據4月16日Offshore Energy消息：受疫情和低油價的影響，巴西國家石油公司決定關閉位于坎波斯，塞爾吉培，波蒂瓜爾和塞阿拉盆地的淺水區的62個平臺，其員工將會被轉移到其他部門。

這些措施是巴西國家石油公司計劃于3月26日傳達給市場的計劃的一部分，也是在一百年來石油行業最嚴重的危機中保護就業和公司可持續發展的措施。

據巴西國家石油公司稱，這些平臺不具備以低油價運行的經濟條件，平臺裝置的關閉符合巴西國家石油公司減少產量的計劃。

巴西國家石油公司還指出，這些平臺中有80％未配備人員，在其他部門工作的員工也不會被解雇，因為所有這些員工都將被轉移到其他組織部門。

如果員工有意向，也可以參加巴西國家石油公司最近宣布的自愿遣散計劃。

為了應對這一前所未有的危機，巴西國家石油公司還發放了信貸額度，削減和推遲了投資，并減少了運營費用和人員開支。

馮娟 摘譯自 Offshore Energy

原文如下：

Petrobras to shut down 62 offshore platforms in Brazil

Brazilian oil and gas major Petrobras has decided to halt operations at 62 platforms located offshore Brazil due to the effects of the coronavirus and the low oil price. Employees will be transferred to other units.

In an update on Wednesday, Petrobras said it would shut down 62 platforms in shallow water fields in the Campos, Sergipe, Potiguar, and Ceará basins.

These measures are part of Petrobras plan communicated to the market on 26 March and is part of a series of actions to preserve jobs and the company’s sustainability in what is the worst crisis in the oil industry in a hundred years.

According to Petrobras, these platforms do not have the economic conditions to operate with low oil prices and are active in sales processes. Also, the shutdown of these units corresponds to Petrobras’ plan to reduce its production.

Petrobras noted that, 80 per cent of these platforms are not manned, and employees who work on other units will not be dismissed because they will all be relocated to other Petrobras organizational units.

In case of interest, workers may join Petrobras’ recently announced Voluntary Severance Programs.

To face this unprecedented crisis that combines an abrupt fall in demand and oil prices, Petrobras also disbursed lines of credit, cut and postponed investments, and reduced operating expenses and personnel expenses.