** Exxon Mobil Corp. is weighing salary increases as it tries to halt employee attrition across its business divisions after sweeping job and benefit cuts.
** U.S. President Joe Biden’s global energy security adviser said on Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is getting close to using natural gas as a political tool if Russia is holding back fuel exports to Europe as it suffers an energy crunch.
** As one of the country’s largest energy holding companies, Duke Energy is on a mission to slash 2005-level carbon dioxide emissions in half by 2030 on its path to decarbonize its power supply by 2050. The timeline requires a heavy reliance on nuclear power, according to CEO Lynn Good.
** Hilcorp Energy Company, which has evolved into a major operator on Alaska’s North Slope after BP’s departure from the state, is now set to take over operations of a field run by another global giant, Exxon Mobil.
** A majority of Americans want to see oil and gas companies held to account for lying about the climate crisis and contributing to global heating, according to a new YouGov poll commissioned by the Guardian, Vice News, and Covering Climate Now.
** Locked-out workers at Exxon Mobil Corp’s Beaumont, Texas, refinery will vote between Nov. 12 and Dec. 22 in a mail-in ballot on whether to remove the United Steelworkers union (USW) from representing them, according to the company and union.
** San Francisco gasoline prices at the pump may hit a fresh record high after two area refineries experienced mechanical disruptions following historic downpours. Retail prices in the city were averaging $4.727 a gallon Monday, just a penny short of their record high set in 2012, according to AAA data.
** Engine manufacturer Navistar International Corp will pay a $52 million civil penalty and has agreed to prevent at least 10,000 tons of oxides of nitrogen (NOx) emissions in a settlement with the U.S. Justice Department over Clean Air Act violations.
** High winds and rains damage electrical equipment in the Northwest, leaving tens of thousands without power and cutting an Alaska island off from its largest hydroelectric facility.
** Ten anti-pipeline protestors receive fines but no jail time after pleading guilty to misdemeanors stemming from a collective action in August that blocked Mountain Valley Pipeline construction crews for several hours.
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** Saudi Aramco said oil-output capacity across the world is dropping quickly and companies need to invest more in production.
** European Union countries failed to agree on a bloc-wide response to surging energy prices in an emergency meeting of government ministers on Tuesday, with some countries seeking a regulatory overhaul and others firmly opposed.