Shell's potential merger with BP would dilute Shell's stronger segments, especially LNG, and add BP's weaker financials and higher debt burden. SHEL's superior LNG business and stable upstream ...

The business unit’s all-shale holdings’ “attractiveness” to potential BP Plc suitors “would likely be an important input into any portfolio evaluation and [merger] due diligence process,” said J.P.

Speculation about a potential merger between Shell and BP, meanwhile, is far from new ... I think even Exxon-Chevron in the depth of the pandemic held talks so I think that would have been ...

Speculation about another oil giant taking over BP is not new—such rumors have been swirling for over a decade, particularly ones suggesting that Shell could be the bidder for a merger with BP.

A year ago, reports emerged that Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) had weighed buying BP, but talks didn’t go ... tend to speculate more about a Shell-BP merger of equals or a potential ...