BP on Tuesday boosted its dividend payout after a 26% drop in fourth-quarter profit on lower oil and gas prices which still beat forecasts.
On Chief Executive's Bob Dudley last day in office, London-based BP increased its dividend by 2.4% to 10.5 cents per share.
It reported $2.57 billion in fourth-quarter underlying replacement cost profit, its definition of net income, exceeding forecasts of $2.1 billion in a company-provided survey of analysts.
That was down from $3.5 billion a year earlier but up from $2.3 billion in the third quarter.
(Reporting by Ron Bousso; editing by Jason Neely)