A market that’s equal parts plot twists and potential
In a space where opportunities move fast, and regulations and budgets move faster, you need a partner with equally impressive experience in oil and gas digital marketing.
For over 20 years, we've been the oil and gas marketing agency trusted by internationally-recognized energy companies to align brand, marketing, and sales. Our tried-and-true framework connects strategy to execution — helping you win the right work, in the right markets, at the right time.
Price Swings
Policy Shifts
Emissions Scrutiny
We speak oil and gas digital marketing. Past, present, and future.
We’ve been in energy long enough to recognize the pattern: cycles swing, headlines shift, budgets tighten and surge. What buyers demand: credible proof, technical clarity, and a pipeline you can count on.
From Houston to global markets, our oil and gas digital marketing work spans brand strategy, demand generation, content, web, and campaigns built for the way energy buyers actually buy: cautiously, collaboratively, and with zero patience for fluff.
- 150+ Major oilfield services companies supported
- 20+ Years of O&G marketing experience
- 5x More leads in year one (on average)
- 50+ Clients with 5+ year partnerships
An oil and gas marketing agency who’s weathered the storm.
Why does experience matter? Because we intimately understand what you’re up against and how to solve the growth friction for the long term, not just patch it for the quarter.
From commodity-driven budget whiplash and tightening claims scrutiny to post-merger repositioning and longer buying committees, we’ve seen where oil and gas marketing breaks — and we’ve built repeatable systems that keep it performing under pressure.
When prices soften, spending freezes. When they rebound, everyone’s competing for the same traction. Our deep energy experience and market understanding prepare our clients in advance for trends and proactively pivot their oil and gas digital marketing accordingly.
Here’s how:
- Scenario-based plans that you can scale up or down
- Campaigns built for both growth and efficiency modes
- Reporting that ties spend to forecasting
Infrastructure timelines stretch. Stakeholders multiply. Messaging gets politicized. HexaGroup’s oil and gas digital marketing expertise and finger on the pulse of the market landscape empowers our clients to shape positioning that resonates in all the most relevant ways.
How we help:
- Stakeholder messaging framework and ready-to-use FAQs
- Thought leadership that explains “why now”
- Careful strategy that updates centralized, searchable, and shareable
Methane is shifting from ESG topic to commercial constraint. As customers and investors want proof, not promises — especially around emissions. We help E&P companies turn compliance, measurement and improvement into credible stories that earn trust.
Here’s how:
- ESG and performance content built around verifiable data
- Clear claims language and review-ready copy
- Visual storytelling for complex reporting requirements
Oil and gas consolidation is accelerating — and M&A doesn’t just scramble org charts. It changes your buyers, your differentiators and how decisions get made. We help teams clarify the new story, sharpen the brand and arm sales with role-specific tools that resonate across an organization.
Here’s how:
- Persona-based messaging for each target audience
- Sales enablement to support internal alignment
- Inbound marketing campaigns, multi-site rollouts and post-merger repositioning
If you sound like everyone else, you compete on price. We create “big, long ideas” that make your value unmistakable, then create innovative ways to make an impact in the marketplace.
Here’s how:
- Campaign systems that connect ads, web and nurture
- Tradeshow themes that carry into digital follow-up
- Integrated oil and gas digital marketing approach designed for longterm impact
Energy employment has grown, but skills shortages remain a real threat, especially as roles evolve with technology and operational demands. To attract and retain top talent, you need an oil and gas marketing company who translate operational reality into credibility candidates trust.
Here’s how:
- Employer brand and recruiting campaigns
- Content that showcases safety, training, and advancement
- Social and video assets built for field-friendly consumption
Many O&G teams are still running on disconnected tools. Marketing, sales, service and analytics live in separate worlds. We help you modernize your martech stack and measurement so oil and gas digital marketing becomes predictable, not reactive.
