Add a quarterly reminder on your phone starting Feb 9 (~ VCIP townhall) to ask your leader how opex per boe has changed since Jan 1 2026 and what are we doing about it. We cannot stop asking this ever. Do not let them surprise you in a few years that costs are up another 20%. Hold them accountable.
If you see cost creep around you, just play it cool and write to your VP. They'll like it. Skip middle management. They'll learn.
CEP if you are reading this you need to create an anonymous cost creep hotline.
With any luck, we can avoid the next one. 10% cuts are large, 25% is derilection of duty and utter mismanagement, with consequences only for the rest of us.
Don't just watch it happen to you. The food on your family's table depends on it. Good luck. Add that phone reminder