BP plc (ADR) (NYSE:BP) said on Monday, that it plans to invest $1 billion and add two drilling rigs to its Alaska North Slope fields in time span the next five years.

For instance, net income margins for Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), BP plc (ADR) (NYSE:BP), and Total SA (ADR) (NYSE:TOT) have all fallen from their highs near the middle of the previous decade.

Statoil ASA (ADR) (NYSE:STO) Tax reform can be a powerful incentive for energy companies to increase spending on capital projects.

If have a look at energy industry mostly edged up higher, with the gainers are BP plc (ADR) (NYSE:BP) shares rose 0.37% to $43.56, ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) stock closed at $64.31 by advancing 0.44%, Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) closed at ...

LONDON -- FTSE 100-listed oil giant BP (LSE: BP ) (NYSE: BP ) is currently trading on a lowly valuation of less than nine times earnings, while yielding 4.9%.

The chart below compares the stock prices of TOTAL S.A. (ADR) (NYSE:TOT) and its major rivals BP plc (ADR) (NYSE:BP) and Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) in a one-year period.

LONDON -- BP (LSE: BP ) (NYSE: BP ) and BG Group (LSE: BG ) (NASDAQOTH: BRGYY ) are the second and third-largest oil and gas firms in the FTSE 100.

BP is close to completing a $38 billion disposal program, which will reduce production and reserves by 10%, focus future production on higher-margin assets and release cash.

These stocks are BP plc (ADR) (NYSE:BP), Statoil ASA (ADR) (NYSE:STO), Eni SpA (ADR) (NYSE:E), TOTAL S.A. (ADR) (NYSE:TOT), and Ecopetrol S.A.

BP's dividends have behaved extremely erratically in previous years, particularly after the consequences of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill drove the company into severe losses in 2010 and pulled shareholder payments with it.