#gas

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-23/large-methane-plumes-above-chevron-gorgon-project-investigation/

Independent satellite monitoring has detected massive plumes of methane emerging from one of Australia's largest oil and gas complexes.

The persistent clouds above Chevron's Gorgon liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant on Barrow Island off Western Australia's Pilbara coast were picked up by five consecutive passes of the Tanager-1 satellite since November last year.

The most recent, in late August, recorded an average emission rate of about 7.8 tonnes of methane an hour.

That is the equivalent of burning more than 110,000 kilograms of coal within a span of 60 minutes, calculated using an online tool by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

A satellite image of a gas plan with a heat map ranging from deep red to light blue over the centre of the facility.
Satellite imagery of the alert triggering methane emissions, captured in August. (Supplied: Carbon Mapper)

The repeated detections, the latest far exceeding a "super emitter" event under US EPA guidelines, prompted a United Nations (UN) warning to Chevron.

According to the UN, methane is responsible for about 25 per cent of global warming and is a greenhouse gas 80 times more harmful than carbon dioxide.

Chevron confirmed it had received the alert and was working with the UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) to address it.

However, a UNEP spokesperson told the ABC it had not received formal feedback from Chevron or the Australian government, and would update its publicly available data when it had.

Chevron was similarly notified about methane emissions at Gorgon in July last year.

In a statement, Chevron said satellite monitoring came with "a wide range of uncertainty".

"We are engaging with the UNEP, and we are seeking further clarity on their data," a company spokesperson said.

Gas-powered vehicle sales, excluding hybrids, have fallen below 50% of global new vehicle sales for the first time, according to Mobility Global data.

Gas-powered vehicle sales fell 10% year-on-year from January through June 2026, reaching 20.25 million vehicles.

As a result, their share of global new vehicle sales dropped by 3 percentage points to 49%.

The milestone marks a significant change in the global automotive market, where gasoline-powered vehicles have historically made up the majority of new-car sales.

As electric vehicles and other electrified powertrains continue to expand their share of the market, the latest figures show gasoline-only vehicles have now slipped into the minority worldwide.

The 49% figure represents another major milestone in the ongoing global shift towards vehicle electrification.

https://electricdrives.tv/news/cars/

Are there more rumors of a more days being enforced with regard to return to office for next year? With gas being so expensive everywhere, how does that make sense.

Generating equity by by ridding on proxy wars.

The biggest independent gas producer, they said, "I am a swifty", he said. But what a sorry troupe of clowns, we see.

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...

No matter how successful and value creative bpx advertises itself to be the new bp will take exception and possibly even divest the assets as it has been done in the past. Expect Hainsville to rename unscathed…gas matters.

For me, the biggest issue is that RTO is basically a pay cut in disguise. Between gas and all the other extra expenses, it adds up fast. If they gave us a pay raise that covered those costs, I honestly wouldn't mind it nearly as much as I do now.

In Twinsburg Ohio last week a Uniti Boring Crew struck a gas line they later claimed was incorrectly located by a 3rd party locating company. So far nobody believes them...

How will MW react to industry pivot toward LNG and natural gas domestically and Asia market specifically?

Does CVX buy another company and artificially boost the companies staff as genius like they did with Hess exploration team.

Inflation is not coming for your salary. Gas and food prices are going up, but the standard raise this year is just going to be 2% instead of the 3% we've been getting. Can't imagine people are going to be happy about that.

Here in Houston HR likes the staff to be young from top schools. Now they will face challenges as XOM looking for gas. XOM knows something is about to occur and gas assets are more fungible than oil in today’s market.

Gas at $5.50/Gallon + Doubled Car Insurance Rate + Kids, Family and the 2+ hours traffic, but a bare minimum salary..this is majority of us 60,000 employees vs. Gunjan and CXO suite making Millions a year,Luxury travel to and fro paid and expesned to the company. They are the to set the RTO policy but do not have to worry or comply it, its the 90% of us who have to bear the brunt.

OUR (60,000 employees) Necessity is the mother of this invention (leave powered locked laptops at work in secret places), given no other company demands or measures Talent and Performance by the Timestamps and not actual delivery or management of aspects. STUPID and DuB GOONjan and CXO suite

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