LONDON, April 30 (Reuters) - Oil and gas trading contributedabout $500 million more to BP's underlying earnings inthe first quarter than in a typical quarter, finance directorBrian Gilvary said on Tuesday.
"It was about a half a billion higher than in the averagequarter and split evenly across the two (oil trading and gastrading)," Gilvary told analysts on a conference call after theBritish oil company reported quarterly profits that were almosta billion dollars above expectations.
BP does not separate out the contribution of trading fromother operations in its official results statement.