Murphy Exploration & Production Company USA

Mining, Quarrying, Oil & Gas · Primarily TX · PERM filings 2021–2024

#3,434 top sponsor

Overview

Murphy Exploration & Production Company USA is a Mining, Quarrying, Oil & Gas employer that has filed 25 PERM green-card applications between FY2021 and FY2024. That places it #3,434 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 14 were certified (56% approval rate), taking about 416 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Petroleum Engineers, with most worksites in TX, and the median sponsored wage is $187,699.

25

PERM filings

56%

approval

1

denied

$187,699

median wage

416d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 8 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is UNITED KINGDOM (25%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • United Kingdom2
  • Malaysia2
  • Indonesia1
  • Denmark1
  • Ireland1
  • Canada1

Prior visa status

  • L-16
  • H-1B2

Education

  • Master's4
  • Doctorate2
  • Bachelor's1
  • None1

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations Murphy Exploration & Production Company USA most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Petroleum Engineers 6 $189,114
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers 6 $192,094
Mechanical Engineers 3 $148,817
Accountants and Auditors 2 $111,561
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 1 $114,920
Supply Chain Managers 1 $134,118
Water Resource Specialists 1 $145,621
Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products 1 $92,893
Civil Engineers 1 $120,266
Architectural and Engineering Managers 1 $215,946

Common job titles

Sr. Staff Geologist 2 Sr. Project Engineer 1 Senior Staff Drilling Engineer 1 Sr Staff Reservoir Engineer 1 Staff Reservoir Engineer 1 Staff Business Analyst - Offshore P&P 1 IT Operations Specialist 1 Supply Chain Systems Specialist 1 Sr. Staff JV Accountant 1 Staff Geologist 1 Sr. Staff Geophysicist 1 Senior Water Management Technologist 1

Worksite states

TX 25

Wage range

$122,902

25th

$187,699

median

$189,821

75th

$215,946

90th

Law firms used

  • Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP17
  • Berry Appleman Leiden LLP8

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
G-100-24190-180049 Sr. Project EngineerCertified Houston, TX Nov 25, 2025
G-100-24123-949066 IT Operations SpecialistCertified Houston, TX Aug 19, 2025
G-100-24109-900513 Staff Business Analyst - Offshore P&PCertified Houston, TX Jul 28, 2025
G-100-24085-827003 Staff Reservoir EngineerCertified Houston, TX Jul 16, 2025
G-100-24206-219242 Reservoir Engineering AdvisorWithdrawn Houston, TX Jun 20, 2025
G-100-24039-703533 Sr Staff Reservoir EngineerCertified Houston, TX Jun 17, 2025
G-100-23354-582930 Senior Staff Drilling EngineerCertified Houston, TX Apr 24, 2025
G-100-23271-391888 Senior GeologistCertified Houston, TX Jan 23, 2025
G-100-23272-395138 Senior LandmanCertified Houston, TX Jan 23, 2025
G-100-23263-363630 Staff Project and Facilities EngineerCertified Houston, TX Jan 23, 2025
G-100-23261-355170 Senior Water Management TechnologistCertified Houston, TX Jan 23, 2025
G-100-23240-300495 Senior Facilities EngineerCertified - Expired Houston, TX Nov 5, 2024
G-100-23220-248472 Staff GeologistCertified - Expired Houston, TX Nov 5, 2024
G-100-23220-248193 Sr. Staff JV AccountantCertified - Expired Houston, TX Nov 5, 2024
G-100-23194-186685 Supply Chain Systems SpecialistCertified - Expired Houston, TX Oct 1, 2024
G-100-23194-185958 Sr. Reservoir EngineerCertified Houston, TX Sep 17, 2024
G-100-23220-247680 Staff Completions EngineerWithdrawn Houston, TX Jun 5, 2024
A-23131-40861 Sr. Staff GeophysicistCertified Houston, TX Jun 4, 2024
A-23086-18624 Production Engineering Team LeadCertified Houston, TX May 1, 2024
A-23012-86415 Subsurface ManagerCertified Houston, TX Apr 17, 2024

Source: U.S. DOL OFLC PERM disclosure data. Wages are annual-equivalent; outliers excluded.