The Biggest Oil Refiner In The U.S. Forced To Cut Jobs

The largest U.S. oil refiner, Marathon Petroleum, has started a process to lay off hundreds of employees at various refineries across the United States after the pandemic crushed fuel demand, sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. Marathon Petroleum on Tuesday let go of 60 salaried staff at Galveston Bay, another 60 people at the refinery in Los Angeles, and at least 45 employees at the Garyville refinery in Louisiana, Reuters’ sources said. Redundancies at the Galveston Bay refinery could reach as much as 200 staff, according…