{"id":17611,"date":"2016-02-10T13:25:10","date_gmt":"2016-02-10T18:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=17611"},"modified":"2016-02-10T13:25:10","modified_gmt":"2016-02-10T18:25:10","slug":"husky-layoffs-confirmed-as-calgary-company-continues-cost-cutting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=17611","title":{"rendered":"Husky layoffs confirmed as Calgary company continues cost-cutting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"wrap12 story-head\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div class=\"colfull\">\n<div class=\"story-headline\">\n<h3 class=\"story-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/calgary\/husky-layoffs-energy-oil-prices-1.3441201\" target=\"_blank\">Husky layoffs confirmed as Calgary company continues cost-cutting<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"story-deck\"><strong>Latest round of cuts hits Alberta&#8217;s energy industry as oil prices remain low<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"small lighttext\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/1.3441365.1455070202!\/fileImage\/httpImage\/image.jpg_gen\/derivatives\/16x9_620\/husky-layoffs-job-cuts.jpg\" alt=\"More job cuts were announced for Husky Energy on Tuesday as the company looks to weather the current downturn.\" width=\"100%\" height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wrap8 story-primary\">\n<div id=\"leadmedia\" class=\"story-leadmedia col8\">\n<div class=\"figure\">\n<p class=\"figure-caption\">More job cuts were announced for Husky Energy on Tuesday as the company looks to weather the current downturn. (CBC)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wrap8 story-bodywrapper sclt-storybody\">\n<div id=\"sharecount_gig_containerParent\" class=\"story-middle col2\">\n<div id=\"sharecount\" class=\"sclt-share\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_11_0_2_1455125469960_12\" class=\"gig-bar-container gig-share-bar-container\">\n<p>Calgary-based Husky Energy says layoffs were announced\u00a0today\u00a0to ensure the company&#8217;s resilience during low oil prices.<\/p>\n<p>The company did\u00a0not provide\u00a0any specific numbers,\u00a0but says the staff reductions were across its operations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These are difficult decisions and we will continue to take the steps necessary to ensure the company&#8217;s resilience through this cycle and beyond,&#8221; said company spokesperson\u00a0Mel Duvall in an\u00a0email.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/calgary\/caac-low-oil-empty-downtown-offices-1.3439316\">The hollow heart of Calgary&#8217;s downtown core<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/calgary\/jingle-mail-alberta-housing-1.3430867\">Jingle mail rears its ugly head in Alberta again<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Staff tell CBC News layoffs include full-time staff and contractors.<\/p>\n<p>Late last year, Husky said it was looking to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/calgary\/husky-energy-assumes-40-dollar-oil-for-2016-1.3355283\">sell some of its conventional oil and natural gas assets<\/a>\u00a0in Western Canada.<\/p>\n<p>That includes producing wells from northeastern B.C. to southeastern Saskatchewan, as well as pipelines and storage tanks in the Lloydminster area, but no oilsands or heavy oil assets.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_11_0_1_1455125469960_28\">Social media postings suggest that many of the positions cut were related to those assets on the block.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Husky layoffs confirmed as Calgary company continues cost-cutting Latest round of cuts hits Alberta&#8217;s energy industry as oil prices remain low More job cuts were announced for Husky Energy on Tuesday as the company looks to weather the current downturn. 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