Oil and Gas Industry

Q. How may employers in the oil and gas industry be breaking wage and hour laws?

• Failing to pay overtime to day rate workers;
• Failing to pay overtime to salaried employees;
• Failing to pay overtime to misclassified independent contractors.

Q. What positions may be affected?

Base Operator, Flow Back Operator, Pipeline Inspectors, Drillers, Field Specialists, Field Engineers, Field Operators, Field Coordinators, and Tool Pushers may all have claims.

A few examples of oil and gas companies operating in the United States are:

• A.I.S. Resources Limited
• AAN Ventures Inc.
• ABAN OFFSHORE LIMITED
• Abbot Group Limited
• Abington Resources Ltd.
• Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC
• Abu Dhabi National Oil Company
• Activa Resources AG
• Addax Petroleum Corporation
• Advanced Voice Recognition Systems, Inc.
• Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd.
• Aera Energy LLC
• Afren PLC
• AKITA Drilling Ltd.
• Alston Energy Inc.
• Alta Mesa Holdings LP
• AltaCanada Energy Corp.
• American Liberty Petroleum Corp.
• American Natural Energy Corporation
• American Oil & Gas, Inc.
• Amerisur Resources PLC
• Aminex PLC
• Anadarko Algeria Company LLC.
• Anderson Energy
• ANDES ENERGIA PLC
• ANTARES ENERGY LIMITED
• Antero Resources
• Antrim Energy, Inc.
• Apache North Sea Limited
• Approach Resources Inc. Arawak Energy (U.K.) Limited
• ARC Resources Ltd.
• Archer Limited
• Arkanova Energy Corporation
• ASCENT RESOURCES PLC
• Asherxino Corporation
• Aspen Group Resources Corporation
• Athabasca Oil Sands Corporation
• Atwood Oceanics, Inc.
• AURORA OIL & GAS LIMITED
• Australian-Canadian Oil Royalties Ltd.
• Avalon Oil & Gas, Inc.
• Avenue Group, Inc.
• Avro Energy Inc.
• Aztec Oil & Gas Inc.
• Bakken Oil & Gas Rigs
• Bankers Petroleum Ltd.
• Belden & Blake Corporation
• Bellatrix Exploration Ltd.
• BG Group plc
• Big Sky Energy Corporation
• Bill Barrett Corporation
• Birchcliff Energy Ltd.
• Black Ridge Oil & Gas, Inc.
• BlackPearl Resources Inc.
• Blue Ridge Group, Inc.
• Bonavista Energy Corporation
• Bonterra Energy Corp.
• BORDERS & SOUTHERN PETROLEUM PLC
• BP Exploration Operating Company Limited
• BP NGL
• BPZ Resources, Inc.
• BreitBurn Energy Partners L.P.
• Brenham Oil & Gas Corp.
• Bridge Energy ASA
• Bridge Resources Corp.
• BUCCANEER ENERGY LIMITED
• Bucking Horse Energy Inc.
• BURU ENERGY LIMITED
• Butte Energy Inc.
• Cactus Drilling Company LLC.
• Caerus Oil and Gas LLC
• Cairn Energy PLC
• CAIRN INDIA LIMITED
• Calvalley Petroleum Inc.
• CAMAC International Corporation
• Canadian Oil Sands Limited
• Canadian Spirit Resources, Inc.
• Canadian Utilities Limited
• Cano Petroleum
• Inc.,Carbon Natural Gas Company
• Caucasus Oil AB (Publ)
• Celtic Exploration Ltd.
• Cenovus Energy Inc.
• Central Energy Partners L.P.
• Century Energy Ltd.
• Cequence Energy Ltd.
• Chaparral Energy LLC.
• Cheniere Energy, Inc.
• Chevron United Kingdom Limited
• China National Offshore Oil Corp.
• China National Petroleum Corporation
• China North East Petroleum Holdings Limited
• Chinook Energy Inc.
• Chugach Alaska Corporation
• Cinco Resources, Inc.
• CIRCLE OIL PLC
• Citation Oil & Gas Corp.
• CityView Corporation Limited
• CNOOC Limited
• CNX Gas Corporation
• Cobra Venture Corporation
• Commodity Quest AB (Publ)
• COMPAÑIA ARGENTINA DE COMODORO RIVADAVIA EXPLOTACION DE PETROLEO
• Compton Petroleum Corporation
• Concho Resources, Inc.
• CONFIDENCE PETROLEUM INDIA LIMITED
• Connacher Oil and Gas Limited
• ConocoPhillips
• ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc.
• CONQUEST PETROLEUM INCORPORATED
• Consolidated Beacon Resources Ltd.
• Constellation Energy Partners LLC
• Corridor Resources, Inc.
• Crescent Point Energy Corp.
