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Leviathan partners secure funding

Nov 28, 2016

Partners in the Leviathan field offshore Israel have secured US$1.5-1.75 billion funding towards the field development project. Delek Drilling and Avner Oil Exploration secured the cash from HSBC Bank and J.P. Morgan. It will be released in tranches…

Noble lays out job cuts, four-year plan

Nov 17, 2016

Noble Energy's long-term plans has cut 60 jobs from its workforce, with 55 of them in Houston, and lays out plans for its offshore assets in the Eastern Mediterranean. Tamar operations, image from Delek…

Shell to cut 380 jobs in Glasgow

Nov 16, 2016

Shell is set to cut 380 jobs as the supermajor moves to close its finance office in Glasgow following a review of its global finance operations, according to news reports. 'For Shell to remain competitive, difficult choices continue to…

Statoil axes Stena Don contract

Oct 25, 2016

Statoil is cutting its contract short for Stena Drilling's Stena Don semisubmersible drilling rig, leading to about 180 job cuts. The Stena Don, from Stena Drilling. The rig has been on contract with Statoil since 7 February 2014…

FMC: Further job cuts in Q4

Oct 21, 2016

FMC Technologies is moving forward with its aggressive tactics to make more job cuts in Q4 2016, as the company reported a 29% drop in revenue for Q3 2016. Illustration of FMC Houston offices, from FMC Flickr…

Norwegian workers lay down tools

Sep 21, 2016

More than 300 oil service employees in Norway have gone on strike this morning after mediation talks yesterday were said to have failed. Industry Energy, a union which represents workers, claimed the Norwegian Oil & Gas association did…

Schlumberger job cuts hit 16,000 in 2016

Jul 22, 2016

Schlumberger has reduced its workforce by 16,000 so far this year, which the oil services giant attributed to weak activity that it expects to persist throughout the year. Image from Schlumberger…

BG Group lay offs hit Houston

Jul 12, 2016

The Houston BG Group office will close by the end of the year, and layoff a total of 154 jobs, with the majority set to be cut late next month. According to a letter to the Texas Workforce Commission, 118 employees will be laid off on 31 August…

Boskalis to cut 650 jobs, 24 vessels

Jul 08, 2016

Royal Boskalis Westminster has made a drastic decision to cut about 650 jobs worldwide, and take more than two dozen vessels out of service in the next two years as a result of the prolonged, weakened market.   Image from Boskalis…

Subsea 7: 1200 staff to go by early 2017

Jun 22, 2016

Subsea 7 will cut 1200 staff from its workforce, and five vessels from its active fleet by early 2017 amid the ongoing downturn in the oil and gas industry.  Subsea 7 said that the job and vessel cuts together with other cost savings initiatives started at the beginning of the year…

475 Shell UK and Ireland jobs to go

May 26, 2016

Oil major Shell has said it is to cut around 475 jobs from its UK and Ireland business by the end of this year as it further reduces its cost base.  The firm has already announced more than 10,000 jobs cuts globally, including some 2800…

Shell extends Wood Group North Sea contracts

May 05, 2016

Wood Group has been awarded a three-year contract, extending its support of Shell’s eight UK Continental Shelf offshore assets. Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) will continue to deliver maintenance and construction services to the Shearwater, Gannet…

Centrica to cut 3000 jobs in 2016

Apr 18, 2016

Centrica plc will reduce its workforce by 3000 jobs this year, with the first 800 jobs to be cut in the first three months, in efforts to cut costs by more than US$1 billion (£750 million) per year. The job cuts are most likely to hit British Gas…

Chevron cuts 655 Houston jobs

Apr 07, 2016

Supermajor Chevron has cut 655 upstream jobs from its Houston workforce, adding to the list of oil and gas companies that have been hit by the low oil prices. John Watson, from Chevron. “In light of the current market environment…

Murphy Oil: A reduction in force

Apr 04, 2016

Murphy Oil is planning to make cuts to its worldwide workforce in direct response to the negative impacts of low commodity prices. Image from Murphy Oil. “Over the course of the past year and a half…

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