#gas

Gas prices keep climbing, yet we’re still pretending there’s a business case for forcing people to drive to an office five days a week to do work that happens on a laptop.

Every increase at the pump is another pay cut for employees.

More money spent commuting, time wasted in traffic for the same work and same Teams calls that can happen anywhere in the world.

The cost of RTO keeps going up. The benefits remain impossible to find.

Congrats on the Exxon farmin. Offsets APC Guyana acreage that has been in force majeure for years . Also remember it had a high gas risk associated with it.

Can I keep the 10% gas discount when I leave? If I set up the autopay to be from my bank account instead of my paycheck?

Is this double dipping? Fuel supply agreements are made sometimes years ahead while prices are cheap. Not fair to keep adding fuel price hikes to the customer. Customers are not blind to this they just move on to better deals.

Anyone wonder if they are willing to provide gas assistance for flex staff, and or reduce work in the office to two days a week during this economy to help cost of living at this time?

If you're getting transferred, laid off or have proof other people are, please reach out:
rachel.nostrant@houstonchronicle.com

I'm the oil and gas reporter, trying to keep an eye on how many people might be affected.

$4.19/gallon and it was $3.30/gallon last year. Will they increase our merit this year to drive to office and follow the RTO policy?

California. What Oracle ought to do is bag designing and building IT related cr-p to sell. With the price of gas in California Oracle would be smart to layoff every California employee and convert all Oracle California building sites that have large employee parking lots into Oracle owned Gas Stations and charge $15 a gallon for the cheap stuff and $20 for Diesel.

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Rumors are that some companies (mostly west coast) are returning to Work From Home due to the dramatic increase in gas prices. Any local confirmation of that?

Gas is creeping dangerously close to $5 a gallon yet we’re still expected to commute into the office three days a week. That disconnect is hard to ignore. Between rising fuel costs, time lost in traffic, the requirement feels increasingly out of step with reality.

What makes it more frustrating is that we talk a lot about “delighting customers” and being “customer-obsessed,” but there seems to be far less focus on the growing stress being placed on employees. It’s hard to sustain that level of care externally when internally, people are feeling stretched, unheard, and impacted by decisions of this AI-obsessed CEO. If the work is getting done just as effectively remotely, it’s fair to question whether this policy still makes sense for both employees and the company.

Can you hear me now Dan?

Yeah, I know you don’t care. Your laughing all the way to the bank.

At what point does the company give people driving to work for RTO an official break from coming to the office? Gas is at 4.49 currently out east and I cant imagine what the price is at on the west coast. Its clearly even more of a pay cut now.

Ok, gas is now officially $5.00 a gallon in the Midwest, even worse in some places, and energy costs are rising too. It's time for upper management to make a smart decision, stop with this "collaboration" nonsense, and start letting people work from home if their entire job is on a laptop. The company will save money in the short term on energy costs as well and many European countries are encouraging employers to do just that.

It's going to get to the point that people can't afford to come to work and these gas prices are pulling money straight from all of our paychecks that haven't kept up with inflation as it is. And it's going to get a whole lot worse before it gets any better.

Did you get your gas allowance from your manager to offset the cost of petrol to meet their in office requirements? No.

If Ford truly cared about us, they would either up our pay, or let us WFH an additional day each week, to compensate us for the price of gas used coming into the office.

Chevron Signs In Contra Costa Blame California Politicians For High Gas Prices
April 21, 2026 - 8:00 AM

Drivers filling up at Chevron stations across the region are being met with a bold and unmistakable message: “Sacramento policies did this. Now you pay more.”

The large signs, recently installed at multiple locations, feature an eye-catching image of a car wrapped in fuel hoses – a visual meant to symbolize the burden of rising gas prices. Beneath the headline, smaller text claims that California politicians are prioritizing foreign oil over local jobs and lower costs, placing the blame for high fuel prices squarely on state leadership.

The signage campaign appears designed to spark conversation – and controversy – among motorists already feeling the pinch at the pump. With California consistently posting the highest gas prices in the nation, the message taps into a growing frustration among drivers.

Adding to the push, each sign includes a QR code directing viewers to additional information. Chevron branding is visible, indicating the campaign is backed by the oil giant, though it stops short of directly advocating for specific legislation.