• Crestwood Midstream Partners LP [CMLP]
• Crew Energy, Inc.
• Cross Border Resources, Inc.
• Cross Timbers Royalty Trust
• Crown Energy AB
• Crudecorp ASA
• Crusader Energy Group LLC
• Curlew Lake Resources, Inc.
• Cygam Energy Inc.
• Dakota Gasification Company
• Dana Petroleum PLC,Deep Well Oil & Gas, Inc.
• DEO Petroleum plc
• Derek Oil & Gas Corporation
• Desire Petroleum Plc
• Det Norske Oljeselskap ASA
• Diamond Offshore Drilling
• Inc.,Diaz Resources Ltd.
• Dno International ASA
• Dolphin Drilling A/S
• Doxa Energy Ltd.
• Dragon Oil plc
• DRILL TORQUE LIMITED
• Duma Energy Corp.
• Dundee Energy Limited
• Dune Energy, Inc.
• Dynamic Offshore Resources LLC.
• Earthstone Energy Inc.
• EastSiberian Plc
• Eco-Trade Corporation
• Eden Energy Corp.,EGDON RESOURCES PLC
• EGPI Firecreek, Inc.
• Ellora Energy Inc.
• Emerald Energy Plc
• Empire Energy Corporation International
• EMPYREAN ENERGY PLC
• Encana Oil & Gas (USA), Inc.
• Encore Energy Partners LP
• Endomines AB (Publ)
• Energy & Exploration Partners, Inc.
• Energy Corporation of America
• Energy Fuels, Inc.
• ENERGY WORLD CORPORATION LTD
• Energy XXI Ltd.
• EnerJex Resources, Inc.
• Enerplus Corporation
• EnerVest Ltd.
• EnQuest PLC
• Ensco plc
• Enseco Energy Services Corp.
• Ensign Energy Services, Inc.
• Ensign United States Drilling, Inc.
• EP Energy Corporation
• EQT Production
• Ergon, Inc.
• ESSAR OIL LIMITED
• EV Energy Partners L.P.
• EXCO Resources
• Exterran Partners
• Exillon Energy plc
• Exploration Drilling
• FairWest Energy Corporation
• Falcon Oil & Gas Ltd.
• FALKLAND OIL & GAS LTD
• Faroe Petroleum plc
• First Mountain Exploration Ltd.
• Fortress Energy, Inc.
• FORUM ENERGY PLC
• FREEDOM PETROLEUM, Inc.
• Freeport-McMoRan Oil & Gas LLC
• FRONTIER RESOURCES INTERNATIONAL PLC
• FX Energy, Inc.
• Gale Force Petroleum Inc.
• Gasco Energy, Inc.
• GASFRAC Energy Services Inc.
• GASOL PLC
• GeoMet, Inc.
• Georox Resources, Inc.
• Glen Rose Petroleum Corporation
• Global Energy Development PLC
• Global Oil & Gas AG
• Goldnev Resources, Inc.
• Goodrich Petroleum
• Grid Petroleum Corp.
• Guardian Exploration, Inc.
• Habanero Resources, Inc.
• Halcon Resources Corporation
• Harbison-Fischer Manufacturing Company
• Hardy Oil and Gas plc
• Heartland Oil and Gas Company
• Hellix Ventures Inc.
• Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co.
• Helmerich & Payne, Inc.
• Hercules Offshore, Inc.
• Heritage Oil PLC
• Hess Limited
• High Arctic Energy Services, Inc.
• Hilcorp Energy Company
• HINDUSTAN OIL EXPLORATION COMPANY LIMITED
• Holloman Energy Corporation
• Howard Energy Corp.
• Hugoton Royalty Trust,Hunt Consolidated, Inc.
• Hunt Global Resources, Inc.
• Hunt Oil Company
• Husky Energy, Inc.
• Hyperdynamics Corporation
• IGAS ENERGY PLC
• Imperial Petroleum<, Inc.
• INDUS GAS LTD
• Infinity Energy Resources, Inc.
• INFRASTRATA PLC
• INPEX Corporation
• Insignia Energy Ltd.
• INTERLINK PETROLEUM LIMITED
• Interoil Exploration and Production ASA
• IONA Energy, Inc.
• Ivanhoe Energy, Inc.
• J-W Operating Company
• JAPAN DRILLING CO. LTD.
• Japan Petroleum Exploration Co. Ltd.
• Jayhawk Energy, Inc.
• JKX Oil & Gas plc
• John D. Oil and Gas Company
• Jura Energy Corporation
• Kaiser-Francis Oil Company
• KANTO NATURAL GAS DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD.
• KCA DEUTAG Drilling Limited
• Key Energy Services, Inc.
• KINETIKO ENERGY LTD.
