Petrol Gang Recruitment places permanent hires across upstream E&P, midstream, downstream refining, petrochemicals, LNG and energy transition. Every credential is verified before you see a name, one consultant runs your search from start to finish, and our shortlists hold up when the offer call comes.
We built the firm around what serious US energy employers were missing from mainstream recruitment: basin fluency, credential rigor, straight package advice in USD, and one accountable consultant on every brief from intake through onboarding follow-up.
Our consultants recruit inside the basin they serve: Permian, Bakken, Marcellus, Eagle Ford, DJ, Anadarko, Gulf offshore and Alaska. Intake goes straight to the role, because nobody on our side needs the basin explained.
Every certification is checked against the issuing body. That covers API-510, 570, 653, 580, 1160 and 1173, PE license status, PSM training, and SPE and AAPG membership where relevant, so a candidate's paperwork holds up when your background check runs.
Upstream across the Permian, Bakken, Marcellus, Eagle Ford, DJ and Anadarko. Offshore in the Gulf of Mexico. Downstream along the Gulf Coast refining and petchem corridor, LNG terminals from Sabine Pass to Plaquemines, and energy transition hubs coast to coast.
The consultant who takes your brief runs the search, closes the offer and follows up at day 30 and day 90. You always know who to call, and it is never a shared inbox or an account-management layer.
You get three to five ranked candidates, each credential-checked with notice period confirmed and our written notes attached. The package is broken down in USD before any introduction.
Every permanent placement carries a written replacement guarantee. If the hire leaves inside the guarantee window for reasons that trace back to the search, we re-run the search at no additional fee.
One call covers the role, basin, credential bar, package range in USD and timeline. The written brief comes back within 24 hours for sign-off.
We work our active network and approach passive candidates discreetly. We keep the employer's name private until you release it.
Three to five candidates with credentials checked, notice period confirmed and package documented in USD, plus our notes on each.
Interview coordination, offer structuring, counter-offer support, onboarding follow-up at day 30 and day 90.
Depth of focus inside each discipline is what makes our shortlists arrive faster and better matched than a generalist energy recruiter can manage.
Drilling engineers, production engineers, completions engineers, facilities engineers. Every major US basin: Permian, Bakken, Marcellus, Eagle Ford, DJ, Anadarko. SPE members preferred.
Field service leaders, wireline supervisors, coiled tubing operators, frac crew leadership, cementing and completions supervisors for major-oilfield-services firms and independents.
Compressor station operators, terminal ops managers, pipeline integrity engineers, ILI specialists. API-1160 and API-1173 fluent.
Refinery operators, unit engineers, turnaround planners, reliability engineers, inspection leads. API-510, 570, 653 certified.
Process engineers, plant operators, quality leads, olefins and polyolefins specialists for Gulf Coast petchem: Dow, LyondellBasell, ExxonMobil Chemicals and adjacent independents.
D&C engineers, frac specialists, mud engineers, geosteering leads. Field-hardened with unconventional-play experience across US shales.
PSM coordinators, process safety engineers, integrity leads, RBI specialists. API-580, OSHA 30 minimum, PSM three-year experience preferred.
Terminal ops managers, cryogenic engineers, liquefaction plant leads, marine loading supervisors. Sabine Pass, Corpus Christi, Cameron, Freeport, Plaquemines.
Renewables leaders, CCS project engineers, hydrogen hub operations, low-carbon solutions engineers for US oil-major-affiliated teams and standalone transition players.
Reservoir engineers, geologists, geophysicists, petrophysicists. SPE, AAPG, SEG members. Unconventional and conventional reservoir experience across US basins.
VP Operations, GM Field, Chief Operating Officer, VP HSE, President E&P appointments for US-listed operators, PE-backed portfolio companies and family-office energy holdings.
Land acquisition managers, commercial ops leaders, JV commercial managers, trading desk staff, marketing and midstream commercial for US operators and marketers.
Twelve US oil, gas and energy disciplines: upstream E&P, oilfield services, midstream and pipelines, downstream refining, petrochemicals, drilling and completions engineering, HSE and process safety, LNG, energy transition (renewables/CCS/hydrogen), reservoir engineering and geoscience, executive search, and commercial/land/trading.
US-wide across every major basin: Permian, Bakken, Marcellus, Eagle Ford, DJ, Anadarko, plus Gulf of Mexico offshore, Alaska, and the downstream Gulf Coast refining and petchem corridor.
We verify US oil and gas credentials before the shortlist: API certifications (510, 570, 653, 580, 1160, 1173), SPE and AAPG membership where relevant, PE license status, OSHA 30 and PSM training. References are contacted before we send the resume.
Standard turnaround is ten to fifteen business days from signed brief to a ranked shortlist of three to five candidates. Urgent site-critical roles can be prioritized on request.
Yes. Renewables leaders, CCS project engineers, hydrogen hub operations and adjacent low-carbon roles, for US oil-major-affiliated teams and standalone energy-transition players.
Yes. Every permanent placement carries a written replacement guarantee. If the hire leaves inside the guarantee window for reasons that trace back to the search, we re-run the search at no additional fee.
Submit the role, the basin, the credential bar and the package range in USD. We reply within one business day with a clear plan and a fee proposal.
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