MOSCOW (MRC) -- European oil giant BP Plc (BP.L,BP_UN.TO: Quote,BP: Quote) reported a sharp plunge in third-quarter 2014 pre-tax profit to USD2.61 billion, from USD5.17 billion last year, said the company.
For the quarter, profit attributable to BP shareholders fell to USD1.29 billion from USD3.5 billion for the same period in 2013.
Third-quarter replacement cost profit totaled USD2.385 billion, versus the prior year's USD3.18 billion. After adjusting for a net charge for non-operating items of USD798 million and net favorable fair value accounting effects of USD146 million (both on a post-tax basis), underlying replacement cost profit was USD3.04 billion for the quarter, compared with USD3.69 billion a year ago.
Quarterly sales and other operating revenues dropped year-over-year to USD93.9 billion from USD96.6 billion.
Additionally, the company announced a quarterly dividend of 10.00 cents per ordinary share or USD0.600 per ADS, which is expected to be paid on December 19, 2014. The corresponding amount in sterling would be announced on December 8, 2014.
As MRC wrote previously, European oil giant BP Plc.'s profit before taxation for the second quarter of 2014 increased to USD5.15 billion from USD4.12 billion in the year ago quarter. Quarterly profit attributable to shareholders grew to USD3.37 billion from last year"s USD2.04 billion, with earnings per ADS improving to USD1.09 from USD0.64 in the previous year.
BP is one of the world"s leading international oil and gas companies, providing its customers with fuel for transportation, energy for heat and light, retail services and petrochemicals products for everyday items.
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