does anyone know if Baker Hughes has ever said what they plan to sell as well?

From HAL's board: @FDGfR5f

Your supervisor is going to call you into a conference room. There will be HR present, and probably security. What they say is well rehearsed and they are very careful not to say something that is not 100% legal and correct. They will state that... — read more 

Halliburton Co. said it expanded its list of assets to sell as it tries to convince antitrust authorities around the world that its purchase of rival Baker Hughes Inc. won’t impede competition.

Looks like the merger is off.....

Any lay-off news for the Claremore facilities?

It does not count as 'earned income' but you will get a tax form next year. SSA and Obamacare are good to go even with unemployment INSURANCE payouts, as it does not count against you. I have survived several of these downturns since the eighties... — read more 

It has been confirmed that Tues/Wed will see the latest round of RIF's. Martin's speech on Thursday wiil offer condolences to those affected but "it had to be done to remain competitive".

BaKKKer is hiring. I know many of you loosers qualify. Those with balls apply.

500 to be cut from central area in drilling. Confirmed, plans in place. Brace yourselves

Sat in on a conference call where it came down from on high that 500 heads of grade 15 to 16 need to go in the Houston area. That's middle managers in the $100 to $150k salary range

There will be 500 cut from the OK and Central area. That's from drilling and doesn't include other divisions. The word has come down and plans are being put in place.

Your turn for mass layoffs BOD. What ya think of them apples. !! Cock sure bigheads thought you were safe lol. Welcome to the pain of not knowing if you are next.

Whoohoo baby. This is the big one . Goodbye BHI pressure pumping and selling of bases. Hell yeah !!! The UK would be cut like a knife. Aberdeen Look out, Aberdeen lookout. Hell yeah. Oilfield services giants Halliburton and Baker Hughes Inc. plan... — read more 

There is a bhi employee, and past boss, whom I'm hoping got rif ' ed in the first round. If I give a name could someone look on people link?

Is EFO trimmed out already or room for more to go???

At Petroseam CV Resources, we put together the best possible CV's, covering letters and LinkedIn profiles to help our clients to find that next position in the very competitive oil & gas industry - or, in many cases, make the move to a new sector. We... — read more 

CLAREMORE, Okla. -A Tulsa woman faces embezzlement charges after being accused of using credit cards of an oil-field services company to make more than $16,000 worth of personal transactions. Authorities say 55-year-old Mary Patrice Hudson used two... — read more 

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-oil-prices-storage-idUSKCN0UX2BL Tue Jan 19, 2016 8:21pm EST

Here is the thread: @FxzJT9R

If the U.S pumps between 8-10 million barrels a day, that one day of zero production would drop inventory dramatically every week. One or two months top to drop inventory. The only alternative is mass bankruptcies, hundreds of thousands of layoffs... — read more 

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Strategy

Tony Farve informed us we WILL get a bonus and a raise this year. About time!

With all the downturn in the industry and the closings and layoffs, what is happening with the training facility in Tomball? Are they still holding classes? Have they been hit by the layoffs as in other areas? What is happening with the state-of-the... — read more 

ANYBODY HAS MORE INFO ON ARCHER? NO INFO ON THE WEB

Hoping for good news....