BP now has fewer than 100 geologists as oil and gas giant turns away from exploration

Geologists, engineers and scientists have been cut to fewer than 100 from a peak of more than 700 a few years ago as part of a climate change-driven overhaul

BP is cutting some 10,000 jobs, about 15% of its workforce.

Nothing escapes the winds of change now sweeping through BP, not even the exploration team that for more than a century powered its profits by discovering billions of barrels of oil.

Its geologists, engineers and scientists have been cut to fewer than 100 from a peak of more than 700 a few years ago, part of a climate change-driven overhaul triggered last year by chief executive Bernard Looney.