Aker Solutions to Cut Jobs in its Norway Subsea Division
Aker Solutions said on Thursday it planned to cut 150-200 jobs out of 3,000 in its subsea division as low oil prices made companies to cut spending. "Our Norwegian subsea services unit has had a slow start to the year as oil companies reduce spending and delay some projects," Per Harald Kongelf, head of Aker Solutions in Norway, said in a statement. In February, the firm announced up to 300 lay-offs within the maintenance, modifications and operations (MMO) division. (Reporting by Stine Jacobsen, editing by Nerijus Adomaitis
Aker Not to lay off Staff
will be reduced as projects are completed. This is in line with the yard's plans. "We are currently tendering for several new projects for our Egersund yard and we are confident that we will secure new work to maintain a robust activity level also during the last half of 2015," said Per Harald Kongelf, head of Aker Solutions in Norway. "We have no plans to lay off staff." The use of contractors is part of the yard's business model and has typically fluctuated from year to year. The yard typically uses contractors when activity levels are high and scales back this use as projects