埃克森美孚将考虑在全球范围内裁员

据OFFSHORE ENERGY 9月2日报道 美国能源巨头埃克森美孚在澳大利亚宣布了一项自愿裁员计划后，正在评估是否要在全球范围内裁员。

也就是说，埃克森美孚公司(ExxonMobil)周三表示，它已为其澳大利亚雇员启动了一项自愿裁员计划。

该公司补充说，该计划是在对其当前和未来的项目工作进行广泛审查之后进行的。

埃克森美孚公司表示，选择参加这项自愿计划的员工将被要求在9月份之前表达意向。该项目面向墨尔本、吉普斯兰、悉尼、阿德莱德和珀斯的所有员工。

参加该计划的员工将得到公司的扶持，包括再就业服务。

该公司表示:“该计划将确保公司能够度过这些前所未有的市场环境。”

该公司并没有说明将裁减多少员工，但声明称自愿裁员计划适用于所有表示有意向的员工。

埃克森美孚(ExxonMobil)是最新一家开始裁员的大型石油公司，其裁员原因是新型冠状病毒大流行导致燃料需求出现历史性暴跌。例如，英国石油公司(BP)在6月初宣布，今年将在全球裁员1万人。其他裁员的公司包括哈里伯顿(Halliburton)和森马(SembMarine)等。

该公司已经将资本支出削减了100亿美元，至230亿美元左右。埃克森美孚还在8月份表示，计划削减资本支出和运营支出，以捍卫其股息。此前，该公司在第一和第二季度报告了亏损——35年来首次连续出现季度亏损。

埃克森美孚发言人凯西·诺顿通过电子邮件告诉路透社:“我们正在逐个国家进行评估，以评估可能的额外效率，以调整我们的业务规模，使其在未来更加强大。”

上述言论标志着一种转变，因为埃克森美孚曾在7月对路透表示，没有因疫情而裁员的计划，也没有在今年的员工评估中设定裁员百分比目标。

同样在澳大利亚，埃克森美孚(ExxonMobil)也在寻求出售其在巴斯海峡油气合资公司(Bass Strait oil and gas joint venture) 50%的股份，这可能为他们带来30亿美元的收入。

目前，在巴斯海峡组建合资企业有点不受欢迎，因为必和必拓上月还透露，计划出售所持合资企业50%的股份，以便专注于价值更高的石油资产。

分析师们猜测，除了在巴斯海峡(Bass Strait)的持股，埃克森美孚还可能出售或关闭其位于墨尔本的阿尔托纳(Altona)工厂，这是澳大利亚历史最悠久的炼油厂。

朱寅 摘译自 OFFSHORE ENERGY

原文如下：

ExxonMobil mulls worldwide job cuts after revealing lay-off plan in Australia

U.S. energy giant ExxonMobil is assessing whether to cut jobs worldwide after announcing a voluntary lay-off programme in Australia.

Namely, ExxonMobil said on Wednesday that it started a voluntary redundancy program for its Australian employees.

The company added that the program followed an extensive review of its current and future project work.

ExxonMobil stated that employees who elected to take part in the voluntary program would be asked to offer expressions of interest through September. The program is being offered to all employees in Melbourne, Gippsland, Sydney, Adelaide, and Perth.

“Employees who participate in the program will be provided with company support, including outplacement services.

“This program will ensure the company manages through these unprecedented market conditions”, the company stated.

The company did not say what percentage of its workforce it was seeking to cut, but the statement claimed that the voluntary redundancy program was available to all employees who expressed an interest.

ExxonMobil is the latest oil major to embark on axing jobs spurred by a historic collapse in fuel demand because of the coronavirus pandemic. BP, for example, announced in early June that it would be reducing its global workforce by 10,000 people this year. Other companies which cut its workforce include Halliburton and SembMarine amongst others.

The company has already slashed its capex spending by $10 billion to around $23 billion. Exxon also stated in August that it planned both capex and opex cuts to defend its dividend after reporting losses in the first and second quarters – first back-to-back quarterly loss in over three and a half decades.

ExxonMobil spokesman Casey Norton told Reuters via email: “We have evaluations underway on a country-by-country basis to assess possible additional efficiencies to right-size our business and make it stronger for the future”.

The comments mark a shift, as Exxon told Reuters in July that it had no plans for layoffs due to the pandemic and no percentage targets to reduce its workforce through this year’s employee reviews.

Also in Australia, ExxonMobil is looking to sell its 50 per cent stake in the Bass Strait oil and gas joint venture which could earn them up to $3 billion.

The Bass Strait JV is kind of unwanted at the moment as BHP also revealed plans last month to sell its 50 per cent stake in the JV to enable focusing on higher-value petroleum assets.

Apart from its stake in Bass Strait, analysts have speculated that ExxonMobil could also sell or close its Altona plant in Melbourne, Australia’s oldest refinery.