Royal Dutch Shell is planning to move 95 or around five percent jobs from New Orleans to Houston. This announcement comes amidst the company's aim to cut its worldwide workforce by at least 10,000 jobs.
The company earlier announced its plans to let go of 2800 positions globally this year as part and parcel its merger with British rival BG Group. The ultimate goal is to end up with 7,500 positions amid slumping oil prices.
According to The Advocate, the 95 jobs that will be cut will bring down the employees from 1900 this month to at least 1800. The workforce was at 2300 last year. However, the also revealed that they plan to keep their presence in New Orleans over the long term.
"Our New Orleans office continues to be our operations center of expertise for Deep Water, including engineering, operations support and three offshore technology centers," Kimberly Windon, Shell spokeswoman, said. "Shell values our position and presence in the Greater New Orleans area - for our ongoing business, offshore training needs and long-standing relationships in the community," she added.
It was in early 2015 when Shell announced its workforce reduction.
NOLA also reported that the oil and gas company has announced the relocation of certain jobs from its global deepwater exploration and production division to its U.S. headquarters located in Houston. Furthermore, the company's plans in New Orleans looks like it is planning to target jobs that provide support to the company's oil and gas developments in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The said project is considered to be one of the of the most expensive and long-term projects of the company.
It was early this year when Shell completely took over of Britain's BG Group. The merging brought about plans that streamline and would possibly shed around $30 billion in assets over the next three years.
