#energy

Here are some examples of how courts have ruled on severance (reasonable notice) for long-service professionals, especially in Alberta’s oil & gas industry. Use these as reference points when estimating your own range.
• O’Reilly v. Imperial Oil (2000) – 20-year professional employee, management-level role, awarded over 20 months due to long service and limited comparable opportunities.
• Leduc v. Canadian Natural Resources (2016) – 16-year senior technical employee, age 57, awarded 22 months, court noted downturn in oil & gas job market.
• Lukacs v. Shell Canada (1998) – 23-year senior engineer, awarded 20 months, long service in specialized technical position.
• Stevenson v. Suncor Energy (2017) – 18 years of service, management role, mid-50s, settled for around 20 months pay.
• Bishop v. Galleon Energy (2013) – 11 years of service, VP-level, awarded 18 months notice based on seniority and leadership responsibility.
• Shaw v. Acurex Corp. (2003) – 14 years of service, professional-level employee, age 48, awarded 18 months reasonable notice.
• Elliott v. Imperial Oil (1996) – 23-year supervisory employee, awarded 22 months; Imperial Oil case confirming upper-end notice for long-service roles.
• McKinley v. BC Tel (2001, Supreme Court) – key ruling establishing that employees dismissed without cause are entitled to reasonable notice under common law.
• Recent Alberta energy-sector settlements (2022–2024) – professionals with 10–20 years’ service commonly receive 18–24 months pay depending on seniority, age, and job market.
• Typical trend: Alberta professionals with long tenure (10–20 years) and senior roles receive between 18 and 24 months’ pay, sometimes higher if relocation or constructive dismissal applies.

Summary:
Energy-sector professionals with long continuous service, strong performance, and senior roles consistently fall in the 18–24 month common-law range, often translating to $400K–$550K+ total when benefits, pension contributions, and bonuses are included.

Well that’s all she wrote a clip from the article posted below. Stay competitive with whom? I wonder how many of these new people voted yes will be laid off?

Fourteen of the projects canceled in New York are listed as being run by General Electric Co. or its energy spinoff GE Vernova, which employs hundreds in Schenectady and Niskayuna.

Full article here;

https://www.timesunion.com/business/article/new-york-jobs-risk-doe-cancels-8-billion-energy-21081410.php

Rankin is a hollow shell of what it once was.

Hurry Mikey boy, follow the leader quick. Since you have no strategy, just copy the cool kid on the block.

https://insideevs.com/news/772344/exxon-mobil-ev-battery-graphite-invention-anode/

ExxonMobile announced Tuesday that it is acquiring the technology and U.S.-based assets of Superior Graphite, including most of the company’s production facility in Hopkinsville, for an undisclosed price.

by Jennifer P. Brown
Published: 12:22 am Sep. 10, 2025

The Hopkinsville plant produces graphite, a key ingredient in lithium-ion batteries.

“We think Superior Graphite’s technology is a perfect fit for us,” Dave Andrew, ExxonMobil’s vice president for new market development, told Hoptown Chronicle.

Andrew was in Hopkinsville for the announcement, along with Superior Graphite Chairman and CEO Ed Carney.

Although the price was not disclosed, the transaction will benefit Hopkinsville workers who are part of the employee stock ownership plan, said Carney. They have been part owners of Superior Graphite since 2006, he noted.

The deal also includes Superior Graphite’s research and development facility in Bedford Park, Illinois.

The company employs 72 workers in Hopkinsville. Andrew said ExxonMobil plans to maintain that workforce.

Superior Graphite was established in 1917. It has been in operation at its Hopkinsville plant on Calvin Drive since 1977 — making it one of the longest running industrial plants in the community. The plant manager is Jamie Visingardi.

Superior Graphite uses a process it calls “green graphitization technology” in the production of graphite and carbon-based materials. The furnace at the Hopkinsville plant reaches a temperature of approximately 5,000 degrees fahrenheit, which is half the temperature of the surface of the sun, said Carney.

In a press release, ExxonMobil said acquiring Superior Graphite “… marks a major milestone in our strategy to build a robust, synthetic graphite supply chain — right here in the U.S.”

