HAL de-programs La. office, staff

Texas-based Halliburton Company (HAL), one of the world's largest providers of products and services to the energy industry, laid off 36 workers permanently from its Broussard, La., facility on April 14. The facility itself, about 7 miles SSE of Lafayette, La., is also shuttering its office doors, according to a letter from the company sent to the Louisiana Workforce Commission under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act. Among the types of jobs lost include geologists, quality assurance inspectors and mechanical technicians. “This was a difficult … but necessary action as we work to successfully adapt to challenging market conditions," the company stated. It’s not clear how many workers HAL has in Louisiana. They did not respond to further comment about its total local workforce. In a media release April 20, HAL reported a net loss of $1B for the first quarter of 2020. Net income for the first quarter of 2019 was $152M. The oil services giant has laid off hundreds of workers across Texas and Oklahoma in recent weeks, and closed its facility outside of Oklahoma City in December that employed about 800. It has furloughed some 3,500 workers at its Houston office until June. (Source: Acadiana Advocate 04/22/20) Halliburton is one of the world's largest providers of products and services to the energy industry. The firm has about 50,000 employees representing 140 nationalities in more than 80 countries, according to its website. https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/business/article_c7a415fa-84b8-11ea-9a34-2f0d7b266f12.html?utm_medium=notification&utm_source=pushly&utm_campaign=desktop_push.