Top 100 H1B Visa Sponsors in Mining and Petroleum Engineering since 2001

Rank	Company	H1B Visa Applications	H1B Visa Average Salary(2008)
1	Schlumberger Technology	394	72,980
2	Chevron	157	101,702
3	Shell International Exploration and Production	81	116,777
4	Occidental Oil and Gas	74	98,640
5	BP America	71	96,414
6	Conocophillips	49	106,447
7	Halliburton Energy Services	46	96,916
8	2h Offshore	44	72,573
9	Newmont Mining	29	67,582
10	Petrotel	28	94,121
10	Marathon Oil	28	103,237
12	Baker Hughes	25	85,227
13	Hess	24	117,750
14	Aera Energy Services	23	102,902
15	Weatherford International	18	84,624
16	Landmark Graphics	16	83,151
16	Baker Hughes Inteq	16	80,152
16	Exxon Mobil	16	137,853
19	Broken Hill Proprietary	14	168,224
20	Knowledge Reservoir	13	100,462
21	Blade Energy Partners	12	103,334
21	Kmgp Services	12	98,500
21	Newfield Exploration	12	107,955
24	Petrobras America	11	111,700
24	SPT Group	11	91,527
26	Swick Mining Services Usa Inc	10	138,000
26	Massey Coal Services	10	56,722
26	Citgo Petroleum	10	89,109
29	Welltec	9	75,680
29	Scandpower Petroleum Technology	9	79,512
29	EL Paso	9	75,656
29	Norwest Questa Engineering	9	107,345
29	Phelps Dodge Morenci	9	65,253
34	Ryder Scott	8	114,825
34	Crescent Directional Drilling L P	8	128,925
34	Kennecott Utah Copper	8	75,558
34	Total E P	8	90,213
34	Anadarko Petroleum	8	103,517
34	Freeport McMoran Exploration	8	79,374
40	Itasca Consulting Group	7	76,821
40	Reservoir Engineering Research Institute	7	60,714
40	Petroleum Co ordinators	7	45,750
40	Taggart Global	7	55,319
40	RIO Tinto Services	7	106,695
40	EOG Resources	7	85,500
46	At Balance Americas	6	126,533
46	Cortez Joint Venture	6	70,665
46	Shell Global Solutions US	6	101,632
46	Peabody Energy	6	73,148
46	Pennsylvania Services Corporation	6	78,000
46	Marston Marston	6	70,949
46	Pioneer Natural Resources	6	116,411
46	Degolyer And Macnaughton	6	91,600
46	M I L L C A K A M I Swaco	6	80,963
46	Pathfinder Energy Services	6	106,116
46	Fairweather E P Services	6	131,333
46	The University of Texas AT Austin	6	55,841
58	Phelps Dodge	5	69,518
58	NES Overseas	5	257,400
58	Barrick Gold Of North America	5	91,439
58	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	5	90,775
58	Mecor	5	68,568
58	Freeport McMoRan Morenci	5	74,730
58	Hub City Industriess	5	62,400
58	Noble Energy	5	122,300
58	Forest Oil	5	126,654
58	MineARC Systems America	5	94,000
68	Mintec	4	60,500
68	Mnc	4	208,000
68	Luminant Generation Company Llc	4	72,500
68	Freeport McMoRan Bagdad	4	76,931
68	Fairweather Group	4	135,000
68	Tennessee Zinc Services	4	110,625
68	The American Coal	4	63,753
68	The Mudlogging Company	4	40,231
68	Phelps Dodge Bagdad	4	71,476
68	Pincock Allen Holt	4	96,250
68	Object Reservoir	4	105,580
68	Pacific Drilling Services, Inc	4	240,000
68	Statoil Gulf Services	4	100,000
68	Suncor Energy U S A	4	165,000
68	Welldynamics	4	110,000
68	Io-hub Llc	4	96,500
68	Marsh Creek	4	135,000
68	Ogre Systems, Inc	4	77,500
68	BJ Services	4	81,950
68	Tatonka Oil And Gas	4	100,000
68	Principal Technical Services, Inc	4	93,860
68	The Frontline Group	4	77,276
90	SGS Technologie	3	68,667
90	Smith International	3	82,062
90	Chesapeake Operating	3	111,344
90	Aker Kvaerner	3	132,607
90	Amec E e	3	46,667
90	Core Laboratories	3	84,066
90	Emerald Equipment Systems	3	52,000
90	Encana Oil Gas	3	156,667
90	Hunt Oil	3	137,916
90	Exterran Energy Solutions L P	3	63,833
90	Lason Systems	3	47,667