LONDON (Reuters) -BP on Tuesday posted a third-quarter underlying replacement cost profit, or adjusted net income, of $2.21 billion, compared with the average $2.02 billion in a company-provided poll of analysts and $2.27 billion a year ago.

BP kept the pace of its quarterly share buyback programme at $750 million through the third quarter.

Chief Executive Murray Auchincloss said he expected completed or announced disposal agreements to reach around $5 billion for this year.

There was no concrete update on the closely-watched sales process of its Castrol lubcriants unit, which is the centre piece of its $20 billion disposal programme.