UPDATE: Schlumberger CEO: Further Layoffs Likely
2009年3月24日 - 12:47AM
Dow Jones News
Schlumberger Ltd. (SLB) Chief Executive Andrew Gould said Monday
that a further round of layoffs is likely at the oil services firm
due to low energy prices.
"We have already announced a headcount reduction of 5%, which
will largely be completed by the end of the first quarter, and a
further reduction of a similar amount is likely over the coming
months," he said in a speech at the Howard Weil annual energy
conference.
Gould's comments come as other oilfield services companies have
announced layoffs in response to falling oil and natural gas
prices.
Earlier this month, oilfield services provider Baker Hughes Inc.
(BHI) said the company has begun laying off 1,500 workers, or about
4% of its workforce, as part of a second round of cuts resulting
from the economic downturn.
-By Jason Womack, Dow Jones Newswires; 1-713-547-9201;
jason.womack@dowjones.com