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Rigzone Ideal Employer Survey 2019

For the third year, 11,054 oil and gas professionals told us who their top 3 ideal employers would be, what they thought their key strengths are, and what the most important attributes are that they look for in an employer.

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Location

    Company Type

      Sector

        Attributes

          Global Top 30

          The following 30 companies represent the most popular employers that over 11,000 oil and gas professionals around the globe would ideally like to work for.

          Analysis

          Rigzone's Ideal Employer Survey Spotlights the Top Oil and Gas Company to Work For.

          2019
          Rank          		 2018
          Rank          		 Company Jobs

          1

          		 1 Shell View Jobs

          2

          		 3 ExxonMobil

          3

          		 4 Chevron View Jobs

          4

          		 2 Halliburton View Jobs

          5

          		 5 BP

          6

          		 6 Schlumberger View Jobs

          7

          		 8 Saudi Aramco View Jobs

          8

          		 7 Total

          9

          		 9 BHGE View Jobs

          10

          		 26 Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC)

          11

          		 28 Qatar Petroleum (QP) View Jobs

          12

          		 10 Weatherford View Jobs

          13

          		 11 Transocean View Jobs

          14

          		 14 ConocoPhillips

          15

          		 15 Anadarko Petroleum (Pre-Merger) View Jobs

          16

          		 16 Seadrill

          17

          		 17 Nabors View Jobs

          18

          		 12 Equinor

          19

          		 13 Maersk

          20

          		 20 ENI View Jobs

          21

          		 19 Petronas View Jobs

          22

          		 21 ENSCO View Jobs

          23

          		 23 TechnipFMC

          24

          		 18 Saipem View Jobs

          25

          		 21 Wood View Jobs

          26

          		 24 Diamond Offshore Drilling

          27

          		 N/A OXY

          28

          		 29 Marathon Oil View Jobs

          29

          		 27 National Oilwell Varco (NOV)

          30

          		 25 Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC)

          Top 10 Drilling Contractors

          The following 10 companies represent the most popular employers classified as Drilling Contractors.

          Analysis

          Top 10 Drilling Contractors to Work For

          2019
          Rank          		 2018
          Rank          		 Company Jobs

          1

          		 1 Transocean View Jobs

          2

          		 2 Seadrill

          3

          		 3 Nabors View Jobs

          4

          		 5 ENSCO View Jobs

          5

          		 4 Saipem View Jobs

          6

          		 6 Diamond Offshore Drilling

          7

          		 7 Noble

          8

          		 8 Rowan Companies

          9

          		 10 Stena Drilling

          10

          		 9 Helmerich & Payne

          Top 10 National Oil Companies

          The following 10 companies represent the most popular employers classified as National Oil Companies (minimum 50% State-owned).

          Analysis

          The Top 10 Ideal NOC Employers

          2019
          Rank          		 2018
          Rank          		 Company Jobs

          1

          		 1 Saudi Aramco View Jobs

          2

          		 4 Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC)

          3

          		 5 Qatar Petroleum (QP) View Jobs

          4

          		 2 PETRONAS View Jobs

          5

          		 3 Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC)

          6

          		 7 Petroelum Development Oman (PDO) View Jobs

          7

          		 8 Kuwait Oil Company (KOC)

          8

          		 10 Gazprom

          9

          		 9 Empresa Colombiana de Petroleos (Ecopetrol)

          10

          		 6 China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC)

          Top 10 Independents

          The following 10 companies represent the most popular employers classified as Independent Oil and Gas Companies.

          Analysis

          Top 10 Independent Oil and Gas Companies to Work For.

          2019
          Rank          		 2018
          Rank          		 Company Jobs

          1

          		 1 ConocoPhillips

          2

          		 2 Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (APC) View Jobs

          3

          		 3 Marathon Oil View Jobs

          4

          		 6 Repsol

          5

          		 8 EOG Resources

          6

          		 7 HESS

          7

          		 4 Pioneer Natural Resources

          8

          		 5 Apache

          9

          		 10 Hilcorp

          10

          		 9 Devon Energy

          Top 10 Oilfield Service Companies

          The following 10 companies represent the most popular employers classified as Oilfield Services Companies.

