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Companies hiring Petroleum Engineers: 436 certified H-1B and PERM cases, FY2023 to FY2026
176 employers had 436 certified H-1B and PERM cases for Petroleum Engineers (occupation code 17-2171) across 20 states, decided through June 30, 2026; the median offered wage is $135,200 a year.
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- 17-2171Occupation code (SOC)
Certified cases by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Cases |
|---|
| FY2023 | 99 |
| FY2024 | 113 |
| FY2025 | 122 |
| FY2026 | 102 |
By state
| State | Cases | Employers | Median offered |
|---|
| Texas | 306 | 115 | $139,984 |
| New Mexico | 13 | 5 | $103,000 |
| Wyoming | 10 | 3 | $95,025 |
| Colorado | 10 | 7 | $176,998 |
| California | 9 | 7 | $182,458 |
| Alaska | 8 | 5 | $190,675 |
| Utah | 8 | 4 | $144,750 |
| North Dakota | 8 | 4 | $104,374 |
| Oklahoma | 8 | 7 | $155,756 |
| Louisiana | 7 | 4 | $91,354 |
| Michigan | 6 | 3 | $81,952 |
| Pennsylvania | 4 | 3 | $87,225 |
| Ohio | 3 | 2 | $85,696 |
| New Jersey | 3 | 2 | $140,000 |
| Illinois | 2 | 2 | $117,875 |
| Massachusetts | 2 | 2 | $129,871 |
| Nevada | 2 | 2 | $119,011 |
| North Carolina | 1 | 1 | $83,720 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1 | $86,590 |
| Oregon | 1 | 1 | $85,490 |
Employers with the most cases
| Employer | Address | Cases |
|---|
| Chevron Corporation | San Ramon, CA | 28 |
| EOG Resources, Inc. | Houston, TX | 18 |
| Occidental Petroleum Corporation | Houston, TX | 17 |
| Murphy Exploration & Production Company USA | Houston, TX | 12 |
| ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company | Spring, TX | 11 |
| Woodside Energy USA Services Inc. | Houston, TX | 11 |
| Conocophillips Company | Houston, TX | 11 |
| Liberty Energy Services LLC | Denver, CO | 11 |
| BP America Inc. | Houston, TX | 9 |
| University of Wyoming | Laramie, WY | 8 |
| University of North Dakota | Grand Forks, ND | 7 |
| Schlumberger Technology Corporation | Katy, TX | 7 |
| Chevron USA Inc. | Houston, TX | 6 |
| Triad National Security, LLC | Los Alamos, NM | 6 |
| NexTier Completion Solutions Inc. | Houston, TX | 6 |
| Xecta Digital Labs, Ltd. | Houston, TX | 5 |
| Gladiator Energy LLC | Houston, TX | 5 |
| Oil Search (Alaska) LLC | Anchorage, AK | 4 |
| XTO Energy Inc. | Spring, TX | 4 |
| Whitson USA, LLC | Kingwood, TX | 4 |
| Raser Technologies Operating Company, LLC | Salt Lake City, UT | 4 |
| DeGolyer and MacNaughton Corporation | Dallas, TX | 4 |
| Cudd Pumping Services, Inc. | The Woodlands, TX | 4 |
| Shell International Exploration and Production Inc. | Houston, TX | 4 |
| Jacam Catalyst, LLC | Gardendale, TX | 4 |
| Shell Exploration & Production Company | Houston, TX | 4 |
| Exxon Mobil Corporation | Spring, TX | 4 |
| Accenture LLP | Chicago, IL | 4 |
| Wood Group USA, Inc. | Houston, TX | 3 |
| New Mexico Gas Company | Albuquerque, NM | 3 |
| Quest Global Services- N.A., Inc. | Windsor, CT | 3 |
| Aramco Services Company | Houston, TX | 3 |
| ExxonMobil Upstream Integrated Solutions Company | Spring, TX | 3 |
| Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. | Houston, TX | 3 |
| Cognite LLC | Austin, TX | 3 |
| SOGC, Inc. | Salt Lake City, UT | 3 |
| Sitio Permian, LP | Denver, CO | 3 |
| Bison Management Services | Denver, CO | 3 |
| Expro Americas, LLC | Houston, TX | 3 |
| Murex Petroleum Corporation | Houston, TX | 3 |
| Computer Modelling Group Inc. | Houston, TX | 3 |
| Green Reserve Energy LLC | Casper, WY | 3 |
