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BP Profits Hit 18-Year High In Reassuring Sign That Energy Crisis Is Still Going Well For Someone

BP has posted its biggest profits since 2008, exceeding even the heady days of 2022 when the rest of the country was deciding which room to heat. The company credits a 'higher-price, higher-margin environment', which is one way of describing your bills. Its transition to green energy continues at a pace geologists would recognise.

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