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10th December 2014, 08:44 AM
BP (BP.L) will cut thousands of jobs cut across its global oil and gas business by the end of next year in a $1 billion restructuring programme announced on Wednesday following steep falls in oil prices.
The British oil major said it was also considering deeper cuts to its 2015 budget beyond the $1-$2 billion reduction already announced in October, as a result of the oil slump.
"Given the recent position taken by OPEC and with oil prices where they are today, we will continue to review this further," BP head of upstream Lamar McKay said in a presentation during an investor day in London.
The bulk of the restructuring costs will go towards staff redundancies in all segments, including oil exploration and production, refining and trading and administration, a company spokesman said.
BP said a first charge will be taken in the fourth quarter of 2014 as it implements a plan drawn up over the past 18 months to increase efficiency.
"We expect the group to incur about $1 billion of non-operating restructuring charges over the next five quarters, including the current quarter," the company said.
Thousands of BP's global work force of around 84,000 are expected to lose their jobs, sources said.
http://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/topstories/bp-to-spend-dollar1-billion-on-thousands-of-job-cuts/ar-BBgABKH
The British oil major said it was also considering deeper cuts to its 2015 budget beyond the $1-$2 billion reduction already announced in October, as a result of the oil slump.
"Given the recent position taken by OPEC and with oil prices where they are today, we will continue to review this further," BP head of upstream Lamar McKay said in a presentation during an investor day in London.
The bulk of the restructuring costs will go towards staff redundancies in all segments, including oil exploration and production, refining and trading and administration, a company spokesman said.
BP said a first charge will be taken in the fourth quarter of 2014 as it implements a plan drawn up over the past 18 months to increase efficiency.
"We expect the group to incur about $1 billion of non-operating restructuring charges over the next five quarters, including the current quarter," the company said.
Thousands of BP's global work force of around 84,000 are expected to lose their jobs, sources said.
http://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/topstories/bp-to-spend-dollar1-billion-on-thousands-of-job-cuts/ar-BBgABKH