BP on Thursday made an abrupt shift in leadership, as CEO Murray Auchinloss is stepping down immediately after less than two years on the job.

Meg O’Neill’s rapid rise to the top of one of the world’s biggest fossil-fuel companies has been unencumbered by doubt. At a moment when oil executives are still being pressed to move away from hydrocarbons,

The current CEO Murray Auchincloss steps down with immediate effect with Carol Howle, current executive vice president, supply, trading & shipping stepping in as interim CEO . Auc

Woodside Energy’s boss Meg O’Neill appointed as CEO of BP following the shock departure of Murray Auchincloss, the FTSE 100 company confirmed on Wednesday.

BP chief executive Murray Auchincloss is being replaced after less than two years in the role, with the oil and gas major appointing Woodside Energy boss Meg O’Neill as his successor.

Oil and gas major BP has appointed Meg O'Neill, the head of Australia's Woodside Energy, as its next CEO to lead its effort to boost profits and refocus on oil and gas after a detour into renewables.

BP has ousted its chief executive after less than two years as investors lose patience with the oil major’s embrace of net zero. The company’s new chairman, Albert Manifold, has turned to its first female chief executive in the company’s history as he seeks to spark a turnaround in a brutal oil market.

Under her watch, Woodside doubled oil and gas output, leaned aggressively into seaborne LNG, and shelved lower-carbon projects that failed to clear commercial hurdles

Petrobras (PBR) plans to buy a stake in the Brazilian unit of BP's (BP) Lightsource solar and battery business, which would mark the first renewable energy deal for the state-controlled oil producer,