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50 US oil & gas companies, verified for 2026 — and the email format each one uses

Published September 2026 · MailPattern Research

If you sell equipment, software, or services into the energy sector — or you recruit for it — you don't need another “top 10 oil companies” listicle. You need a working list: who's actually still operating, how big they are, and how to reach a specific person once you've picked your targets.

This is that list. Fifty US oil & gas companies — operators, refiners, pipeline operators, and oilfield service firms — each one re-verified as operating in September 2026, each linked to the email pattern its addresses follow.

What “verified” means here

Every company below was checked and kept up to date as of September 2026.

  • Removed every company that was acquired, merged, or shut down — Pioneer Natural Resources, Hess, Marathon Oil, Anadarko, Noble Energy, and a dozen others are gone from this list because they're gone from the industry.
  • Corrected rebrands to current names and domains (Apache → APA Corporation, Liberty Oilfield Services → Liberty Energy, World Fuel Services → World Kinect, and similar).
  • Kept company size figures labeled as approximate — treat them as ballpark.

We don't publish anyone's email address. The last column links to each company's publicly observable email patternfrom MailPattern's dataset of 2.2 million verified patterns — so you can reach the person you already know you want, instead of guessing.

The list

#CompanyFoundedEmployees (approx.)Email pattern
1SLB192610,001+pattern
2Chevron187910,001+pattern
3ExxonMobil199910,001+pattern
4Halliburton191910,001+pattern
5NOV184110,001+pattern
6ConocoPhillips201210,001+pattern
7Occidental Petroleum10,001+pattern
8CB&I188910,001+pattern
9McDermott192310,001+pattern
10Phillips 66201210,001+pattern
11Oceaneering10,001+pattern
12Marathon Petroleum201410,001+pattern
13Tenaris200210,001+pattern
14Valero198010,001+pattern
15Kinder Morgan199710,001+pattern
16Williams19085,001–10,000pattern
17Nabors Industries195210,001+pattern
18Enterprise Products19685,001–10,000pattern
19Devon Energy19711,001–5,000pattern
20APA Corporation (Apache)19545,001–10,000pattern
21Baker Hughes10,001+pattern
22MRC Global19211,001–5,000pattern
23EOG Resources19991,001–5,000pattern
24CITGO19831,001–5,000pattern
25Energy Transfer199510,001+pattern
26W&T Offshore1983201–500pattern
27Murphy Oil1950501–1,000pattern
28John Crane19175,001–10,000pattern
29Helmerich & Payne (H&P)19205,001–10,000pattern
30AmeriGas19595,001–10,000pattern
31Flint Hills Resources20021,001–5,000pattern
32ONEOK19061,001–5,000pattern
33Key Energy Services19771,001–5,000pattern
34Motiva Enterprises19981,001–5,000pattern
35Gilbarco Veeder-Root18651,001–5,000pattern
36World Kinect19855,001–10,000pattern
37S&B Engineers and Constructors19675,001–10,000pattern
38Oil States International5,001–10,000pattern
39Plains All American19891,001–5,000pattern
40T.D. Williamson19201,001–5,000pattern
41ENTRUST Solutions Group20011,001–5,000pattern
42Superior Energy Services5,001–10,000pattern
43Just Energy19971,001–5,000pattern
44Suburban Propane19281,001–5,000pattern
45Targa Resources20051,001–5,000pattern
46PAC1999201–500pattern
47Cheniere Energy1,001–5,000pattern
48Strike20035,001–10,000pattern
49Hilcorp19891,001–5,000pattern
50AmSpec19861,001–5,000pattern

How to use this list

  1. Pick your targets. The company names link to their websites; filter by size and segment however your sales motion works.
  2. Click the pattern link for any company. You'll see the email format that company uses (for example, first.last@domain.com), how much evidence backs it, and when it was last verified. If the evidence is thin, the page says so — treat it as a hint, not a guarantee.
  3. Look up a specific person free. Enter any name + company on the MailPattern homepage — no sign-up, and the result comes with mail-server verification. Have your own list of prospects? The bulk lookup takes a CSV; 200 rows a month are free.

FAQ

How do I find someone's email at an oil company?

Enter their name and the company's domain into MailPattern's free lookup. You'll get the address the company's pattern predicts plus mail-server verification — or an honest “we don't know” when the evidence isn't there, instead of a guess.

What's the most common email format at oil & gas companies?

It varies company by company, which is exactly why we link each company above to its own pattern page instead of giving one generic answer. Large enterprises usually standardize on one format for most staff — but “usually” is how bounce rates happen. Check the specific company; it takes five seconds.

Is this list current?

Yes — every company was re-verified as operating in September 2026, and companies absorbed by acquisition were removed (this sector consolidated heavily in recent years). Employee counts are approximate; company status is the part we re-verified. Founding years are founding years.

Why is my company missing / listed wrong?

The list is a ranked slice of a large dataset, not a directory of everyone. If we got something wrong, tell us: contact@mailpattern.tech.

Company data verified September 2026. MailPattern's email-pattern dataset covers 2.2M patterns across 1.68M domains. We never publish individual email addresses.