据海外媒体3月7日休斯敦报道,根据美国劳工部3月4日发布的就业报告中透露的统计数据,尽管美国在2月份增加了24.2万个工作岗位,然而,采矿业的工作岗位在此期间减少了1.9万个。
这使得美国采矿业的工作岗位总数自2014年9月最近的高峰以来减少了17.1万个。在这个数字中,四分之三以上的岗位流失来自采矿业的支持活动。在2月份,采矿业的支持活动几乎减少了1.6万个工作岗位。
在经济低迷时期,深水生产的投资也有所减少。在2月份,全球最大钻井船东Transocean公司宣布了该公司将裁减近200名雇员并停运墨西哥湾的两部钻机。
另外,在墨西哥湾和西非海上拥有深水资产的美国Cobalt国际能源公司宣布将从其位于休斯敦的总部削减50个工作岗位。
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原文如下:
US Jobs Report: Oil, Gas Layoff Troubles Continue
Global Oil & Gas News
Monday, March 07, 2016
According to data in the jobs report released March 4 by the U.S. Department of Labor, despite the country’s increase of 242,000 jobs in February, mining jobs declined by 19,000. This brings the total number of mining jobs shed to 171,000 since the most recent peak in September 2014. Of that number, more than three-fourths of the job losses came in support activities for mining. In February, almost 16,000 jobs were lost in support activities for mining.
Investments in deepwater production have also declined during the downturn. In February, Transocean announced it was laying off nearly 200 employees and stacking two rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. Additionally, Cobalt International, which has deepwater assets in the Gulf of Mexico and offshore West Africa, announced it was cutting 50 positions from its corporate office in Houston