- HubSpot and CRM alignment for lifecycle tracking
- SEO and content ops designed for technical search behavior
- Dashboards that connect marketing activity to revenue outcomes
Oil and gas digital marketing results that speak for themselves
We specialize in high-level wins (not marketing theater)
Splashy ads don’t cut it
The truth is in oil and gas, “brand awareness” is nice, but it doesn’t keep crews busy. When backlog is on the line, you need measurable demand, qualified leads, and marketing that earns trust with technical buyers who don’t have time for fluff. In this industry, credibility is the gate. Proof is the key. And performance is the only language leadership really listens to.
What really matters in oil and gas digital marketing
We don’t chase vanity metrics or “viral” moments. We build growth systems that hold up under scrutiny and show up where it counts: in sales conversations, in qualified opportunities, and in pipeline you can forecast. Oil and gas digital marketing should make it easier for engineering, ops, HS&E, procurement, and leadership to say “yes” — not give them more reasons to hesitate.
2000+
Quality leads
30.5%
Email conversion rate
207%
Increase in monthly organic visitors
5x
More leads in one year
Numbers can’t capture the full story
Our success as an oil and gas marketing agency isn’t limited to quantitative results. Where we really shine? End-to-end partnership that transforms how you compete and win. Of the 150+ oil and gas digital marketing campaigns we've created, here are just a few standouts.
Diagnosing and curing revenue deficiencies
Who: An upstream-facing enterprise industrial manufacturing company
What: A cross-functional revenue diagnostic to find the real constraint behind missed revenue targets
How: We partnered with SLIC to run a structured diagnostic (stakeholder interviews, data assessment, OMG evaluations), then built a marketing gap analysis and Growth Engine-based recovery roadmap focused on top-of-funnel lead generation and digital support for clients/distributors.
Results: Executive alignment and company-wide transformation plan
Defining a game-changing new upstream product
Who: An upstream technology startup focused on multiphase separation
What: Reposition for the energy transition without losing sight of OPEX and separation-performance benefits.
How: Turnkey brand development: new company name, visual identity, and messaging, plus board presentations to align stakeholders, customer re-introduction emails, and a full collateral system.
Results: A cohesive, market-ready brand platform
Reigniting a midstream firm’s revenue momentum
Who: A midstream and pipeline integrity-focused organization
What: A full commercial reset after losing sales and marketing leadership
How: We updated the company’s sales infrastructure (playbook and process discipline) and delivered GTM alignment, oil and gas digital marketing assets (case studies and enablement) and support for product launch and distribution strategy.
Results: Rebuilt competitive advantage and institutionalized a repeatable growth system
Diagnosing and curing revenue deficiencies
Who: An upstream-facing enterprise industrial manufacturing company
What: A cross-functional revenue diagnostic to find the real constraint behind missed revenue targets
How: We partnered with SLIC to run a structured diagnostic (stakeholder interviews, data assessment, OMG evaluations), then built a marketing gap analysis and Growth Engine-based recovery roadmap focused on top-of-funnel lead generation and digital support for clients/distributors.
Results: Executive alignment and company-wide transformation plan
Defining a game-changing new upstream product
Who: An upstream technology startup focused on multiphase separation
What: Reposition for the energy transition without losing sight of OPEX and separation-performance benefits.
How: Turnkey brand development: new company name, visual identity, and messaging, plus board presentations to align stakeholders, customer re-introduction emails, and a full collateral system.
Results: A cohesive, market-ready brand platform
Reigniting a midstream firm’s revenue momentum
Who: A midstream and pipeline integrity-focused organization
What: A full commercial reset after losing sales and marketing leadership
How: We updated the company’s sales infrastructure (playbook and process discipline) and delivered GTM alignment, oil and gas digital marketing assets (case studies and enablement) and support for product launch and distribution strategy.
