Recent News and Discussions About Oil Worker Layoffs
Top Oil & Gas Firms Increased Layoffs, Cutting 15k Jobs in 2021
https://bailoutwatch.org/analysis/top-oil–gas-firms-increased-layoffs-cutting-15k-jobs-2021
May 9, 2022 — The companies slashed payrolls by 13% over a two-year period, eliminating 6% of their 2019 workers during 2020 and another 7.3% during 2021 …
The oil and gas industry has lost more than 100,000 jobs this …
https://fortune.com/2020/10/05/oil-gas-jobs-transition-climate-coronavirus/
Oct 4, 2020 — The oil , natural gas, and chemicals industry in the U.S. eliminated 107,000 jobs between March and August of this year, according to a report …
Thousands Of Laid-Off Oil Workers Struggle To Start Again
https://www.wwno.org/post/thousands-laid-oil-workers-struggle-start-again
Jan 27, 2021 — With one of the highest unemployment rates in the nation, hovering around 7 percent, laid-off oil workers are struggling to find their …
US oil and gas industry lost 107,000 jobs in the pandemic …
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/energy/article/U-S-oil-and-gas-industry-lost-107-000-jobs-in-15633468.php
Oct 9, 2020 — About 107,000 oil , gas and petrochemical workers — or about 7 percent of the 1.5 million employed in the industry nationally — have been laid …
The U.S. Lost 120,000 Oil & Gas Jobs In 2020 | OilPrice.com
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/The-US-Lost-120000-Oil-Gas-Jobs-In-2020.html
Mar 10, 2021 — Companies in the industry cut thousands of jobs in the United States and globally last year. The biggest oil firms cut thousands of jobs each, …
The pandemic made 107000 oil and gas jobs disappear. Most …
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/08/business/oil-gas-jobs/index.html
Oct 8, 2020 — A staggering 107,000 jobs vanished from the US oil , gas and chemicals industry between March and August 2020, according to an analysis published …
A US oil company cut nearly 2000 jobs – The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/18/marathon-petroleum-job-cuts-pandemic-benefits
Jun 18, 2021 — Last year, Marathon laid off 1,920 workers across the US despite taking $2.1bn in federal tax benefits meant to cushion the pandemic’s blow …
Oilfield workforce shrinks in 2021, giving up all last year’s gains
https://www.worldoil.com/news/2021/3/5/oilfield-workforce-shrinks-in-2021-giving-up-all-last-year-s-gains
Mar 5, 2021 — OFS job losses since February 2020 are estimated to be heaviest in Texas and Louisiana, which are the nation’s leaders in oil and gas production …
Fossil Fuel Companies Are Job Killers – The New Republic
https://newrepublic.com/article/161937/fossil-fuel-companies-job-killers
Apr 5, 2021 — Fossil fuel companies are generally happy to take federal money and lay off employees anyway. A study from Bailout Watch finds that 77 oil and …
The future of work in oil, gas and chemicals – Deloitte
https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/industry/oil-and-gas/future-of-work-oil-and-gas-chemicals.html
Oct 5, 2020 — The employment situation took a turn for the worse due to COVID-led slowdown of the economy and the resulting oil price crash, leading to the …
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