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

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

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

Its know-how 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 fuel sector.

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

It has been owned by the group since 2017.

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The news comes days after BP reported quarterly earnings of £4bn, sparking renewed requires larger taxes on the sector.

Other firms within the BP Launchpad portfolio embody Finite Carbon, STRYDE and Blueprint Power.

The firm has stated 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.