据外媒6月6日报道，调查显示，超过百分之四十的英国石油天然气公司计划用减少支出来应对低迷的行业形势。
今年一月至二月，劳埃德银行集团发布报告，就石油天然气行业发布了建议。报告显示，石油天然气行业中，三分之一的公司计划在未来一年内进行裁员。
在被调查的141个公司里，51%的公司在过去一年中进行了裁员。在苏格兰，裁员的公司比例达到63%。
石油行业及其供应链数据显示，57%的苏格兰公司由于油价暴跌受到了极其严重的影响。这一比例在整个英国则占到41%。
原文如下：
Oil and gas firms 'plan more cuts', report suggests
More than four in 10 of the UK's oil and gas firms plan to cut costs further in response to the downturn in the industry, according to survey evidence.
The Bank of Scotland/Lloyds Banking Group report took industry opinion between last December and February.It shows a third of businesses planned to cut jobs further during this year.
Of the 141 companies surveyed, 51% made redundancies in the past year. For Scottish firms, that was true of 63%.
In Scotland, 57% of companies surveyed within the industry and its supply chain said they had been severely or quite badly affected by the slump in oil prices, and 41% of firms across the UK.
