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101 Most Innovative United States Based Oil and Gas Companies & Startups

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This article showcases our top picks for the best United States based Oil and Gas companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Oil and Gas industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.

We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.

We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:

  • Innovation
    • Innovative ideas
    • Innovative route to market
    • Innovative product
  • Growth
    • Exceptional growth
    • Exceptional growth strategy
  • Management
  • Societal impact

Top United States Oil and Gas Startups

Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.

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Cummins

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Cummins develops, sells, and services diesel and natural gas engines, power generation systems, and engine-related component products.

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Twelve is a new kind of chemical company built for the climate era. We make essential products from air, not oil.

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Plug Power

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Plug Power is a provider of clean hydrogen and zero-emission fuel cell solutions.

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Aspen Aerogels

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Aspen Aerogels provides thermal management and energy conservation insulation solutions for a variety of industries.

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Infinite Composites

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ICT designs, develops, and manufactures advanced gas storage systems for aerospace, industrial gas and transportation applications.

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Urbint

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Urbint predicts threats to workers and critical infrastructure to stop incidents before they happen.

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Bloom Energy

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Bloom Energy offers on-site power generation systems that can use a wide variety of inputs to generate electricity.

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Modumetal

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Modumetal is a technology company developing, manufacturing and licensing advanced nanolaminate materials to outperform conventional metal.

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Voltus

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Voltus provides cash-generating energy products to commercial, institutional, and industrial customers.

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Booster

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Booster is energy delivered, integrated logistics, and society’s solution for decarbonizing last-mile delivery.

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Koch Industries

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Koch Industries is an operator of a diverse set of businesses and industries to create life’s basic necessities.

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Mainspring Energy

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Mainspring Energy is engineering advanced technology to revolutionize the way electricity is generated and delivered

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EQT

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EQT is an energy company that produces natural gas, natural gas liquids (NGLs), and crude oil.

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American Robotics

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American Robotics is a Robot-as-a-Service company that develops FAA-approved pilotless, AI-powered drones for industrial purposes.

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Ambri

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Ambri is an early-stage company focused on developing a transformative technology.

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Duke Energy Florida

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Duke Energy Florida is one of the largest energy holding company.

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Yoshi

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Yoshi fills a vehicle’s tank wherever a driver wanted instead of the owner having to stop at a gas station.

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New Fortress Energy

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New Fortress Energy is an energy infrastructure company.

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Calysta

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Calysta Energy develops a new biological gas-to-liquids™ (BioGTL™) and biological gas-to-chemicals (BioGTC™) technology using natural gas.

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Imubit

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AI process optimization platform for process manufacturing

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Data Gumbo

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The smart contract network company trusted by global industrial enterprises

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Orbital Sidekick

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Orbital Sidekick develops a space-based infrastructure of hyperspectral sensors to provide monitoring services to the energy sector.

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Eos Energy Storage

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Eos produces cost effective energy storage solutions that are less expensive than other battery technologies.

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Spire

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Spire is engaged to transform its business and pursue growth by growing its gas utility business.

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Chevron

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Chevron is an integrated energy and technology company with subsidiaries that conduct businesses under Chevron, Texaco and Caltex brands.

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ExxonMobil

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ExxonMobil is an international oil and gas company, providing energy that helps underpin growing economies.

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Venture Global LNG

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Venture Global LNG is a long-term, low-cost producer of liquefied natural gas pipelines.

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FILLD

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Filld is a mobile refueling service, building a highly flexible, scalable, and fully mobile last mile infrastructure for vehicle refueling.

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Calumet Specialty

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Calumet Specialty manufactures, formulates and markets a diversified slate of products to customers.

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Westinghouse Electric Company

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Westinghouse Electric Company LLC provides nuclear power plant products and services to utilities worldwide.

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CDI

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CDI is a provider of engineering and information technology outsourcing solutions.

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Navitas Midstream Partners

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Navitas Midstream Partners is a producer-focused midstream company.

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SLANT Energy

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SLANT Energy intends to grow its portfolio of oil and gas assets through drilling and acquiring production.

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Boardwalk Pipeline

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Boardwalk Pipeline provides transportation, storage, gathering and processing of natural gas and liquids for its customers.

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Kairos Aerospace

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Kairos Aerospace combines innovative aerospace systems with advanced data science to solve pressing global problems

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Tellurian

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Tellurian is a builder of natural gas business.

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Birch Resources

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Birch Resources is an energy company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development, production, and marketing of oil and natural gas.

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Vita Inclinata Technologies

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Vita is an aerospace company that builds autonomous systems for helicopter hoisting and sling load missions.

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C-Zero

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C-Zero is unlocking the zero-emission energy embedded in natural gas

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Bonanza Creek Energy

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Bonanza Creek Energy is an independent oil and natural gas company.

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Tachyus

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Tachyus develops a technology platform to optimize energy production for the oil and gas industry.

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PG&E Corporation

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PG&E is an investor-owned electric utility with publicly traded stock that is headquartered in the Pacific Gas & Electric Building.

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Triax Technologies

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Triax Technologies delivers a connected IoT worksite platform designed for construction, energy and heavy industrial environments.

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WaterBridge Resources

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A midstream development company focused on developing, acquiring and operating flowback and produced water infrastructure

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Fuel Me

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Fuel Me allows customers to purchase fuel and receive emergency roadside assistance services to multiple sites.

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Enchanted Rock

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Enchanted Rock LLC is a utility company providing physical and financial risk management tools.

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Ambyint

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Ambyint provides artificial intelligence-based technologies that automates the process of companies in oil and gas industry.

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Litmus Automation

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Litmus provides the solution to transform critical edge data into actionable intelligence that can power maintenance.

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Talos Energy

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Talos Energy is a technically driven, independent oil and gas exploration and production company.

