Petroleum giant British Petroleum will cut 4,700 jobs this year in a cost cutting measure, the company announced Thursday. That amounts to about 5% of its total workforce.

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BP, which employs around 4,000 in Houston, will eliminate thousands of roles to cut costs, according to reports from Associated Press and Wall Street Journal.