Diamond Offshore shuts Gulf of Mexico oil rig, cutting jobs

Diamond Offshore Drilling

17/06/2024 23:52

By Georgina McCartney
       HOUSTON, June 17 (Reuters) - Oilfield services company
Diamond Offshore Drilling  DO.N  this month said it would
permanently shut its West Vela rig, which had operated in the
U.S. Gulf of Mexico, resulting in 190 job losses, according to a
regulatory filing. 
    The job cuts will be effective Aug. 5 to Sept. 15. Crew
changes for the rig had taken place in Houma, Louisiana,
according to a filing.
    Diamond Offshore did not immediately respond for comment. 
    

 (Reporting by Georgina McCartney in Houston; Editing by Aurora
Ellis)
 ((Georgina.McCartney@thomsonreuters.com;))