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Ghost Robotics

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Robots that Feel the World™ | Quadrupedal Robots (Q-UGV) for Unstructured, Demanding and Continuous-Use Environments

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Velocys

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Velocys is the company at the forefront of smaller scale gas-to-liquids (GTL).

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IES

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IES is an independent rating, analytics, and certification company that focuses on the energy industry.

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Blue Planet

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Blue Planet develops technology that uses CO2 as a raw material for making carbonate rocks.

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CenterPoint Energy

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CenterPoint Energy, Inc. is a domestic energy delivery company.

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NET Power

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NET Power produces power from natural gas at costs comparable to existing technologies. All CO2 is captured at no extra cost.

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Petro-Victory Energy

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A premier Brazil focused independent exploration and production company.

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Atlas Sand

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Founded by long-time E&P operators with significant experience in the Permian Basin alongside the best talent in the sand mining industry.

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Talen Energy Corp.

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Talen Energy Corp. operates as an energy and power generation and marketing company in North America.

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Gas Pos

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Gas Pos is the fastest-growing point of sale system for gas stations & truck stops. First truck stop POS alternative in 20 years.

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Continental Resources

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Continental Resources is focused on the exploration and production of onshore oil prone plays and is a Top 10 independent oil producer.

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Liberty Oilfield Services

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Liberty Oilfield Services is an innovative oilfield service company.

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Picarro

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Picarro produces gas analyzers for a variety of markets, including atmospheric science, greenhouse gas measurement, air quality, and others.

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HighPeak Energy

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HighPeak Energy is an independent oil and natural gas company focused on the development of unconventional oil and natural gas reserves.

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WellAware

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The industry’s first full-stack solution for oilfield intelligence, from data collection to decision analytics

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ENGAGE

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Advance Fintech for Industrial Workflows

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Prometheus

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Prometheus is an oil and gas company.

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AEGIS Hedging Solutions

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AEGIS Hedging Solutions is the recognized global leader for hedging technology and expertise.

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HyperSciences

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HyperSciences provides solutions for tunneling, energy drilling, transportation, aerospace, and materials production problems.

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Indigo Natural Resources

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Indigo Natural Resources is an energy and gas production company.

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American Petroleum Partners

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American Petroleum Partners is an exploration and production company.

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Goodnight Midstream

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Goodnight Midstream is a provider of water handling and salt water disposal services to the oil and gas industry.

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Antero Resources

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Antero Resources is an independent oil and natural gas company.

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Akastor

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Akastor is a Norway-based oil-services investment company

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Covercress

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Covercress is a biotechnology company that manufactures an oilseed crop for food, bioenergy, and cattle feed.

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SeekOps

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SeekOps provides end-to-end gas emissions inspection operations to oil and gas customers.

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CIRCOR International

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Global manufacturer of highly engineered, complex and severe environment products that serve the long-term high growth upstream.

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SolSpec

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Teren is the data analytics software platform for energy and civil engineering. We transform data into actionable reports.

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NantEnergy

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Fluidic Energy develops metal-air rechargeable batteries.

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Seven Lakes Technologies

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Seven Lakes Technologies is an enterprise software company focused on the upstream oil and gas segment

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RelaDyne

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RelaDyne is a supplier of comprehensive equipment reliability products and value added services.

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Sharper Shape

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Sharper Shape provides innovative solutions for infrastructure asset owners.

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ampCNG

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ampCNG is engaged in the transition to compressed natural gas (CNG) as a transportation fuel in the commercial trucking industry.

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Oscilla Power

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Oscilla Power is developing a suite of proprietary, high-impact renewable energy and energy harvesting solutions.

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Pioneer Energy Services

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Pioneer Energy Services is operating a modern fleet of top-performing drilling rigs throughout onshore oil and gas production.

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Kuva Systems f/k/a MultiSensor Scientific

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MultiSensor Scientific offers a non-thermal optical gas imaging camera platform for detection.

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Moda Midstream

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Moda Midstream provides terminal, storage, and distribution solutions to bulk liquid producers.

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MorningStar Partners

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MorningStar Partners focuses on the acquisition, development, and exploration of oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquid reserves.

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Mintmesh Corporation

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Mintmesh has created RUDY for Engineers, a digital platform for technical evaluation processes and knowledge management

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Milestone Environmental Services

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Milestone is a national provider of oilfield waste solutions with an engineered waste disposal process that is environmentally focused.

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Clayton Williams Energy

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Clayton Williams Energy, Inc. is an independent oil and gas company.

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Spear Power Systems

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Spear Power Systems designs and manufactures safe, reliable lithium-ion battery storage systems.

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EP Energy Corporation

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EP Energy produces natural oils and gases which help enrich people’s lives.

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Star Oil and Gas

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Star Oil and Gas is an oil and gas exploration company that provides natural oil and gas services.

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Phizzle

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The First IoT Solution to Remotely Operate Multi-Vendor Particle Counters in Scientific Data Applications.

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NextDecade

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NextDecade is an LNG development company focusing on LNG export projects and associated pipelines.

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DarkPulse

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DarkPulse uses advanced laser-based monitoring systems to provide rapid and accurate monitoring of temperatures, strains and stresses.

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Seismos

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Seismos is a technology provider for the oil & gas industry offering real-time, frac treatment and frac performance evaluation.

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Lucid Energy Group

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Lucid Energy Group is a startup midstream company that provides oil and natural gas producers with a range of midstream services.

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CNX Resources

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CNX Resources is an independent natural gas exploration, development, and production company that offers a growth strategy solution.

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Colgate Energy

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A Midland, Texas-based oil and gas E&P company focused on the Permain Basin

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Lilis Energy

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Lilis Energy, Inc. is a Denver-based independent oil and gas exploration and production company .

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