Thousands of North Sea oil jobs lost in just one year, damning new figures show

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Thousands of jobs linked to North Sea oil have been lost in just a year, figures show.

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Between December 2024 and December 2025, 4,000 jobs connected to the offshore North Sea oil industry were lost.

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Of these, 2,000 were in oil and gas extraction, which can include a small number working with coal, and another 2,000 in refining, according to figures from the ONS.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say OEUK's Ben Ward said: "We calculate the sector has been losing up to 1,000 jobs a month on average - mostly in the energy supply chain where most jobs sit." Campaign group Uplift, which is calling for an end to fossil fuels, has previously estimated that, between 2013 and 2023, 227,000 jobs supported by North Sea oil and gas were lost, equivalent to 450 a week.It says this is down to the North Sea being a declining basin and argues it provides a stark...

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