根据Rigzone网站11月25日报道，阿伯丁和格兰平区商会(AGCC)进行了第32次石油和天然气行业调查。该调查概述了由于冠状病毒大流行而导致的活动减少、项目取消和裁员等推动发展的因素。
在调查期间，2020年10月前的6个月，78%的承包商对其业务缺乏信心，而仅有1%的承包商对他们的业务活动更有信心。AGCC强调，-76%的信心净值表明，承包商对目前英国大陆业务活动的信心从一年前的46%下降到10年平均净值的15%以下。
展望未来一年，报告称有58%的承包商认为前景会恶化，而仅有14%对局势好转持有信心，信心净值为-43%。调查显示，持牌商和运营商对当前形势和未来一年的信心都很低。
在最近一次调查中，与生产相关的信心净值从2019年的43%下降到-47%。一年前，当被问及承包商对2020年的预期时，有46%的人预计会有增长，但现在的结果显示，预计明年会有所下降。
当被问及公司由于新冠疫情采取了什么措施时，有37％的承包商报告暂时减少其业务，有8％的承包商报告暂时停止所有运营。约有三分之一（34％）的受访者表示推迟了项目，23%的受访者取消了项目。当被问及企业因Covid-19的影响时，95%的承包商受到项目延期的影响，83%的承包商的项目被取消。
大约一半接受调查的承包商表示其劳动力减少，其中22％的承包商表示进行了裁员，相当于其劳动力的百分之十以上。尽管约五分之一的受访企业表示，预计2021年将进一步裁员，但目前裁员对总员工的影响并不像2016年经济低迷时那么严重。
沈彦 摘译自 Rigzone
原文如下：
Business confidence across the UK’s oil and gas sector has been slashed.
That’s according to Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce’s (AGCC) 32nd oil and gas survey, which outlined reduced activity levels, project cancellations and workforce cuts as a result of the coronavirus pandemic as drivers for the development.
During the current survey period, the six months to October 2020, 78 percent of contractors were less confident about their activities, while Looking a year ahead, 58 percent of contractors expect the outlook to worsen and 14 percent are confident that the situation will improve, resulting in a net balance of -43 percent, according to the survey. Licensees and operators report similarly low confidence levels for both the current situation and looking to the year ahead, the survey shows.
The net balance reported for production related activity dropped from 43 percent in 2019 to -47 percent in the latest survey. When asked a year ago what contractors were expecting for 2020, a net balance of 46 percent had been anticipating an increase, however the results now indicate an expected decline over the next year.
When asked what measures firms had taken as a result of Covid-19, 37 percent of contractors reported temporarily reducing their operations with eight percent reporting temporarily ceasing all operations. Around a third (34 percent) reported postponing projects, while 23 percent had cancelled projects. When asked what firms had experienced as a result of Covid-19, 95 percent of contractors had been affected by postponed projects and 83 percent had seen projects being cancelled.
Approximately half of contractors surveyed reported a decline in their workforce, 22 percent of which reported reductions which equate to more than ten percent of their workforce. The extent of the current reductions to the total workforce is not as severe as the levels reported in the 2016 downturn, although around a fifth of surveyed firms said they expect to make further reductions in 2021.
