It is actually physically painful to come to work these days. I feel like I have an 85yr old body or was just ran over by a truck. Be merciful Leaders and end this circus.

Let's raise gasoline by 20 cents a gallon

Are you sad with where this company has ended up? Are you worried? are you happy to think about going over to Cenovus? What do you think if you get left at COP? It will be very quite if you have to stay at COP.

Everyone says this is a cyclical industry and it makes sense. To the guys who have been through a few of these cycles how does this one compare to the others. I am not talking about 2007, that was nothing...

The Canadian asset sale that ConocoPhillips announced earlier this week will lead to layoffs at the exploration and production company's location inBartlesville... — read more 

A large cash horde and what will we do with it? Pay debt, buy stock or build a bigger drilling inventory? No! We are going shopping. Grab your a-- we are going to merge our on to profit.

As posted on CVE Unfortunately investors agree CVE now has a record of failing shareholders and given the market/ price for COP, it makes many investors question the deal. This acquisition will complicate CVE operations as the COP/CVE culture clash... — read more 

Layoffs will soon start in Bartlesville as a result of the Canadian assets sales to Cernovus. The number will start with 170 and may exceed 300 following this disposition. Additional layoffs will follow as more non-core assets are disposed of... — read more 

Target: $3.6B CDN Identified asset targets: Suffield $600MM CDN Pelican Lake $1.2B CDN Still plenty more assets to divest to make the target. They probably don't need as many people to operate the deep basin assets as some people think.

It's good for cop but cenovus paid way too much for this. What were they thinking. I bet RL is popping bottles right now. Found a way to get out of thus mess

What is going to happen with our salaries ones we move to Cenovus, what about our benefits and position?

What will surmont do now...uselss managers cant leverage cenovus to do things right.

Thoughts?

Cenovus needs the Deep Basin and WCBU staff to works the assets they just purchased as they didn't have positions in ANY of these non Oilsands assets prior to the purchase. Unless they are grossly overstaffed in their existing Oilsands assets, I... — read more 

Let's see how they spin this. I'm sure they will be serving koolade. They will make it sound so Rosie and positive. I'm sure all the managers will be running around getting their orders first thing in the morning so that they know what to tell the... — read more 

From San Juan yes we are a mess blah blah so what sick of hearing it...can we go back to hating on Bartlesville?

The Bloods wear red and sport guns and tear drop tattoos. The Crips wear blue and sport bandanas and shot guns. Our scariest gang are The Plastics they wear Hustle Kindness gear while sporting highlights and Durango Joes cups...they may not look as... — read more 

Cenovus Energy (NYSE:CVE) agrees to acquire ConocoPhillips' (NYSE:COP) 50% interest in the Foster Creek Christina Lake partnership, the companies' jointly owned oil sands venture operated by CVE, and the majority of COP's Deep Basin conventional... — read more 

Just got a heads up from am reputable source that following the divestitures there will be a support area right sizing to the tune of about 10%. I am personally being impacted. Good luck everyone.

I got an email saying we are having rootbeer floats today I spontaneously forgot we are up for sale and that COP has caused me nothing but torturous hell for the last several years through constant layoffs and now the undercover ghost sale that noone... — read more 

I guess the theme of layers of management is taken from 9 layer French cake. It's so much fluff on top to manage 2-6 MSOs doing work. In COP any supervisor role with less than 15 reports should be eliminated. Anyway all they do is ask their staff for... — read more 

Hard copies seem like waste of money, why not just go 100% digital?

Once these non-core gas assets are disposed of we will no longer need Bartlesville. Move corporate support to Houston and get our head count down to independent upstream company level of our size. We will all have to do more but heck that is better... — read more 

Its done. Heard Production Sup, Surface Sup , Stateholders, Records, Land , are all going to TX ! That means the end is near.

I know unions seem old fashioned and are nearly dead in America, but they were born from employee frustration and distrust of their employer. We have had rounds of layoffs, low and unhelpful communication, and a continuous downward trend in all... — read more 

Lets see who is strong enough to put up with them!

Industry rumor that Conoco is going through layoffs again end of March. Any truth to this rumor?

This can not be good news for us. More competition with money. More competition with know-how. More competition w/ money-making management discipline. These guys pushed us out of international and deep water. We just could not run with them. Now what... — read more 

After 10 years with ConocoPhillips I'm reviewing my transferable skills and wondering what is next. Shall I move to India for a job in telemarketing, or should I stay put and be a Wal-Mart greeter? I'm thinking I'll be discriminated against, for... — read more