UK’s largest oil and gas producers to cut 250 Scottish jobs

Harbour Energy has blamed the windfall tax for the reduction in onshore staff numbers.

The UK’s largest North Sea oil and gas producer says it will cut 250 onshore jobs in Aberdeen, blaming the windfall tax.

Harbour Energy says the move is due to what it describes as the “ongoing punitive fiscal position” and a “challenging regulatory environment”.

It means the firm will have axed half of its workforce in the city in recent years.

Business groups say the UK Government’s policies “are destroying a world-class British industry”.

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