The rollout comes amid ongoing discussions in Sacramento over energy policy,
environmental regulations, and the state’s transition away from fossil fuels. Critics of current policies argue that regulations and refinery constraints contribute to higher prices, while supporters maintain those measures are necessary for long-term environmental and public health goals.

For now, the signs are doing exactly what they’re intended to do – getting people’s attention. Whether they shift opinions or policy is another question entirely, but at the pump, they’re hard to ignore

https://www.claycord.com/2026/04/21/chevron-signs-in-contra-costa-blame-california-politicians-for-high-gas-prices/?fbclid=IwdGRjcARWzZlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeY6fgnW3mI-5zxBIrdEnZcPp2-4MfRUi_bgb4nsvQTGnNs9ElO7ak_AINAjA_aem_jV2hxPnlueVBIYH6lh83EQ

https://globalnews.ca/news/11805134/edmonton-esso-contaminated-gas/

Article from MSN, interview with CBS:

"People should try to drive less. They should try to conserve energy," Walz told CBS News when asked how Americans could try saving money at the pump. "We should be doing that all the time. Energy's essential for people's lives, but we should conserve it."
"It's a global market for crude," Walz said. "We have crude here, that's closer to us, that we're all processing and using. That's helping Americans buffer their price. ... If this goes on for an extended period of time, it's probably gonna get tougher."

So… more wfh, right Andy?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/chevron-executive-suggests-americans-should-drive-less-amid-high-gas-prices/ar-AA20UkrR?ocid=winp2fptaskbarhoverent&cvid=69df8a9f82a14a0cbd37caa4c8e29a43&ei=15

I wish I had an electric car now.

No surprise there. I've been trying to make a job switch for months. The job market right now is as bad as I've ever seen it. What does that tell you?

Let's see what happens next.

packed it up and move to either St Louis Missouri, Chicago Illinois, Detroit Michigan Memphis Tennessee Philadelphia Pennsylvania, Baltimore Maryland or Washington DC

I’m at the point where I’m not gonna be able to afford to drive to the office anymore. I live 45 minutes from the office (pretty much the average for anyone in Jacksonville), and my truck gets 13 miles to the gallon. And it’s not like I could just get a new vehicle in this environment..

Jacksonville Florida has no public transportation that will get me from where I live to the office at a reasonable rate and I’ve already explored carpool options, but it’s just not gonna work out.

At what point is the company addressed this if they really care about their associates and being “green”? Does their green initiative only extend as far as giving us canned water, or is the company going to give employees the actual relief they need in regards to flexibility when oil/gas prices surge she’s such an unreasonable amount!??

We already proved we support the company through the pandemic, so give us a break… or, at the very least, let our stocks vest faster so we can stay afloat and afford gas or invest in a new vehicle.

These are the employee benefits, an associate appreciation that we ACTUALLY want.. keep your pizza and cupcakes. Invest in what your workforce needs to survive.

Who’s going to be the brave soul to ask if and when we can work from home or raise our salaries to combat high gas prices?? Thank you for your contribution :)

Gas prices jumping just in time for return to office! Who else is stoked?! Good thing my comp review rewarded me 800 extra dollars for the whole year! Just in time

RTO just because I am forced to do so. Collaborate with no one - all my meetings are via Teams - Merit 1.5% and gas close to 4 bucks a gallon. Thanks Gail - your stupid policy is costing me money to work here.

Gas prices are going insane. We're wasting valuable oil going back and forth to the office. We did it during covid, same thing should be done now.

Oil is spiking with the Iran situation and gas is climbing. For anyone commuting 50 miles each way, that’s 500 miles a week. At 20 MPG, that’s about 25 gallons every week just driving in circles to get to the office.

When gas pushes toward $5, that’s $125 a week, or over $6,000 a year out of pocket just for fuel.

That’s not insignificant… That’s a real ongoing hit to employees for work we’ve already proven can be done from home.

Even energy agencies have said remote work is one of the easiest ways to reduce demand during spikes like this. Instead, we’re doing the opposite and forcing more consumption and more cost onto employees for absolutely no reason.

