diff --git a/ApplicationLibCode/Application/Tools/RiaHpcTools.cpp b/ApplicationLibCode/Application/Tools/RiaHpcTools.cpp
index 57eb93e107..0ec84d8a4b 100644
--- a/ApplicationLibCode/Application/Tools/RiaHpcTools.cpp
+++ b/ApplicationLibCode/Application/Tools/RiaHpcTools.cpp
@@ -28,13 +28,9 @@ namespace
 
 QStringList runUtilityCommand( QString cmdStr, QStringList arguments )
 {
-    bool useWsl = RiaPreferencesOpm::current()->useWsl();
-
-    RimProcess proc( false );
-
     QStringList cmdList;
 
-    if ( useWsl )
+    if ( RiaPreferencesOpm::current()->useWsl() )
     {
         cmdList.append( RiaWslTools::wslCommand() );
         cmdList.append( RiaPreferencesOpm::current()->wslOptions() );
@@ -43,6 +39,8 @@ QStringList runUtilityCommand( QString cmdStr, QStringList arguments )
     cmdList.append( cmdStr );
     cmdList.append( arguments );
 
+    RimProcess proc( false /*no logging*/ );
+
     QString cmd = cmdList.takeFirst();
     proc.setCommand( cmd );
     if ( !cmdList.isEmpty() ) proc.addParameters( cmdList );
@@ -65,11 +63,7 @@ namespace RiaHpcTools
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 QStringList availableQueues( RiaDefines::BatchSchedulerType scheduler )
 {
-    if ( scheduler == RiaDefines::BatchSchedulerType::LOCAL_COMPUTER )
-    {
-        return {};
-    }
-    else if ( scheduler == RiaDefines::BatchSchedulerType::SLURM )
+    if ( scheduler == RiaDefines::BatchSchedulerType::SLURM )
     {
         auto rawOutput = runUtilityCommand( "sinfo", { "-a" } );
         return decodeSlurmQueues( rawOutput );
@@ -156,4 +150,20 @@ QStringList decodeLsfQueues( QStringList stdOut )
     return retList;
 }
 
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+///
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+void stopLsfJob( QString jobId )
+{
+    runUtilityCommand( "bkill", { jobId } );
+}
+
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+///
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+void stopSlurmJob( QString jobId )
+{
+    runUtilityCommand( "scancel", { jobId } );
+}
+
 } // namespace RiaHpcTools
diff --git a/ApplicationLibCode/Application/Tools/RiaHpcTools.h b/ApplicationLibCode/Application/Tools/RiaHpcTools.h
index 7cbc1dc925..fce0836a2b 100644
--- a/ApplicationLibCode/Application/Tools/RiaHpcTools.h
+++ b/ApplicationLibCode/Application/Tools/RiaHpcTools.h
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ namespace RiaHpcTools
 {
 QStringList availableQueues( RiaDefines::BatchSchedulerType scheduler );
 
+void stopLsfJob( QString jobId );
+void stopSlurmJob( QString jobId );
+
+// helpers
 QStringList decodeSlurmQueues( QStringList stdOut );
 QStringList decodeLsfQueues( QStringList stdOut );