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Chevron taking jobs out of California

KMPH · last updated

More jobs will soon be leaving California.

Global Energy giant Chevron announced Monday it will start making planned, workforce reductions this year, including in Houston, Texas and 600 employees at its California headquarters in San Ramon.

Chevron Senior Communication Advisor Sean Comey says the company now plans to move its corporate operations to Houston, because Texas offers a more “business-friendly” environment.

“We haven’t gotten a new drilling permit in more than two years in California,” Comey explained. “Meantime, the cost of carbon is skyrocketing in California, going up dramatically over the next couple of years so, those are two principal drivers making it very difficult to continue investing in California.”

The first California layoffs will begin in San Ramon June 1, Comey says.

He also says Chevron plans to lay off about 25 per-cent of its total workforce globally over the next two years which could include several hundred workers across the central valley and about 20 in Fresno County.

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