Oil giant Shell has confirmed the former BG Group office in Aberdeen will close by the end of the year.

The firm is pushing ahead with plans to cut jobs and close offices in the wake of plunging oil prices and its takeover of BG Group.

Shell's Aberdeen onshore operations will all move to its Tullos site, with the 300 staff at the former BG office on Albyn Place relocated.

The company revealed last year it would shed more than 10,000 jobs worldwide, with 2800 of those connected to the BG Group deal.

Huibert Vigeveno, BG Group chief executive, said: "We now have the outcomes of the UK office footprint review.

"One of the review's recommendations was to consolidate all Shell's London and south east-based operations into central London.

"Our intention is therefore to close the Thames Valley Park campus by the end of this year.

"The review also recommended that all Aberdeen-based onshore operations move to the Shell Aberdeen Tullos office, with BG's offices at Albyn Place closing by the end of this year."

The firm said any staff who leave the company as part of the severance programme will be counted as part of its drive to cut 10,300 jobs.

Shell's full-year earnings tumbled to £2.6bn in 2015 from £13bn in 2014.