While global oilfield services provider Halliburton has established an office at Eccles on the East Bank of Demerara and hired local staff, the company plans to lay off some 800 workers in the United States at its El Reno operations and close its Oklahoma City office, the Associated Press (AP) yesterday reported.
A Halliburton Energy Services Inc. spokeswoman told AP that the company will provide additional information.
The Associated Press stated that it spoke with Oklahoma Office of Workforce Development spokesman, David Crow, who informed that his agency was notified of the layoffs and apparent closure of the office, effective Monday. “Crow provided a letter from Houston-based Halliburton, dated Monday that says the “mass layoff” of 808 employees is expected to be permanent and that “at this time it is expected that the facility will not remain open,” AP stated.
