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Maersk cuts Chissonga jobs in Houston, Angola

Mar 31, 2016

Some 100 job cuts are being made at Maersk Oil as the company struggles with improving returns on its unsanctioned Chissonga project in Angola that will see the closing of its Houston office and reducing its staff in Luanda. Image…

Transocean to cut 80 Discoverer Americas jobs

Mar 15, 2016

Transocean will lay off about 80 jobs that were part of the Transocean Discoverer Americas ultra deepwater unit, which Statoil canceled in December. The Discoverer Americas, from Transocean. The 70-80 lay offs…

Aker axes 600 more subsea jobs

Mar 14, 2016

Aker Solutions is reducing its Norwegian workforce by as many as 600 positions as the company takes necessary measures to strengthen the organization and boost competitiveness amid a continued market slowdown. Image from Aker…

Anadarko to cut 1000 jobs

Mar 10, 2016

Anadarko Petroleum has cut some1000 jobs from its workforce, as the company braces itself for its proposed budget cut of nearly 50%, to stay afloat during the downturn hitting the entire oil and gas industry. Anadarko CEO Al Walker…

Shell completes BG merger

Feb 15, 2016

Royal Dutch Shell has officially acquired 100% of BG Group today (15 February) in a US$70 billion mega merger that leaves Shell as one of the biggest oil and gas companies in the world. Shell CEO Ben van Beurden…

UK court sanctions Shell, BG merger

Feb 11, 2016

The High Court of Justice of England and Wales has sanctioned the mega merger between supermajor Shell and BG Group, paving the way for the biggest merger in more than a decade to be complete early next week.  However, the merger remains…

SBM cuts 3200 jobs in 2015, more to come

Feb 10, 2016

SBM Offshore says there are no signs of recovery before 2018, as the floating production specialist reduced its workforce by 3200 in 2015, with more job cuts expected this year. Image of the Cidade de Saquarema in Guanabara Bay…

EU clears Schlumberger, Cameron merger

Feb 05, 2016

Schlumberger has received approval from the European Commission (EU) for the US$14.8 billion takeover of Cameron International, after the EU concluded that the proposed acquisition would raise no competition concerns. Schlumberger…

Shell in the red, confirms 10,000 job cuts

Feb 04, 2016

Shell’s Q4 2015 earnings fell 57% along with its full year earnings taking a major plunge of 80%, as the Anglo-Dutch supermajor confirms the reduction of some 10,000 across both Shell and BG Group, once the mega merger is complete in a few weeks…

Shell, BG merger gets final approval

Jan 28, 2016

BG Group shareholders made the final decision in the US$70 billion mega merger with Shell in an overwhelming 99.53% vote in favor of the deal today (28 January), making it the biggest merger between two supermajors in more than a decade. BG…

Shell shareholders approve BG merger

Jan 27, 2016

Shell shareholders approved the US$70 billion takeover of BG Group in a landslide vote of 83.08% in favor of the mega merger today (27 January) in The Hague, The Netherlands. Shell CEO Ben van Beurden…

Schlumberger in $1bn loss, 10,000 job cuts

Jan 22, 2016

Oil services giant Schlumberger posted more than a US$1 billion loss in its Q4 and full year 2015 results, in addition to a further 10,000 job cuts, bringing its workforce reduction to some 30,000 for the year. Kibsgaard…

BP to cut about 4000 jobs by 2017

Jan 12, 2016

UK oil giant BP plans to cut approximately 4000 jobs across its global upstream sector in the next two years to simplify its business, improve efficiency, and reduce costs. Image from BP. BP…

Schlumberger to raise $6 billion for merger

Dec 15, 2015

Houston-based Schlumberger will issue five tranches of senior notes worth US$6 billion to help fund its pending $14.8 billion mega merger with Cameron International. Image from Schlumberger. Last week on 10 December…

Shell, BG to shed 2800 jobs as merger clears

Dec 14, 2015

Shell has cleared the final regulatory approval for its US$70 billion acquisition of BG Group, after receiving 'unconditional merger clearance' from the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM). This approval from China is the final regulatory…

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