Employment in the Oil and Gas Industry
Key Findings
- Information on this topic together with readable explanation can be found at Scottish Energy Statistical Hubs Oil and Gas section.
- Employment in the Oil and Gas sector in the UK and Scotland, including indirect employment decrease between 2013 and 2020 before stabilising.
- Figures for Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire have only been available since 2019. These show stability which is likely to remain in the future.
- The vast majority of oil and gas jobs in Scotland are in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire.
- 40,000 people travelled to work offshore last year. 52% work in Central North Sea, 11% in North North Sea, 9% in Southern North Sea, 3% and Irish Sea. 24% of workers travel to multiple sectors. Around half of the workers are ‘core’ meaning they spend greater than 100days offshore/year.
Taken from Data on the Scottish Energy Statistics Hub
Notes
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Linked Information Sheets
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20/11/23 by Ian Hay
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