          Analysis

          Survey Reveals World's Top Oilfield Services Companies

          2019
          Rank          		 2018
          Rank          		 Company Jobs

          1

          		 1 Halliburton View Jobs

          2

          		 2 Schlumberger View Jobs

          3

          		 3 BHGE View Jobs

          4

          		 4 Weatherford View Jobs

          5

          		 6 TechnipFMC

          6

          		 5 Wood View Jobs

          7

          		 7 National Oilwell Varco

          7

          		 8 Petrofac

          9

          		 9 Oceaneering View Jobs

          10

          		 10 Aker Solutions

          Top 10 Companies in Upstream

          The following 10 companies represent the most popular employers that work in Upstream.

          Analysis

          Survey Reveals Top 10 Ideal Upstream Employers for 2019

          2019
          Rank          		 2018
          Rank          		 Company Jobs

          1

          		 1

          		 Shell View Jobs

          2

          		 3 ExxonMobil

          3

          		 4 Chevron View Jobs

          4

          		 2 Halliburton View Jobs

          5

          		 5 Schlumberger View Jobs

          6

          		 6 BP

          7

          		 7 BHGE View Jobs

          8

          		 9 Saudi Aramco View Jobs

          8

          		 8 Total View Jobs

          10

          		 10 Transocean View Jobs

          Top 10 Companies in Midstream

          The following 10 companies represent the most popular employers that work in Midstream.

          Analysis

          Rigzone Survey Highlights Top Companies Amongst Midstream Workers

          2019
          Rank          		 2018
          Rank          		 Company Jobs

          1

          		 1 Shell View Jobs

          2

          		 2 ExxonMobil

          3

          		 2 Chevron View Jobs

          4

          		 4 BP

          5

          		 6 Total

          6

          		 5 Halliburton View Jobs

          7

          		 8 Saudi Aramco View Jobs

          8

          		 7 Schlumberger View Jobs

          8

          		 N/A Qatar Petroleum (QP) View Jobs

          10

          		 N/A BHGE View Jobs

          Top 10 Companies in Downstream

          The following 10 companies represent the most popular employers that work in Downstream.

          Analysis

          Top 10 Ideal Downstream Employers for 2019

          2019
          Rank          		 2018
          Rank          		 Company Jobs

          1

          		 1 Shell View Jobs

          2

          		 2 ExxonMobil

          3

          		 3 Chevron View Jobs

          4

          		 4 BP

          5

          		 5 Saudi Aramco View Jobs

          6

          		 6 Total

          7

          		 N/A Qatar Petroleum (QP) View Jobs

          8

          		 10 Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC)

          9

          		 7 Halliburton View Jobs

          10

          		 8 Schlumberger View Jobs

          Global Attribute Rankings

          The following rankings are the most important attributes that oil and gas professionals look for in an ideal employer.

          Analysis

          Is Salary Becoming Less Important in Oil and Gas?

          Survey Spotlights Ethics Among Oil and Gas Firms

          2019
          Rank          		 2018
          Rank          		 Percentage Attribute

          1

          		186%Commitment to health and safety

          2

          		282%Manages business with integrity/in an ethical way

          3

          		281%Competitive salary

          3

          		581%Positive organization / organizational culture

          5

          		278%Challenging/Interesting work

          5

          		678%Solid training and development programs

          5

          		678%Strong executive leadership

          8

          		875%Financial performance/strength of firm

          9

          		874%Health benefits

          10

          		1072%Uses environmentally sound practices

          11

          		1171%Opportunities for promotion

          11

          		1171%Has corporate values I agree with

          13

          		1368%Innovator in the industry

          14

          		1367%Established leader in the industry

          15

          		1565%Retirement benefits

          16

          		1662%Competitive bonus

          17

          		1860%Progressive on CSR

          18

          		1757%Workplace facilities

          19

          		1855%Manageable working hours

          20

          		2250%Desirable location

          20

          		2050%Flexible working options

          22

          		2048%Opportunity to travel

          23

          		2329%Company perks (gym membership, discounts)