice-burnham"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Meg O’Neill is overseeing rapid clearing of the decks at BP after strategic muddle of recent years, with ‘message’ for new PM BP boss urges Burnham to prioritise UK oil and gas Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis BP will ignore “sentiment” and “history” in pruning its portfolio of assets, says its new-ish boss, Meg O’Neill . She demonstrated as much last week…",
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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."
}