by Ceren SagirSocial affairs reporterBP profits have more than doubled as the Iran war sends prices soaring, seeing the world’s five leading oil “supermajors” rake in a total $48bn (£35.7bn) in the second quarter of 2026. But Mr Trump also claimed that Britain needs to open up North Sea oil, as the nation was “sitting on top of gold.” Helped by surging oil prices during the US-Israeli war on Iran and closure of the Strait of Hormuz, BP, Shell, TotalEnergies, ExxonMobil and Chevron banked the equivalent of $535 million (£398m) every day between April and June. Last week, the company said it was putting its North Sea operations up for sale after 60 years of production. In response to Mr Trump’s comments on the North Sea, Uplift executive director Tessa Khan said the US president was “peddling a fantasy” on an “ultra-mature basin that has been in decline for years.”