Tag: Schlumberger
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COVID-19: 236 local oil & gas workers rendered jobless; more to follow
Some 236 Ghanaian employees in the oil and gas sector have lost their jobs whereas others have taken pay cuts since May this year, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global oil production. This is just a fraction of the about 2,000 Ghanaian employees in the sector, out of which nearly a…
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Help us obtain our full severance package – Suspended Schlumberger workers to Energy Ministry
Suspended workers of Schlumberger, an international oil and gas service provider operating in Ghana, are calling on the Ministry of Energy and the Petroleum Commission, to help them in their demand for full severance package instead of the 40% payment given to them. An Executive Member of Schlumberger Workers Union, Sylvester Boadi, tells Citi Business…
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Suspended Schlumberger workers demand full severance package
Suspended workers of Schlumberger, an international oil and gas service provider operating in Ghana, are demanding full severance package as agreed in their 2016 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The Chairman of the Schlumberger Workers Union, Bright Kwabena Danquah, told Citi Business News the company last month gave letters to about 60 of its Ghanaian workers…
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Survivors of 2014 LukOil helicopter crash yet to be compensated
Some survivors of the 2014 helicopter crash that killed four petroleum workers off the coast of the Western Region say they have not received any compensation despite the conclusion of investigations into the crash. The four persons who died in the accident which occurred on May 8, 2014, included two Ghanaians, a Nigerian and a…