OIL giant BP said yesterday it had no plans for fresh job cuts at its North Sea HQ in Aberdeen.
The company announced in October, 2007, that around 350 jobs were to go in its North Sea operation – most of them in the Granite City.
A spokeswoman said yesterday: “Restructuring of BP’s North Sea business was completed in 2008.
“Since then, overall staff numbers have remained stable and we have no plans for further reductions.”
She added that the company was actually adding about 50 posts to its 850 offshore staff in the UK North Sea as new shift patterns allowing for two weeks on, three weeks off came into force.
BP currently has 900 staff and 250 contractors at its North Sea HQ at Dyce.
Chief executive Tony Hayward said yesterday that the company’s worldwide job cuts were expected to exceed the original target of 5,000 by the middle of this year.
He said: “We have made good progress in slimming and simplifying the organisation, while at the same time strengthening the front line, but we’re not being complacent.
“In the current climate, we especially need to maintain the momentum we have established in the drive to make BP for efficient.
“The mantra at BP today is: ‘Every dollar counts, every seat counts’.”
