As the United States President Trump administration encourages oil and gas companies to increase production, introducing a wide range of policies to support the expansion of fossil fuels, several U.S. companies are announcing widespread job cuts. Despite major oil and gas production expansion in the U.S. over the last few years and the potential for further growth, several oil majors have been forced to cut thousands of jobs over the last year. Since the Covid-19 pandemic, we have seen the era of the “megamerger”, with several…