Nicola Sturgeon has been urged to distance her government from "insulting" and "shameful" comments made by one of her ministers about the future of Scotland's oil and gas industry.
It comes as Shell have pulled out of the Cambo oil field development just a few weeks after Nicola Sturgeon said she was opposed to it going ahead.
Since the news of Shell's withdrawal broke, Scottish Government minister Patrick Harvie has said it's "great the the Cambo project looks like it's on the skids".
On Good Morning Scotland, he claimed only the "hard right" now support future oil and gas projects.
The Scottish Conservatives said the Scottish Government minister's comments were "insulting" to oil and gas workers and urged Nicola Sturgeon to distance the government from Harvie's anti-jobs stance.
Sir Ian Wood also said this morning: “We must not create an adverse investment environment at this crucial moment in our energy transition journey. The future prosperity of our region and the country’s ability to meet net zero, depends on it.”
The chief executive of Aberdeen and Grampian Chamber of Commerce, Russell Borthwick, said afterwards that the oil and gas industry shouldn't be "vilified as the baddies" and "we need to stop some of the knee-jerk reactions that we are hearing".
Scottish Conservative Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Liam Kerr MSP, said: "The Cambo project not going ahead would risk Scottish jobs, risk our energy supply, and risk our ability to meet net zero targets.
"Sir Ian Wood is spot on. Importing energy from abroad would be more expensive for the public and would do more harm to the planet than using the energy on our doorstep.
"It's shameful to hear a Scottish Government minister cheering on potential job losses across the North East of Scotland that would actually hurt our ability to meet net zero targets.
"Patrick Harvie wrongly brands supporters of Scotland's oil and gas industry as ‘hard right’, which is insulting to the tens of thousands of workers in our North Sea sector.
"Nicola Sturgeon must distance her government from these comments quickly.
"Her opposition to future oil and gas projects seems to be discouraging investment already. It won't help if she lets government ministers take pot shots at everyone who works in oil and gas.
"We warned bringing the extremist Greens into government would hurt Scotland's economy and, already, it's damaging business confidence and risking jobs.
"This is the first time there has been a Scottish Government minister who wants fewer Scottish jobs and less investment in Scotland."