• Kingsland Energy Corp.
• Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp.
• Korea National Oil Corporation
• KunLun Energy Company Limited
• Kuwait Petroleum Corporation
• LANSDOWNE OIL & GAS PLC
• Legacy Oil + Gas, Inc.
• Legacy Reserves LP,LENI GAS & OIL PLC
• Lightstream Resources, Inc.
• Linn Energy
• LION ENERGY LIMITED
• LiteWave Corp.
• Long Run Exploration Ltd.
• LRR Energy
• Luca Technologies, Inc.
• Lundin Petroleum AB
• Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation
• Manas Petroleum Corporation
• Marathon Oil UK Ltd.
• MarkWest Energy Partners L.P.
• Marubeni Corporation
• Mass Petroleum, Inc.
• Mediashift, Inc.
• MEDITERRANEAN OIL & GAS PLC.
• MEG Energy Corp.
• Melrose Resources plc
• MEO AUSTRALIA LIMITED
• Merit Energy Company LLC.
• Metalore Resources Limited
• MIE Holdings Corporation
• Minerco Resources, Inc.
• Mitsubishi Corporation
• MOLOPO ENERGY LIMITED
• Montello Resources Ltd.
• Monument Resources, Inc.
• Mooncor Oil and Gas Corp.
• Murphy Exploration & Production Company – International
• Murphy Exploration & Production Company – USA
• Mustang Fuel Corporation
• MV Oil Trust
• Maersk Oil and Gas AS
• Nabors Drilling USA L.P.
• Nabors Industries Ltd.
• Nabors Well Services Co.
• NAL Energy Corporation
• National Iranian Oil Company
• National Oil Corporation
• New Source Energy Corporation
• New Source Energy Partners L.P.
• New Western Energy Corp.
• Nexen, Inc.
• NGAS Resources, Inc.
• Nicklos Drilling Company
• NIGHTHAWK ENERGY PLC
• Niko Resources Ltd.
• Noble Corporation
• Noble Drilling Services, Inc.
• North Energy ASA
• Northern Oil and Gas, Inc.
• NORTHERN PETROLEUM PLC
• Norwegian Energy Company ASA
• NuVista Energy Ltd.
• NXT Energy Solutions, Inc.
• Nytex Energy Holdings, Inc.
• OAO Gazprom
• OAO NOVATEK
• OAO Rosneft Oil Company
• OAO Tatneft
• Occidental Oil and Gas Corporation
• Occidental Permian, Inc.
• Octagon 88 Resources, Inc.
• OGX Petroleo e Gas Participacoes S.A.
• Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited
• Oil and Gas Development Company Limited
• OIL INDIA LIMITED
• Oil Search Limited
• One World Investments Inc.
• Ophir Energy plc
• Pace Oil & Gas Ltd.
• Pacific Coast Oil Trust
• Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp.
• Pan Andean Resources PLC
• PAN PACIFIC PETROLEUM N L
• Par Petroleum Corporation
• Parallel Petroleum Corporation
• Paramount Resources Ltd.
• Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.
• Pavilion Energy Resources, Inc.
• Peak Energy Services Ltd.
• PEAK OIL & GAS LIMITED
• Pegasi Energy Resources Corporation
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• Pengrowth Energy Corporation
• Penn West Petroleum Ltd.
• Perpetual Energy, Inc.
• Perusahaan Pertambangan Minyak Dan Gas Bumi Negara
• Petrel Resources Plc
• Petro One Energy Corp.
• Petro River Oil Corp.
• Petro-Hunt LLC.
• Petrobras America, Inc.
• Petroceltic International plc
• Petrohawk Energy Corporation
• PetroKazakhstan, Inc.
• Petroleos Mexicanos
• Petrominerales Ltd.
• Petsec Energy Ltd.
• Peyto Exploration & Development Corp.
• Phoenix Canada Oil Company Limited
• Phoenix Technology Income Fund
• Pinnacle Gas Resources, Inc.
• Pioneer Energy Services Corp.
• Pioneer Oil and Gas
• Pioneer Southwest Energy Partners L.P.
• PostRock Energy Corporation
• Precision Drilling Trust
• Unit Corporation
• Premier Oil plc
• President Petroleum Company PLC
• Prince Resource Corporation
• Progress Energy Resources Corp.
• PROVIDENCE RESOURCES PLC
• Providence Resources, Inc.
• Qatar Petroleum
• QGOG Constellation S.A.
• Questerre Energy Corporation
• Quicksilver Production Partners LP
• QUORAM PLC
• Raimount Energy, Inc.
• Rancher Energy Corp.
• Rangeford Resources, Inc.
• RAWSON RESOURCES LIMITED
• Red Mountain Resources, Inc.
