ABERDEEN, UK: The Scottish oil city of Aberdeen, long used to the energy industry’s ups and downs, is gritting its teeth and praying for the price of black gold to rise once more.

“The situation is critical, 65,000 jobs from the industry and the supply chain are already gone. Some companies say 2016 is a black hole,” said Jake Molloy, responsible for offshore workers in the RMT trade union.

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