| Ipcos Inc | Houston, TX | 3 |
| Durango Resources Corp. | Houston, TX | 3 |
| Tally Personnel, LLC | Houston, TX | 3 |
| Dugan Production Corporation | Farmington, NM | 2 |
| NSI Technologies, LLC | Tulsa, OK | 2 |
| Rock Flow Dynamics Inc | Houston, TX | 2 |
| Aramco Americas Company | Houston, TX | 2 |
| Workover Solutions, Inc. | Pittsburgh, PA | 2 |
| National Oilwell Varco, L.P. | Houston, TX | 2 |
| Blade Energy Partners, Ltd. | Frisco, TX | 2 |
| Hydril Company | Houston, TX | 2 |
| Maverick Natural Resources, LLC | Houston, TX | 2 |
| Neset Consulting Service, Inc. | Tioga, ND | 2 |
| McKinsey & Company, Inc. United States | New York, NY | 2 |
| Kappa North America Inc. | Houston, TX | 2 |
| Gunnar LLLP | Bakersfield, CA | 2 |
| Bandera Operating Corporation | Houston, TX | 2 |
| CC Energy USA, Inc. | Houston, TX | 2 |
| NDT Global LLC | Houston, TX | 2 |
| AnTech Oilfield Services Inc | Seguin, TX | 2 |
| Oilfield Data Services, Inc. | Houston, TX | 2 |
| Ulterra Drilling Technologies, LP | Fort Worth, TX | 2 |
| ADI Analytics LLC | Katy, TX | 2 |
| Coterra Energy Inc. | Houston, TX | 2 |
| Proline Energy Resources, Inc. | Sugar Land, TX | 2 |
| Albanese Solutions, LLC | Blairstown, NJ | 2 |
| ResFrac Corporation | Palo Alto, CA | 2 |
| Tachyus Corporation | Houston, TX | 2 |
| Magnum Producing, LP | Corpus Christi, TX | 2 |
| Corva AI, LLC | Houston, TX | 2 |
| Seismos, Inc. | Austin, TX | 2 |
| Sheeta Global Tech Corp | Covina, CA | 2 |
| Warwick Investment Group, LLC | Oklahoma City, OK | 2 |
| Hess Corporation | Houston, TX | 2 |
| RCPW Technology, LLC | Midland, TX | 2 |
| The University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX | 1 |
| Vault US Holdings Inc | Denver, CO | 1 |
| Expand Energy Corporation | Oklahoma City, OK | 1 |
| SafeKick Americas LLC | Katy, TX | 1 |
| CNPC USA Corporation | Houston, TX | 1 |
| Anschutz Exploration Corporation | Denver, CO | 1 |
| Diversified Well Logging, LLC | Reserve, LA | 1 |
| Ormat Nevada Inc | Reno, NV | 1 |
| Crescent Energy Management LLC | Houston, TX | 1 |
| Oliden Technology, LLC | Stafford, TX | 1 |
| Daylight Petroleum LLC | Houston, TX | 1 |
| Newsco International Energy Services USA Inc. | Houston, TX | 1 |
| Continental Resources, Inc. | Oklahoma City, OK | 1 |
| TP Panther Dome, LLC | Houston, TX | 1 |
| The Global Edge Consultants, LLC | The Woodlands, TX | 1 |
| AES Drilling Fluids LLC | Houston, TX | 1 |
| Atlas Operating LLC | Houston, TX | 1 |
| FESCO, Ltd. | Alice, TX | 1 |
| Garnet Energy Capital, LLC | Houston, TX | 1 |
| Kiewit Energy Group, Inc. | Omaha, NE | 1 |
| Hydrogeo LLC | Houston, TX | 1 |
| Kosmos Energy LLC | Dallas, TX | 1 |
| AES Drilling Fluids LLC | Houston, TX | 1 |
| Audubon Companies LLC | Houston, TX | 1 |
| S&ME Inc. | Raleigh, NC | 1 |
| Atlanta Petroleum Equipment Company, Inc. | Tucker, GA | 1 |
| ONEOK Services Company, LLC | Tulsa, OK | 1 |
| Freedom Energy Operations, LLC | Fort Worth, TX | 1 |
| Tenaris Global Services USA Corporation | Houston, TX | 1 |
| Petrotel Inc | Plano, TX | 1 |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Chicago, IL | 1 |
| Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC | New York, NY | 1 |
| Fervo Energy Company | Houston, TX | 1 |
| Bechtel Energy Inc. | Houston, TX | 1 |
| Neubrex Energy Services US LLC | Bellville, TX | 1 |
| Diversified Gas & Oil Corporation | Birmingham, AL | 1 |
| Linqx, LLC | Houston, TX | 1 |
| University of Utah | Salt Lake City, UT | 1 |
| Koloma, Inc. | Denver, CO | 1 |
