Does anybody else want an orange whip? orange whip ? orange whip?

All i can say is i am 20 years baker blue and will always be blue. I have seen the good times and bad times. It is unfortunate that people have been laid off in the past. But from what i seen in my years it's usually the dead weight that has to go... — read more 

This is just one laid off wire line guys opinion. On the Cased Hole side: Baker has a clear advantage in the Cased Hole Evaluation arena with the RPM Pulsed Neutron Tool. BHI leads in the Casing Evaluation Arena with the Verti-log Suite of tools... — read more 

My opinion they will get rid of as much pressure pumping as possible ie.. Closing district down. So they can sell it off for a cheaper price while cutting assets and limiting competition for Halliburton in the future.

To send like goodbye emails and so...

To send like goodbye emails and so...

Has anyone heard anything regarding the Liberty district. I have heard more layoffs are coming and have also heard the whole district will be shutdown.

Probably drill bits , artificial lift, ... ? What else?

Haven't seen much about ideas on the future of fluids warehouses. Will Halliburton want this or sell?

Anyone care to speculate on what will become of pressure pumping? Do you think it will go with Hal or be sold off? Who would be the most interested purchasing party?

What do you think we will be divesting as we merge with HAL?

Sperry Drilling have laid off over 40% of field hands since Feb.1 (in 5 seperate rounds of layoffs). More to come in April?

Baker and its employees are f@cked! Who would've thought?

Looks like these divisions will probably find a home at GE Oil and Gas

When laying off people, please keep your involvement to the minimum and let the affected employee's manager to handle the situation. You, as a HR personnel, should never break the news to them that they are being let go. Their lives are about to... — read more 

Seems the folks making the decisions for Pressure Pumping have never been through a down turn! They are shutting down all the remedial support i.e. acid and cement in Canada! What do they think the oil companies frac during the slow times? Sending... — read more 

Severance is not supposed to affect your unemployment benefits. You have to report it when you receive it, and they will make you call to talk to a live person who will want more information on it. But the severance is paid in return for you agreeing... — read more 

composite, machinists, assembly and other departments will be affected

I happened upon this site and would like you to know I appreciate everything you have done for the local community. If you need to make a few pounds my car needs power washing on the underside. It's all covered with that salt stuff they put on the... — read more 

EIA supplies are at 80-year high - this is not sustainable, we'll have more layoffs, once HAL takes over things will turn even more ugly.

Any news on how many and if pp was hit hard.

Anyone has more info, how many, what positions, when? I guess this is 99% certain.

The conclusion: the worldwide oil and gas industry, including oilfield services companies, parts manufacturers and steel pipe makers, has laid off at least 75,000 so far. Considering that about 600,000 work in the U.S. oil and gas sector, this is a... — read more 

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-06/diamonds-aren-t-forever-in-aberdeen-as-oil-guys-go-cheap-cities

http://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2015/03/16/oil-layoffs-itemized-75000-and-counting/ I work in an entirely different field and may be laid off this year and My heart breaks for you all and my prayers are with you all :)

Just heard first hand layoffs are happening in Red Deer

The oil and gas industry should not repeat the mistakes it made during the last price downfall when it laid off staff and stopped investing in research and development. The industry has an obligation to meet future global energy demand, and that is... — read more 

http://sec.edgar-online.com/halliburton-co/s-4-securities-registration-business-combination/2014/12/22/section14.aspx We are all in this together obviously.

There are some good positions out there, some even not oilfield. Makes me think I am better off jumping ship now that bonus has been paid instead of waiting for more layoffs, etc. Who else feels this way?