据路透社1月13日伦敦报道,一名熟悉公司内情的消息人士13日在伦敦对路透社记者说,以非洲为重点的英国著名独立石油生产公司图洛石油计划削减员工人数并已启动人员编制审查。
世界各地的石油公司时下都在应对油价的暴跌,油价暴跌已导致他们的收入大幅减少并使得油气公司处在削减其他成本的压力之下。
这名消息人士说,图洛石油公司将成为一个规模较小的石油公司。
总部设在伦敦的图洛石油公司在22个国家中拥有2000多名员工,该公司在非洲业务所雇的员工数就占到了总员工数的一半。
为了应对油价暴跌,图洛石油公司日前削减了其2015年资本支出计划,今年资本支出削减到了3亿美元,而该公司去年上半年就投资了10亿美元。
为了遏制勘探成本,图洛石油公司日前开始审查其在非洲海上的一些规模较小的钻井项目。
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原文如下:
Tullow Oil to cut jobs as weak oil prices bite
LONDON Jan 13 (Reuters) - Africa-focused oil producer Tullow Oil is planning to cut jobs and has launched a staffing review, a source familiar with the company said on Tuesday.
Oil companies across the globe are grappling with a drastic drop in oil prices that has hit earnings, putting firms under pressure to cut costs elsewhere.
"Tullow will be a smaller company," the source said.
London-listed Tullow Oil employs more than 2,000 people across 22 countries, with its African operations accounting for half the total workforce.
Tullow Oil has cut its capital expenditure plans for this year to $300 million, down from $1 billion invested in the first half of 2014 alone.
It has already placed some of its smaller African offshore drilling projects under review in an attempt to rein in exploration costs.