LONDON, April 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Unite, Regional Officer, Graham Tran says,

"This is a devastating blow to workers onshore in Shell. We have always believed that Shell was not committed to the North Sea. This clearly appears to be the case.

It's outrageous that workers had to hear about these redundancies whilst sitting at their breakfast tables. We expect Shell to provide assistance to the workers to seek jobs elsewhere in the industry.

The North Sea oil and gas industry has an exciting future ahead but this is a future without Shell. Unite welcomes the new operators to the North Sea and looks forward to working with them and the original committed players.

When our members joined Shell they were told that they were part of the Shell family. Today, the employees are up for adoption."

Contact: Ciaran Naidoo, +44(0)7768-931-315