Ensco, a drilling contractor with headquarters in London, will reportedly be laying off staff.
According to BBC , the company is set to make over 100 employees redundant due to two rigs that had been stacked as a result of the current market downturn. Both rigs in question are jack-up drilling rigs, Ensco 70 and Ensco 102, built in 1981 and 2002, respectively.
The news agency quoted Ensco’s memorandum sent to employees as saying: “We are anticipating up to 117 redundancies.”
“However, in order to minimise this number, we are implementing a recruitment and promotion freeze and seeking voluntary redundancy.”
Offshore Energy Today contacted Ensco seeking confirmation of these reports; however, the drilling contractor is yet to respond to our queries.
Offshore Energy Today Staff