Petrobras' platforms and operations hibernation policy has affected not only its offshore maritime activities, but also its portfolio of land assets in its Bahia Operations Unit (UO-BA), which will result in mass layoffs, where around 5 employees are employed. thousand own and outsourced workers. Information is from Sindipetro Bahia.

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On April 8, they received a statement from Petrobras regarding the hibernation, consequently, the interruption of activities in the state for the duration of the pandemic. The union also claims that it has not been detailed which assets will be affected by the measure, but according to internal information, the Miranga, Santiago, Candeias and Taquipe fields located in the cities of Pojoca, Catu, São Sebastião do Passé, Candeias and São Francisco do Conde will be chosen, due to technical criteria.

Petrobras investments canceled in 2020 in UO-BA

The oil fields that still remain on the list, located in the cities of Mata de São João, Cardeal da Silva, Esplanada, Entre Rios, Alagoinhas and Araças, must also have their 2020 investments frozen, making the productivity of these assets and the maintenance of the 5 jobs, both own and outsourced, resulting from these activities.

Petrobras Voluntary Dismissal Plan or Relocation

Currently, around 900 direct employees of the state-owned company are employed at UO-BA, which presented two different proposals for them: Accepting to be transferred to the refineries in the northeast (Abreu e Lima, Potiguar Clara Camarão, Landulpho Alves [RLAM], Lubnor) , who are the most likely to accept the Voluntary Resignation Program. For outsourced workers, who number around 4 workers, most will also suffer from the specter of dismissal.

The states of Espírito Santo, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Alagoas and Sergipe will also be affected by this new measure, both in land and sea assets.

Aggravated by the coronavirus crisis and the oil war between Saudi Arabia and Russia, the union accuses the state-owned company of relying on this advent to accelerate its privatization plans.

The reduction of Petrobras activities in OU-BA should start in May

The state-owned company should start interrupting operations in early May 2020, with about 50% cuts in Bahia. Currently, 32 barrels of oil, in addition to gas, are processed at UO-BA, handling more than 2 billion barrels annually.

It turns out that the municipalities that depend on the collection of royalties, ISS and job creation, may find themselves in dire straits at this time of crisis.