Oil Company Layoffs 2020. eliminated 107,000 jobs between March and August of this year, Oil gi
eliminated 107,000 jobs between March and August of this year, Oil giants like Exxon Mobil have slashed their 2020 exploration and production budgets by nearly a third, and that was before the total oil And now, the spread of the coronavirus, coupled with an oil-price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia, threatens to devastate the oil services industry and its workers once According to a survey by an organization called PetrolLMI, 37 percent of Canadian oil and gas companies made permanent layoffs due to the pandemic-driven oil price and oil demand slump. energy producers navigating the industry’s worst downturn in Most major companies have responded by cutting staff (we're tracking layoffs here). N>, the top U. Elliott In Chevron Corp. oil refiner, is cutting 12% of its workforce amid continued declines in fuel consumption due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it Credit: bp “Our strategy — from international oil company to integrated energy company — does not change. The oil giant’s job cuts are just the latest sign of struggle among U. staff by around 1,900 employees. The pandemic caused demand for oil to collapse. oil company's plan to cut between $2 billion to $3 billion in costs by the end of next year, it said. The reductions will consist of both voluntary A new analysis reveals that more than 1 million oilfield service jobs are likely to be cut in 2020 as the novel coronavirus craters demand for oil. S. But oil companies have been doing more with less in recent years as their focus has shifted from growing output to returning more Maersk, WarnerMedia, Exxon, Regal movie theaters, and multiple airlines are the most recent to cut thousands of jobs amid the The current crisis and the tens of thousands of layoffs every month since March are setting the stage for a massive talent shortage in Marathon Petroleum Corp <MPC. We're The oil, natural gas, and chemicals industry in the U. Chevron had more than 40,200 employees at the end of 2023, according to the company’s latest annual report. The move comes as the company is increasing ConocoPhillips of Houston on Wednesday announced plans to reduce its global work force by up to 25 percent. oilfield has weathered previous downturns, but Trump's policies have added to the slide in producers' per-barrel While the cuts are deeper than at other oil companies, they are in keeping with a broad trend of layoffs at oil and gas companies as they The industry is pumping ever more oil and natural gas, but it is doing so with only about three-quarters as many workers as it employed a Shell plans to scale back its oil and gas exploration and development workforce by 20% as CEO Wael Sawan widens his cost It's part of the second-largest U. Oil giants BP and Schlumberger, for example, have announced they're cutting more than The largest U. A top Chevron will lay off 15% to 20% of its global workforce by the end of 2026, as it seeks to cut costs and simplify its business, the US oil company said Wednesday. In the worst scenario, a 20% layoff would equate to about Layoffs in oil and gas companies rise in 2025 as Exxon, Chevron, Shell, and BP cut jobs amid falling crude prices and weak demand. European oil giant Royal Dutch Shell expects to cut up to 9,000 jobs, or about 10% of its workforce, as it seeks to transform into a more sustainable energy producer, the . Chevron will lay off 15% to 20% of its workers, or roughly 6,000 to 8,000 people, the company told employees on Wednesday. A staggering 107,000 jobs vanished from the US oil, gas and chemicals industry between March and August 2020, according to an analysis published this week by Deloitte. Exxon said Thursday that it intends to reduce its U. has announced that it will lay off 15-20% of its global workforce and reorganize its business structure. I’m convinced about the The oil producer said the layoffs are part of a cost-cutting initiative. And attracting a new kind of oil and gas employee runs up against both stiff competition from tech companies vying for many of the Chevron will lay off 15% to 20% of its workers, or roughly 6,000 to 8,000 people, the company told employees on Wednesday. By Rebecca F.