Workforce

A report by an economics professor at Ohio State University says shale gas development in eastern Ohio will generate jobs, but only a fraction of the total projected by the industry.

Chesapeake Energy Corp. has opened a $7 million oilfield services and training center in the heart of the Marcellus Shale that offers all of the comforts of home — and then some.

Chevron Corp. said Tuesday it will reduce its workforce by 2,000 this year and cut the staff further in 2011 as part of an announced restructuring that will focus more on upstream operations and less on refining and marketing.

Chevron Corp. said Tuesday it will reduce its workforce by 2,000 this year and cut the staff further in 2011 as part of an announced restructuring that will focus more on upstream operations and less on refining and marketing.

Calgary’s Talisman Energy Inc. last week laid off 220 people, or 15% of its workforce in North America, as it restructures its natural gas business from conventional to unconventional.

Calgary’s Talisman Energy Inc. on Wednesday laid off 220 people, or 15% of its workforce in North America, as it restructures its natural gas business from conventional to unconventional.

El Paso Corp. on Tuesday cut around 6%, or 300, of its 5,000-plus workforce as part of its efforts to streamline operations, a spokesman told NGI.

San Francisco-based Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) senior management said Thursday the utility expects about a 2% workforce reduction from ongoing efficiency programs, and externally the utility is considering sponsoring a statewide ballot initiative next June to make municipalization efforts much harder to complete.

San Francisco-based Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) senior management said last Thursday the utility expects about a 2% workforce reduction from ongoing efficiency programs. Externally the utility is considering whether to sponsor a California ballot initiative next June to make municipalization efforts more difficult to complete.