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Suncor to lay off another 1,000 workers2 J n1 `& M5 S
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 | 06:03 PM EST
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/ s/ r/ Q. C7 ^CALGARY -- Calgary-based Suncor Energy plans to lay off another 1,000 workers this year as it continues to digest the assets of Petro-Canada picked up in a merger last fall.2 W6 r; g# x* |4 ]* a% b
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The action, announced at an investor's conference in New York this afternoon, will double the staff reductions to 2,000.. H# f- y4 D) J$ _) e% A8 H
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"Where most of the synergies are coming from are reduction and workforce," said John Rogers, vice-president of investor relations, during a presentation to the BMO Capital Markets Unconventional Resource Conference.) w- X$ V# o) A A7 _0 o5 _
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"To date, we've laid off about 1,000 people. By the end of this year, 2010, we would expect we'd lay off an additional 1,000, which will bring us to a total of about 2,000 people laid off through the merger."
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Mr. Rogers also said the company is doing a "total relook" at the Fort Hills oil sands project, a Petro-Canada project which at one time was estimated to cost more than $25-million.( |# v% q% \% W9 e
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Suncor recently announced the sale of a half-billion dollars worth of U.S. gas assets and expects this year to sell $2-billion to $3-billion worth of Canadian assets producing 360 million cubic feet per day of natural gas. |
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