An energy giant with more than 700 staff in the north-east is set to axe 450 jobs across the UK.
ConocoPhillips confirmed it plans to drop more than a third of its staff, more than half of whom work in Aberdeen.
The move is in response to the firm halting oil production in the southern North Sea.
A spokeswoman for ConocoPhillips said: “It is anticipated that around 450 positions will be lost across ConocoPhillips’ UK assets between October 1 and April 2020.