Results: Rebuilt competitive advantage and institutionalized a repeatable growth system
Where expertise meets creativity
In energy, credibility is the currency. If your oil and gas digital marketing can’t survive an engineer’s red pen (or a procurement team’s scrutiny), it’ll do more damage than good. Lasting growth is grounded in domain knowledge, backed by research and built to move technical buyers from curiosity to confidence.
Experts who go all in
HexaGroup lives and breathes oil and gas digital marketing. We immerse ourselves in your world — specs, standards, safety expectations, and the real constraints your customers face. We interview SMEs, study the competitive landscape, and pressure-test every claim so your message is both persuasive and defensible. Then we translate complexity into clear stories buyers can understand quickly, share internally and act on.
Our team:
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Maps buying committee dynamics, so messaging resonates at every decision level
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Embeds ourselves in your day-to-day operations to understand what actually sells
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Builds assets that answer the hardest technical questions before prospects ask them
Oil and gas buyers need clarity, not more stock photos of people in hard hats. From 3D drilling and pipeline animations to interactive web experiences, data-rich dashboards and trade-show assets, our designers make complex systems feel intuitive. As a legacy oil and gas marketing agency, we understand how to reduce cognitive load, increase confidence and make your differentiation obvious.
Our designers:
- Work directly with your engineers to visualize systems accurately, not generically
- Design for the realities of field teams, procurement reviews and boardroom presentations
- Build visual systems that scale from trade show booths to sales decks to digital campaigns
We write for decision-makers: engineers, operations leaders, HSE and commercial teams. Our copywriters understand buyers are usually skeptical, technical and allergic to marketing spin. Our team uses precise language that holds up under scrutiny, defensible claims that survive procurement review and messaging that respects how things actually work in the field. After 20+ years in this business, we know it’s the only way oil and gas digital marketing campaigns succeed.
Our copywriters:
- Build web copy and landing pages that answer hard questions fast
- Equip sales with the words and tools that move decisions forward
- Distill complexity into vibrant, meaningful storytelling
Our account managers understand the rhythms of oil and gas: long decision cycles, multi-stakeholder approvals, HSE sensitivity and the realities of field-first teams with limited time and patience for fluff. We keep oil and gas digital marketing projects moving without cutting corners or compromising timelines, budgets or campaign momentum.
Our account managers:
- Speak the language of upstream, midstream, downstream, LNG and OFS teams
- Manage compliance-aware messaging so claims stay defensible and review-ready
- Coordinate complex deliverables across web, content, campaigns, events and sales enablement
Oil and gas digital marketing that moves the needle.
From 3D explainers to tradeshow systems to GTM launches, these campaigns show what happens when oil and gas expertise meets creative built for high-scrutiny buyers.
Websites built for long sales cycles
Your website is working 24/7 to answer technical questions, prove credibility and support multi-stakeholder buying committees. With 6-18 month sales cycles, buyers will visit your site dozens of times before reaching out. It needs to answer hard questions fast and give champions the proof they need to sell internally.
Brand films and video series
Video cuts through the noise at industry events, on LinkedIn, and in sales conversations. Whether you're repositioning for the energy transition, showcasing field operations or building an employer brand to attract talent, video makes complex value instantly understandable.
Sales enablement and presentation systems
Your sales team faces engineers who ask tough technical questions, procurement teams who need cost justification, and executives who want strategic value. They need assets that work across every stakeholder and maintain technical credibility while staying persuasive.
Go-to-market strategy and positioning
Whether you're entering a new market, launching a product, pivoting for the energy transition or repositioning post-acquisition, your GTM strategy determines whether you're seen as a commodity or a category leader. We help you find whitespace, craft defensible differentiation and align sales and marketing to win.
Integrated campaign systems
One-off ads don't work in energy. Buying committees need 35+ touchpoints across 6-18 months. Integrated campaigns connect every channel (search, LinkedIn, email, events, direct mail) with consistent messaging that nurtures relationships through the entire evaluation process.
Thought leadership and content marketing
Highly technical oil and gas industry buyers make decisions based on expertise. Thought leadership assets (white papers, technical articles, podcast content, webinars) position your company as the category expert while generating qualified inbound leads who are already educated and engaged.
