BP slashes dividend as Covid pushes it to record $16.8bn loss

Company to shift towards clean energy after writing down value of its oil and gas assets

BP has cut its dividend for the first time since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill after plummeting to a multibillion-dollar loss and slashing the value of its oil and gas assets.

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