Baku - APA-Economics. BP has said its fourth quarter earnings were down 91 per cent on a year earlier after the oil price fell off a cliff in the last 18 months, Independent reported.
Fourth quarter profit adjusted for one-time items and inventory changes totalled $196 million in 2015, compared to $2.24 billion a year earlier.
Underlying profits for the year came in down 51 per cent at $5.9 billion, compared to $12.1 billion for 2014.
Thousands of jobs will go over the next two years as the company tries to cut costs. BP said it would cut staff by up to 4,000 during 2016 and up to 3,000 by the end of 2017.
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