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Layoffs Hitting the Gas Fields, Including Marcellus/Utica - Marcellus Drilling News

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Layoffs Hitting the Gas Fields, Including Marcellus/Utica | Marcellus Drilling News

According to Reuters, oilfield service companies and drillers have put the brakes on hiring and “further job cuts could loom” as natural gas producers respond to sliding prices by slashing spending on new wells to reduce excess production. We told you yesterday that Chesapeake Energy announced a coming rig and frac crew cut in the Marcellus (see Chesapeake Dropping 1 Rig in Marcellus as it Waits to Merge with SWN). But it’s not some far-off “maybe it will happen” thing. Layoffs in the M-U are already happening. For example, fracking company NexTier merged with Patterson-UTI last September. Because of duplication of services, Patterson recently announced it will close a facility in Mansfield, Pennsylvania, affecting some 104 employees.

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