Websites built for long sales cycles
Your website is working 24/7 to answer technical questions, prove credibility and support multi-stakeholder buying committees. With 6-18 month sales cycles, buyers will visit your site dozens of times before reaching out. It needs to answer hard questions fast and give champions the proof they need to sell internally.
Brand films and video series
Video cuts through the noise at industry events, on LinkedIn, and in sales conversations. Whether you're repositioning for the energy transition, showcasing field operations or building an employer brand to attract talent, video makes complex value instantly understandable.
Sales enablement and presentation systems
Your sales team faces engineers who ask tough technical questions, procurement teams who need cost justification, and executives who want strategic value. They need assets that work across every stakeholder and maintain technical credibility while staying persuasive.
Go-to-market strategy and positioning
Whether you're entering a new market, launching a product, pivoting for the energy transition or repositioning post-acquisition, your GTM strategy determines whether you're seen as a commodity or a category leader. We help you find whitespace, craft defensible differentiation and align sales and marketing to win.
Integrated campaign systems
One-off ads don't work in energy. Buying committees need 35+ touchpoints across 6-18 months. Integrated campaigns connect every channel (search, LinkedIn, email, events, direct mail) with consistent messaging that nurtures relationships through the entire evaluation process.
Thought leadership and content marketing
Highly technical oil and gas industry buyers make decisions based on expertise. Thought leadership assets (white papers, technical articles, podcast content, webinars) position your company as the category expert while generating qualified inbound leads who are already educated and engaged.
PODCASTS
Oil and gas digital marketing that works smarter, not harder.
Engineers, procurement teams and operations leaders consume content on their terms — commuting to sites, traveling between projects and squeezing learning into packed schedules. Unlike one-time downloads, podcasts position you as the ongoing expert buyers return to, recommend and remember when it's time to award work.
Sustained attention
Podcasts command 30-60 minutes of focus, earning earning mental real estate competitors can't buy.
Authentic connection
Buyers hear real expertise (not marketing claims), translating directly into credibility and preference.
Category authority
Regular episodes position your company as the voice shaping how the industry thinks.
How we’re leading the way
From launching The HEX-Files Energy Marketing Podcast to producing targeted thought leadership series for our clients, we're pioneering how oil and gas companies use audio to build relationships. We handle everything from strategy and guest booking to production, promotion and repurposing, so your team can focus on sharing expertise.
Browse our latest and greatest:
Peter Shwets
Peter Lyall
Michel Prive
How disconnected teams cost qualified deals
Jenny Salinas
How established oil and gas firms can move faster with less effort
Frederik Klaarenbeek
How PE-backed oil and gas companies can accelerate value
The bottom line?
Real impact is engineered over time.
We’ve been in this space long enough to know ideas alone don’t cut it. Oil and gas digital marketing doesn't succeed through isolated campaigns. It requires strategic systems calibrated to 6-18 month sales cycles, multi-stakeholder buying committees, engineer-level scrutiny and market conditions that shift between proposal and award.
Our Growth Engine model connects every effort and compounds results across channels, regions and product lines. We've made a name for ourselves as a premier oil and gas marketing agency by building systems that perform under pressure and deliver predictable growth, quarter after quarter.
A repeatable, scalable framework that goes the distance
We start by finding the truth in your market, then translate it into a bold, defensible strategy. From there, we build oil and gas digital marketing campaigns and systems that keep opportunity in motion long after launch.
Getting granular: How we transform insight into impact
Oil and gas digital marketing often breaks down because it lacks integration. Strategy is buried in slide decks, creative materials are scattered across drives and campaigns are running in silos. Our framework welds that chaos into one cohesive system without tearing down what's already working. The payoff: early wins that build momentum and a Growth Engine that compounds over time.
