Claim: 200,000 people are employed in Scotland's North Sea oil and gas industry.
Fact-check: Around 93,600 jobs are supported by the oil and gas industry in Scotland - Full Fact
Verdict: there are around 93,600 jobs supported by the oil and gas industry in scotland, according to industry body offshore energies uk. around 220,000 jobs are supported by the sector across the uk as a whole.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Nasim Asl
Date published: 2023-11-23T00:00:00