Archive for the ‘Other Personnel News’ Category

The National Urban League called on the oil and gas industry and other US energy businesses to work more aggressively in educating and recruiting minorities to fill future positions as their companies expand and their workforces grow.  

A steering committee formed by Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC) will oversee merger of the company’s two main offshore operating companies, Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Co. (ADMA-OPCO) and Zakum Oil Development Co. (ZADCO).

Just 27% of US oil and gas firms plan to freeze salaries in 2017 compared with more than half of those firms doing so in 2016, according to a survey from Aon Hewitt, a provider of human capital and management consulting services.

A.P. Moller-Maersk AS, Copenhagen, is separating its transportation and oil businesses and starting a 2-year strategic review of the latter.

A recovery in the oil and gas industry may have already begun or will begin next year, according to more than half (59%) of the oil and gas professionals surveyed recently by Deloitte. This would mean that the industry downturn—now 2 years old—may be drawing to a close, the survey suggests.

While oil and gas work struggles in a commodity-price slump, top-level recruitment at exploration and production companies is brisk, says an energy-industry recruiter with more than 20 years of experience.

Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) said 11,704 employees have enrolled in its voluntary termination program designed to “optimize productivity and reduce costs.”

Despite increases in crude-oil prices since the start of the year, employment in oil and natural gas extraction and support activities continue to decline from levels reached in the fall of 2014.

Royale Energy Inc., San Diego, and privately held Matrix Oil Corp., Santa Barbara, have agreed to merge in a $41.5-million deal making Matrix a wholly owned subsidiary of Royale.

Atlas Resources Partners LP, Philadelphia, will emerge from a planned restructuring as Titan Energy LLC.