BP is cutting its oil exploration budget by 30%.
Most of the cuts being made by British Petroleum will be in its North Sea operations. BP Exploration Chief Executive Basil Butler said exploration spending would be cut during the current year to $661 million from a planned figure of about $911 million.
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