BP is exploring a sale of two of the businesses owned by its early-stage ventures arm in a transfer which might elevate tens of thousands and thousands of kilos.

Sky News has learnt that the FTSE 100 firm's Launchpad division has begun contacting potential consumers of Lytt and Onyx Insight in latest weeks.

Lytt transforms giant quantities of knowledge from sensors into actionable insights, which allows it to detect blockages in oil wells extra effectively.

Its expertise has been described as just like the music identification app Shazam.

Lytt, which launched in 2019, is a part of BP's Launchpad arm, which has constructed a variety of companies with potential functions which prolong past the oil and gasoline sector.

Sources mentioned BP was additionally seeking to promote Onyx Insight, which serves the renewable vitality sector.

It has been owned by the group since 2017.

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The information comes days after BP reported quarterly income of £4bn, sparking renewed requires greater taxes on the sector.

Other corporations within the BP Launchpad portfolio embrace Finite Carbon, STRYDE and Blueprint Power.

The firm has mentioned that Launchpad "will play an important role in bp's ambition to become a net zero company by 2050 or sooner, and to help the world get to net zero".

BP declined to touch upon the disposals.

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