May 22 (Reuters) - British oil giant BP Plc plans tocut 3 percent of jobs in its exploration and production as partof a restructuring of its upstream operations to make thedivision more efficient and flexible, The Financial Timesreported https://on.ft.com/2x3bCMr on Tuesday.
The oil major would cut about 540 jobs from its18,000-strong upstream workforce over the course of this year,the report said.(Reporting By Justin George Varghese in Bengaluru; Editing byArun Koyyur)