据道琼斯迪拜11月10日消息,知情人士透露,雪佛龙公司计划在沙特与科威特中立区裁员至多1,000人,因这两个国家之间的纠纷已导致该区域的油田过去几个月陷入瘫痪。
雪佛龙已大幅削减了在该中立区作业的石油钻井平台数量,这一石油资源丰富的地区面积达到2,230平方英里,由沙特和科威特共同监管。其中一位知情人士表示,雪佛龙已开始裁减沙特员工。
一位雪佛龙女新闻发言人表示,不能讨论该公司员工和合同工的具体细节。
这位女新闻发言人称:“当前在获得工作许可和材料方面面临的困难已经影响到了公司的业务,迫使公司旗下雪佛龙沙特子公司和科威特海湾石油公司停止中立区的陆上开采。”
目尚不清楚这次裁员行动是否是雪佛龙在10月30日宣布的裁员6,000至7,000人计划的一部分。雪佛龙当时表示,因油价低迷,利润大幅下滑。
庞晓华摘译自道琼斯
原文如下:
Chevron Plans Close to 1,000 Layoffs of Saudi Staff in Kuwait Oil Spat
By Summer Said and Benoit Faucon
DUBAI-- Chevron Corp. is planning to lay off up to 1,000 employees working in the neutral zone between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, as a dispute between those countries has halted all work on oil fields for several months, according to people familiar with the matter.
Chevron has already significantly reduced the number of petroleum-development rigs in the neutral zone, a 2,230-square-mile oil-rich area that the countries jointly oversee. One of the people said the layoffs of Saudi Arabian staff had begun.
A Chevron spokeswoman said she couldn't "discuss specific details of our employees and contractors."
"Current difficulties in securing work permits and materials have impacted the company's operations," she said, forcing its local unit Saudi Arabian Chevron and Kuwait Gulf Oil Co. to stop onshore production in the neutral zone.
It wasn't clear whether the layoffs are part of the 6,000 to 7,000 that Chevron had announced on Oct. 30, when it reported earnings that were sharply lower because of lower oil prices.