BP Profits

This morning on 5 Live Richard Bacon reported that BP have announced Q2 profits of £4bn. I thought I detected a slight revulsion in his voice, but put it down to paranoia of BBC business reporting. But then he missed his next link, and apologised by saying that he was still getting his head around BP's profits, and that his tone had "said it all". Said what? What's going on? Can anyone explain to me why BP's profits are news?