21 Oct 2016 09:51

Corrected: Bashneft workforce unlikely to be downsized - Khamitov

(to adjust headline and para 1)

UFA. Oct 21 (Interfax) - The number of employees at oil company Bashneft is unlikely to be reduced, the leader of Bashkortostan, Rustem Khamitov said.

"Optimization of the number, in my view, is currently unlikely, since all of these optimization measures were carried out quite actively in recent years. These optimization possibilities have already been selected there," Khamitov told reporters.

"If there will be optimization, it will be aimed primarily at increasing the economic efficiency of Bashneft's operations," Khamitov said.