Listen: North Sea could face further pressure ahead of Shell merger deal

Energy giant Shell could be set to heap further pressure on the North Sea.

Published 15th Dec 2015

It's claimed the North Sea will face further challenges as Shell takes over BG group.

We already know Shell are making 2-thousand-800 job cuts globally because of the merger

That's on top of 7-thousand redundancies which have already been announced.

It comes as price of oil hits a new low of below 38 dollars a barrel.

Professor Alex Russell from RGU talks about potential implications for the North Sea if the deal goes ahead