 鲜花( 0)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
Suncor to lay off another 1,000 workers; g# Z: I) y& H0 v- s/ i
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 | 06:03 PM EST
( Y) i" b. ]- X" ~( ^* N3 WCanwest news service
% |! ]% _. L8 s& x7 U
1 }6 n( `4 Q4 l. [' s0 {CALGARY -- Calgary-based Suncor Energy plans to lay off another 1,000 workers this year as it continues to digest the assets of Petro-Canada picked up in a merger last fall.
# B- o; ?- k- [! h% A' W; J/ A+ W
The action, announced at an investor's conference in New York this afternoon, will double the staff reductions to 2,000.
, O4 o* U2 \) Z3 p/ ]7 [- K6 h& i1 g# |# g5 B7 G% \
4 |; z) {1 m2 i3 e2 e: z! T
( C3 y8 X# L9 e% }. o2 R3 N0 u3 H& b" E
. u4 m2 D: |) m+ H
"Where most of the synergies are coming from are reduction and workforce," said John Rogers, vice-president of investor relations, during a presentation to the BMO Capital Markets Unconventional Resource Conference.5 [: c; K- ^3 a/ Y& H9 m
* `& Q. i* y/ s% i3 \0 Z
% O0 u# A8 i# }- v {! h
"To date, we've laid off about 1,000 people. By the end of this year, 2010, we would expect we'd lay off an additional 1,000, which will bring us to a total of about 2,000 people laid off through the merger."
. u1 {* o; d) ]$ z6 A
. @2 ]2 Y) Q) r4 o5 o0 y
: \ ^ n' L/ q/ ^$ ]Mr. Rogers also said the company is doing a "total relook" at the Fort Hills oil sands project, a Petro-Canada project which at one time was estimated to cost more than $25-million.( I- E; p2 V; W% Y$ H& o
' n) j `/ I. B7 ~7 s ?
+ ]+ ]2 S* P7 V, J; P
Suncor recently announced the sale of a half-billion dollars worth of U.S. gas assets and expects this year to sell $2-billion to $3-billion worth of Canadian assets producing 360 million cubic feet per day of natural gas. |
|
狗仔卡
发表于 2010-1-12 18:23
提升卡
置顶卡
沉默卡
喧嚣卡
变色卡
显身卡
发表于 2010-1-12 19:05
楼主
