An earlier verison of this story identified the number of jobs cut as 1,000 rather than 100. The corrected version is published below.
BP T&T has confirmed a decision to cut 100 jobs, amounting to a 10 per cent decrease of its total workforce.
The job cuts affect "mainly support andoffice-based staff," a release from the companysaid.
The details of the job cuts "were shared directly with employees and also with relevant authorities," the release said.
The changes "are aligned with the BP Group's global simplification and efficiency programme announced in 2014," the release said.
"Safety remains our number one priority. All these organisational changes were carefully considered to ensure the safety of our personnel and operations will not be compromised," said bpTT President Norman Christie.
"We remain strongly committed to running safe and reliable operations in Trinidad and Tobago and will continue to invest in our people and our operations."
The release said that the company "will continue to monitor the environment and plans to move forward with approved major projects already underway in Trinidad."