(BOE Report)– U.S. oil company ConocoPhillips is laying off employees at its Canadian operations, according to three sources and a company memo reviewed by Reuters, as it moves to cut up to a quarter of its global workforce by next year. The memo did not specify how many layoffs would take place but said they would begin at the company’s Canadian
Reuters Exxon Mobil Corp XOM.N expects up to $200 million in charges this year related to job cuts in an era of cost savings, according to a regulatory filing. The biggest U.S. oil producer has slashed costs, delayed projects and said it could trim an estimated 14,000 employees globally, or 15%, including contractors. Exxon reported its first annual loss last year as the COVID-19
CNBC Saudi Aramco maintained its pledge to make good on its dividend payments, saying Thursday that it would mobilize cash and debt to fulfill the $18.75 billion payouts for the first quarter of this year despite taking a hit from the coronavirus pandemic and lower oil prices. “It will be a combination of both,” Aramco CEO Amin Nasser told press during
Houston Chronicle Houston’s Apache Corp. announced muted initial results of its exploration drilling at its hotly anticipated prospect offshore of the tiny South American nation of Suriname. Apache said it is conducting testing at two upper Cretaceous plays at about 20,000 feet in its first exploration well. However, Apache will keep drilling to test a third potential Cretaceous play at a
Reuters U.S. Silica Holdings Inc said on Friday it had cut about 230 jobs, or 10% of its workforce, as demand for its frac sand comes under pressure from oil and gas producers reducing drilling in the backdrop of volatile prices. The job cuts included employees impacted by idling of its two mines in Utica, Illinois and Tyler, Texas,
Reuters NEW YORK – U.S. gas exploration and production company Gulfport Energy Corp (GPOR.O) on Monday confirmed that it would cut jobs, change its board and end its share buybacks, in a bid to reverse a slide in its stock price. Reuters had reported the news earlier in the day, citing sources. Gulfport shares, which fell 7.8% to $2.85 in