• REDCLIFFE RESOURCES LIMITED
• Regal Petroleum plc
• Resolute Energy Corporation
• REVATHI EQUIPMENT LIMITED
• Rex Energy Corporation
• Ria Resources Corp.
• Rio Bravo Oil, Inc.
• Roc Oil Company Limited
• Rock Energy, Inc.
• Rock Energy Resources, Inc.
• Rocksource ASA
• Rocky Old Man Energy, Inc.
• RONGTAI INTERNATIONAL GROUP HOLDINGS LTD
• Rowan Companies, Inc.
• ROXI PETROLEUM PLC
• Ruspetro PLC
• RWE-DEA AG
• Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd.
• Salamander Energy plc
• Samson Investment Company
• Samson Oil and Gas Limited
• Sanchez Oil & Gas Corporation
• Sanchez Energy
• SandRidge Energy, Inc.
• Santa Fe Petroleum, Inc.
• Santonia Energy, Inc.
• Santos Ltd.
• Saudi Arabian Oil Co.
• Sauer Energy, Inc.
• Savoy Energy Corporation
• Saxon Energy Services, Inc.
• Seadrill Limited
• Seadrill Partners LLC
• SeaEnergy PLC
• Sears Oil and Gas Corporation
• Sefton Resources, Inc.
• Seneca Resources Corporation
• Serica Energy plc
• Seventy Seven Energy Inc.
• Sharon Energy Ltd.
• Siberian Energy Group, Inc.
• SilverWillow Energy Corporation
• SinoTech Energy Limited
• SOCO International plc
• Softrock Minerals Ltd.
• Sonde Resources Corp.
• Sonoro Energy Ltd.
• SOUND OIL PLC
• Sperry Drilling Services
• Standard Energy Corporation
• Statesman Resources Ltd.
• Sterling Energy Plc
• Sterling Resources Ltd.
• Stetson Oil & Gas Ltd.
• Strata Oil & Gas, Inc.
• Stratex Oil & Gas Holdings, Inc.
• Sun River Energy, Inc.
• Sunshine Oilsands Ltd.
• Surge Energy, Inc.
• Surge Global Energy, Inc.
• Surgutneftegaz OAO
• Sword Energy, Inc.
• Syncrude Canada Ltd.
• TAQA North Ltd.
• Terra Nova Enegry Ltd.
• TETRA Technologies
• Texalta Petroleum Ltd.
• Texas American Resources Company
• THE NEW ZEALAND REFINING COMPANY LIMITED
• The Parkmead Group plc
• Three Rivers Operating Company LLC
• THUMS Long Beach Company
• Tn-K Energy Group Inc.
• Torque Energy, Inc.
• Total E&P Joslyn Ltd.
• Total Energy Services Inc.
• TOTAL GABON
• Tourmaline Oil Corp.
• TRAFINA Energy Ltd.
• Trans Energy, Inc.
• TransAmerican Energy, Inc.
• TransAtlantic Petroleum Ltd.
• Transocean Ltd.
• Treaty Energy Corporation,Trek Resources, Inc.
• Tri-Valley Corporation
• Tribute Resources, Inc.
• Trident Resources Corp.
• Trilogy Energy Corp.
• Trinidad Drilling Ltd.
• TriOil Resources Ltd.
• Triple 8 Energy Ltd.
• Trivello Energy Corp.
• Tullow Oil plc
• Tuscany Energy Ltd.
• Twin Butte Energy Ltd.
• TXO plc
• UMC ENERGY PLC
• Unit Corporation
• United Energy Group Limited
• Urals Energy Public Limited Company
• US Natural Gas Corp.
• Ute Energy Upstream Holdings LLC
• Vanguard Natural Resources LLC.
• Vantage Drilling Company Venoco, Inc.
• Vero Energy Inc.
• Voc Energy Trust
• VOLGA GAS PLC
• W&T Offshore, Inc.
• Waldron Energy Corporation
• Warren Resources
• WESSEX EXPLORATION PLC
• Westbridge Energy Corporation
• Western Canada Energy Ltd.
• Western States International, Inc.
• Westmont Resources, Inc.
• Whitecap Resources, Inc.
• Whiting Petroleum Corporation
• Whiting USA Trust
• Windsor Energy Resources, Inc.
• Winstar Resources Ltd.
• Wintershall Holding AG
• Woburn Energy plc
• Woodside Petroleum Ltd.
• Worthington Energy, Inc.
• WPX Energy, Inc.
• XTO Energy, Inc.
• Xtreme Drilling and Coil Services Corp.
• XXL Energy Corp.
• Yangarra Resources Ltd.
• Yingde Gases Group Company Limited
• Yoho Resources, Inc.
• ZaZa Energy Corporation
• ZETA PETROLEUM PLC
• Zhaikmunai TOO