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Schlumberger to slash 9,000 jobs as oil prices plunge
2015-01-16 18:12:27| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Schlumberger Ltd., the world's biggest oilfield-services company, tackled the "uncertain environment" of plummeting crude prices head-on by cutting 9,000 jobs and lowering costs at a vessels unit. The 7.1 percent workforce cutback, along with the reduction and reassessment of its WesternGeco fleet, were among steps leading to a $1.77 billion fourth-quarter charge in anticipation of lower spending by customers in 2015, the Houston- and Paris- based company said in an earnings report Thursday.
Schlumberger to cut 9,000 jobs as oil craters
2015-01-16 17:10:55| Energy - Topix.net
Oilfield services giant Schlumberger plans to cut 9,000 jobs as the global collapse in crude oil prices crimps production. The cuts - about 7.5% of the company's 120,000 workers, were announced Thursday "to Crude oil's collapse will cost 9,000 jobs at Schlumberger Oilfield services giant Schlumberger plans to cut 9,000 jobs as the global collapse in crude oil prices crimps production.
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Solar industry adds 31,000 jobs
2015-01-16 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: The solar power industry added 31,000 jobs in 2014, about 20 times the job growth rate of the rest of the economy. The 21.8 percent growth rate brought the solar sector to 173,807 total U.S. jobs, according to the Solar Foundations annual job survey. The solar industry has once again proven to be a powerful engine of economic growth and job creation, Andrea Luecke, president of the Solar Foundation, said in a statement. Our census findings show that one out of every 78 new jobs created...
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Scotland to establish new energy jobs taskforce to support oil and gas sector
2015-01-16 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
The Scottish Government will set up a new energy jobs taskforce to support the oil and gas sector.
Solar Creating Jobs Nearly 20 Times Faster Than Overall U.S. Economy
2015-01-15 15:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: All those senators currently debating in Washington D.C., calling the Keystone XL pipeline approval bill an urgent jobs creation bill, are looking for jobs in all the wrong places. They should be perusing the National Solar Jobs Census 2014, the fifth annual such report compiled by the nonprofit Solar Foundation. What theyd find there puts the pipeline project to shame. Despite attacks on clean, renewable energy around the country, creating uncertainty in the sector, job creation grew dramatically....
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