In Chad, staff at ExxonMobil, which has operated the Doba oil bath since 2003, go on strike its assets to the young British company Savannah Energy.
as reported from Ndjamena, Madjiasra Nako
Since yesterday, the Chadian operators in the control room have stopped their machines on the Komé 5 platform and have retired to their cabins. The Chadian staff at Exxon Mobil respects the strike slogan launched after the US Major’s refusal to negotiate the terms of his separation from his employees.
Chadian employees are not worried about the future given the profile of the very young British company trying to buy ExxonMobil’s assets in the Doba Basin. They want to collect their social rights before the purchase.
“We expressed our demands in six points, which we communicated to the management. But despite the mediation of two government members and the labor inspectorate, we only met with contempt and decided to act, the striking employees explain.
This walkout will not affect ExxonMobil’s stock market shares, but Chad’s daily output is estimated at 120,000 barrel days will be reduced by a third. Locally, the departure of the American company, which refuses to pay compensation to employees, will hurt hundreds of families, some of whom have been employed for almost twenty years.
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