At minimum, this should trigger a shift back to hybrid or temporary flexibility until prices stabilize. Forcing five days through this just doesn’t make sense. If they want pointless 5 days they should pay for our gas.

Increase the in-office mandate right when gas prices are pushing people's budgets to the limit. Nothing says "we value our employees" like forcing them to choose between a paycheck and a tank of gas.

Better increase that Texas Campus Budget. On all big major deals Stankeys timing is unmatched!!!

With the need for LNG, what’s happening with Goldenpass? More f ups or Global projects blaming the contractor.

RTO is going to really. hurt now. Glad the recent raise will be useless now.

With the average cost of gas is $3.32/gal , and no end in sight with the war with Iran, will the RTO be loosen especially when gas prices continue to skyrocket the longer we stay in the war? We’ll soon be losing money just to go into the office to sit in our cubes on teams calls.

British energy major Shell plc plans to expand its integrated gas and Global Capability Centre (GCC) operations in India, according to Mansi Tripathy, Senior Vice President (APAC Lubricants) and Country Chair, Shell India. The company aims to deepen its presence in India’s growing gas ecosystem as the country accelerates efforts to increase the share of natural gas in its energy mix from 6% to 15%. With rising energy demand, Indian firms are signing multiple LNG supply agreements globally, while the government continues to invest in LNG terminals and pipeline infrastructure to strengthen gas distribution nationwide.
Beyond gas, Shell views India as a strategic hub for its global capability centres. Nearly 70% of the company’s financial and IT operations and about 30–40% of its GCCs are already based in India, with three centres operating in Bengaluru and Chennai. In addition, Shell—recognized as the world’s largest supplier of finished lubricants—plans to expand its lubricants portfolio in India by integrating value-added services such as liquid maintenance, total fluid management (TFM), and predictive solutions. The company is also exploring new growth areas including battery storage fluids and animal vaccines, reinforcing its long-term commitment to the Indian market.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/gbs-gcc-community_shell-to-expand-integrated-gas-gcc-presence-activity-7427994164207874048-mZbr

P66 has been touting their new gas plant prospects, but their new Iron Mesa gas plant is mostly replacing volumes from DCP's disastrous James Lake gas plant purchase and shifting volumes from DCP's awful Goldsmith gas plant. Imagine spending the money on a new plant to replace James lake that DCP purchased just before the P66 buyout. DCP spent money stupidly across the board. They invested so much growth money in the DJ basin and ignored the looming environmental regulations. They did nothing for compliance leading up to the P66 purchase. Now all of the short sighted DCP leadership is running P66 midstream. They are all touting midstream growth and leveraging G&P but the real stable money comes from historic pipeline and terminal. How can G&P add to the baseline we want when all of our competitors have over capacity everywhere we operate? What if this money was invested into growing the central refining efficiencies?

MST home dispatch tech use and abuse company assets. They drive 100K-200K bucket trucks to their home and back to their home garage everyday. Big V8 6.3 L engines use a lot of gas and insurance on top. Also, with MST high pay and only have .5 job per tech a day per tech how is that saving company money and liability.
There are rules to follow when joining home dispatch program. Following the rules helps save gas and time and wear and tear on a vehicle used to drive to work and to home. But MSTs abuse this program from driving to the garage every day and dispatching at the garage. Making a stop at the grocery store to grocery shop in the company vehicle before driving home. Not closing your last job at the job site and instead, drive home and being still dispatched on your work ticket and then closing the job when you arrive home. I follow the rules, and I do not want the home dispatch program to go away because of MSTs taking advantage of the abuse. Also, MST managers are favoring many MSTs and letting the home dispatch MSTs do what ever they want. STOP ABUSING THE HOME DISPATCH PROGRAM YOU MSTs. You know who you are...

We all get it that NGL is a major growth area, but the associated gas is not a focus considering that we are selling off natural gas pipelines. When are we going to acknowledge that the Colorado assets are way too capital intensive to maintain. DCP d-mbly lead the short term build out in CO but ignored the consequences of the ever present air regulations.

What will Exxon do now that Guyana wants LNG and gas to shore. 2026 will be the year that the Guyana miracles turns sour….