
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, March 3, 1991                   TAG: 9103030126
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-10   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: FAIRFAX                                LENGTH: Short

MOBIL PLANS LAYOFFS

Mobil Corp. plans to announce a reorganization of its U.S. refining and marketing operation that will include layoffs starting in May at its division here, according to a published report Saturday.

A spokesman confirmed Friday that company documents outlined that the company would make an internal announcement Monday about streamlining the marketing division, The Washington Post reported.

Mobil has reduced its work force over the past decade through cutbacks and sales of operations to 67,900 workers worldwide from a peak of nearly 200,000 in the early 1980s. More than 4,000 people work in the Fairfax headquarters, about one-third in the marketing and refining division.

In previous reorganizations, the company has tried to place many affected employees in new jobs within the corporation, the spokesman said.

Reasons for the reorganization were unclear Friday. But Mobil and other big oil companies have been steadily streamlining their operations for years.

by CNB