| Sinclair Well Products, LLC. | Cerritos, CA | 1 |
| SOAP Engineering LLC | Houston, TX | 1 |
| Upwing Energy, Inc. | Cerritos, CA | 1 |
| Evergreen Natural Resources | Denver, CO | 1 |
| Joshi Technologies International, Inc | Tulsa, OK | 1 |
| Anadarko Petroleum Corporation | The Woodlands, TX | 1 |
| Honeywell International Inc. | Charlotte, NC | 1 |
| South Pacific Petroleum Corporation | Tamuning, | 1 |
| Empire Petroleum Corporation | Tulsa, OK | 1 |
| Black Swan EmployerCo, LLC | Edmond, OK | 1 |
| American Zhongyouhuatong Oil Company Ltd | Houston, TX | 1 |
| Talos Energy | Houston, TX | 1 |
| Sidhu Petroleum Corp | New Jersey, NJ | 1 |
| Apache Corporation | Houston, TX | 1 |
| Ryder Scott Company | Houston, | 1 |
| Technip Energies USA, Inc. | Houston, TX | 1 |
| Whc LLC | Lafayette, LA | 1 |
| Xebra LLC | Skokie, IL | 1 |
| Projeo Corporation | Des Plaines, IL | 1 |
| ComboCurve, Inc. | Houston, TX | 1 |
| Viking Engineering, LC | Houston, TX | 1 |
| Cathodic Protection Solutions, LLC | Midland, TX | 1 |
| Leidos, Inc. | Reston, VA | 1 |
| Oliasoft Houston LLC | Houston, TX | 1 |
| Baker & O'Brien, Inc. | Dallas, TX | 1 |
| Odessa Separator, Inc. | Odessa, TX | 1 |
| University of Alaska | Fairbanks, AK | 1 |
| Arena Offshore, LP | The Woodlands, TX | 1 |
| H&J Petroleum Management and Consulting, LP | Midland, TX | 1 |
| Artificial Lift Performance, Inc. | Sugar Land, TX | 1 |
| Berry Petroleum Company, LLC | Dallas, TX | 1 |
| Killam Oil Co., LTD. | Laredo, TX | 1 |
| Akal Energy LLC | Laramie, WY | 1 |
| Onestep Power Solutions, Inc. | Houston, TX | 1 |
| SimTech LLC | Houston, TX | 1 |
| Aethon Energy Operating LLC | Dallas, TX | 1 |
| Spinnaker Oilwell Services LLC | Hobbs, NM | 1 |
| Ryder Scott Company, LP | Houston, TX | 1 |
| Repsol Services Company | The Woodlands, TX | 1 |
| Extreme Wireline | Vernal, | 1 |
| Americo Energy Resources, LLC | Houston, | 1 |
| Arena Offshore, LP | The Woodlands, | 1 |
| Geodynamics Inc. | Millsap, | 1 |
| Nabors Drilling Technologies USA, Inc. | Houston, TX | 1 |
| Degolyer And Macnaughton Corp. | Dallas, | 1 |
| Echometer Company | Wichita Falls, | 1 |
| Occidental Petroleum Corp | Houston, | 1 |
| Didier Energy Consulting LLC | Kingwood, | 1 |
| Saulsbury Industries, Inc. | Odessa, TX | 1 |
| Ideal Oil and Gas Connections, Inc. | Houston, TX | 1 |
| Resoptima Inc | Woodlands, TX | 1 |
| Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | Santa Clara, CA | 1 |
| Oil Field Development Engineering, LLC | Houston, TX | 1 |
| Turbo Drill Industries, Inc. | Conroe, TX | 1 |
| Energy Advisors Group, Inc | Houston, TX | 1 |
| EnerCorp Engineered Solutions, LLC | The Woodlands, TX | 1 |
| Incture LLC | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 |
| LOGOS Operating LLC | Farmington, NM | 1 |
| Weatherford International, LLC | Houston, TX | 1 |
| Ascent Resources Management Services, LLC | Oklahoma City, OK | 1 |
Updated June 30, 2026. Read from US Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification. Public domain (U.S. government work). A certified labor condition application (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3) or PERM labor certification is an employer filing the Department of Labor approved. It is not a count of people hired or visas issued. Wages are as the employer filed them, converted to a yearly figure at 2,080 hours; a wage whose unit is missing is left blank. The files show the first worksite of a case. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.