“Compared to traditional mining operations, it’s less labor-intensive, more consistent in quality, and can be made with our carbon-rich feedstocks from existing refining streams,” the release states. “What does that mean in plain English? That we can scale faster and smarter, all while producing a better graphite than what is available in the market today.”

Andrew added, “This is a really important part of Exxon Mobil’s plans to enter the battery end of the market … which we see as a really attractive, growing market.”

ExxonMobil’s interests in EV batteries and energy storage systems require synthetic graphite material that comes from the Hopkinsville plant. The company aims to produce products that “will deliver faster charging and longer life than existing graphite materials today.”

https://hoptownchronicle.org/exxonmobil-is-acquiring-superior-graphites-hopkinsville-production-plant/

LONDON, Sept 10 — ExxonMobil expects the European Union to sign multi-decade US gas contracts under its pledge to buy billions of dollars of American energy, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.

The EU in July pledged to buy US$750 billion of US energy by 2028 as part of a sweeping trade pact with Washington.

Exxon and the EU did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment.

Peter Clarke, senior vice president of Exxon’s liquefied natural gas business, told the FT that Europe’s expanding LNG infrastructure made it “logical” to commit to longer-term supply, noting

Exxon sells about 80 per cent of its LNG under such contracts.

Europe is now “the most important market” for US LNG exports, and the next step will be for the continent “to figure out how it supports long-term contracting,” the newspaper quoted him as saying.

The US supplied 50 per cent of the EU’s liquefied natural gas imports in 2024, along with 17 per cent of oil and 35 per cent of coal, according to Eurostat. Any expansion in energy trade is likely to center on LNG, with the US the world’s top exporter of the fuel.

“We have seen in the data quite a big increase in LNG imports to Europe, year on year, it’s up about 20 per cent,” Clarke told FT, adding that 55 per cent of the imports were from the United States. — Reuters

https://www.malaymail.com/news/money/2025/09/10/eu-set-to-lock-in-long-term-us-gas-deals-says-exxonmobil/190638

All In interviews Energy Secretary Chris Wright

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k3DJbd4tns

The Houston-based oil company announced it is cutting nearly a quarter of its global workforce by the end of this year. That means between 2,600 and 3,200 employees will be impacted. Company leaders say the decision comes as they look for ways to cut costs and boost efficiency after a drop in oil prices.

https://www.khou.com/article/tech/conocophillips-layoffs-ai-houston-energy/285-9d4e12ba-fd20-4949-aaa0-d513980c4db3

I want to be like him!

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/michael-mustian-6217831a8_energytransition-career-activity-7351836054280208384--XU4

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/timothy-mcminn_processengineers-productstechnolgists-ugcPost-7367738288624828419-f9Kp?utm_source=social_share_send&utm_medium=android_app&rcm=ACoAACDcTUIB78s2Y--p4ekS4nMiEsSVXFqwsNA&utm_campaign=copy_link

PosiGen

• Multiple office staff in solar energy services
• PosiGen laid off 78 employees across its Shelton, Danbury, and Wethersfield, Connecticut offices, halting most U.S. operations after an EPA-funded solar program was canceled. The company cited financial struggles exacerbated by the loss of federal incentives.
• Shelton, CT; Danbury, CT; Wethersfield, CT

  https://www.nenc.news/2025-08-28/posigen-layoffs-connecticut-trump-revolution-wind

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4814798-chevron-q2-berkshire-hathaway-added-more-so-did-i

I’m hearing that CP Chem is really having problems right now.
I can’t help but think that Go Go was the CEO of that company only few years ago.
He even bragged about how great successful that BT was.
I hope epilogue is not prologue at P66.

Marathon Oil Corporation is the latest leading company to purchase certified soil carbon storage from Soil Value Exchange.

Marathon Oil’s support for soil as a nature-based climate change solution establishes it as a leader in the #energy industry. Their major purchase will directly benefit US farmers and ranchers in their work as land stewards.

Thank you Marathon Oil for trusting us to help you fulfill your environmental impact goals!