Energy Company Announces Layoffs For Lafayette Office And Offshore Locations

Red River Radio | By Chuck Smith

Published November 11, 2022 at 10:27 AM CST

OIL COMPANY LAY-OFFS— An energy company is laying off 135 employees at a Louisiana office and various offshore locations. According to a notice made last month to the Louisiana Workforce Commission: Texas-based Quarter-North Energy made public its layoff plans for the Lafayette office and its offshore locations. Quarter-North had been involved in oil and gas operations in the Gulf of Mexico’s deepwater region. The Houston-based company said it expects to complete the layoffs by Dec. 13th.

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Chuck Smith brings more than 30 years' broadcast and media experience to Red River Radio. He began his career as a radio news reporter and transitioned to television journalism and newsmagazine production. Chuck studied mass communications at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia and motion picture / television production at the University of California at Los Angeles. He has also taught writing for television at York Technical College in Rock Hill, South Carolina and video / film production at Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport.

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