BP (BP) on Tuesday posted third-quarter profit that fell well short of analysts' forecasts, dragged by weaker refining margins and oil trading.

It reported net profit of $206 million, a massive decline from last year's $4.86 billion and well below the $1.96 billion consensus estimate of analysts polled by Visible Alpha.

The oil giant booked an underlying replacement-cost (RC) profit of $2.27 billion, down from the $3.29 billion it reported a year ago and $2.76 billion last quarter, although it topped analysts' expectations.

It blamed "weaker realized refining margins, a weak oil trading result and lower liquids realizations, partly offset by higher gas realizations" for the decline from last quarter.

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