Choose your path
We’ll choose the right engagement model together: a rapid-deploy GOpack, whether that be a custom Growth Engine or a focused project engagement. This decision sets the pace and structure for everything that follows.
Set budget and scope
Next, we'll define a budget range and scope that reflects your team's bandwidth, 6-18 month oil and gas sales-cycle length and capacity to manage multi-stakeholder buying committees. If initiatives need to be phased or split across budgets, we map that out upfront.
Dig deeper
You'll complete a 10-minute GOsurvey across branding, oil and gas digital marketing, sales and service, then we'll review the results together. It's a pre-flight check that surfaces blind spots and gives us shared direction before we touch a single deliverable.
Align on goals
Next, we run a discovery workshop to align on customers, buying dynamics, differentiators and constraints. This step turns internal knowledge into shared clarity so we can lock in a timeline and KPIs.
Validate the market
We pressure-test your positioning using Clustaar insights and competitive mapping. Our team analyzes search demand, competitor messaging, category language and content gaps to inform a strategy that stands out in the oil and gas space.
Build the system
We develop your positioning, messaging and creative assets based on your engagement model. From complete brand systems to targeted campaign materials, we ensure technical accuracy and consistency across your website, sales enablement, RFP responses and events. The scope varies. The standards don't.
Launch in phases
We activate your Growth Engine through digital foundation work, oil and gas digital marketing campaign execution, sales enablement and performance tracking scaled to your engagement model.
GOpack clients receive our proven framework built in: strategic planning, quarterly alignment, real-time KPI tracking, ongoing opportunity discovery across upstream/midstream/downstream markets, and coordinated program staging.
Optimize and evolve
Each month, we review performance together, diagnose what’s working across long sales cycles, and optimize in real time. Quarterly, we zoom out to address market shifts, regulatory changes and new opportunities. The bottom line? Your oil and gas digital marketing strategy will always be ahead of the curve.
Leadership who pioneered oil and gas digital marketing.
We're not one of the world's most respected oil and gas marketing agencies by accident. We were founded by industry veterans who spent years in upstream, midstream, and downstream operations before asking: what if we built marketing differently?
Because our leaders come from oil and gas (not just marketing agencies) and helped create the specialized oil and gas digital marketing approach energy companies need today, we're far more than a vendor. We're a 360-degree partner who's been in your shoes and is dedicated to evolving how you compete in the market.
Arnaud Dasprez
CEO, HexaGroup
Arnaud helped bring digital marketing to the gas and oil more than two decades ago, and he still leads the charge. A seasoned marketing technologist and global communications strategist, Arnaud also hosts The HEX-Files Energy Marketing Podcast, sharing practical truths that improve energy marketing outcomes.
Didier Germain
COO, HexaGroup
Didier brings the operator’s discipline that oil and gas teams respect: structure, accountability, and execution that holds up under pressure. Before HexaGroup, Didier built his career at Schlumberger, gaining deep experience in the systems and rigor required to deliver complex work consistently across teams, timelines and high-stakes environments.
FAQs: Your guide to oil and gas digital marketing
Oil and gas marketing operates under unique constraints that generic B2B agencies don't understand. Sales cycles span 6-18 months (not weeks). Buying committees include 6-10 stakeholders across engineering, operations, HS&E, procurement and finance — each with different priorities and veto power. Technical buyers demand proof, not promises. Regulatory compliance affects every claim. And commodity price swings can freeze or accelerate budgets overnight.
Our oil and gas marketing agency was built specifically for these realities. We understand multi-stakeholder approvals, technical scrutiny, and the 35+ touchpoints required before contract signature.
In oil and gas, "results" means qualified pipeline, not vanity metrics. Most clients see measurable traction within 30-60 days—increased organic visibility, higher-quality inbound inquiries, better engagement from target accounts. Meaningful pipeline impact typically appears within 90-120 days as nurture campaigns mature and SEO gains momentum.
However, the real value compounds over time. Our average client generates 5x more leads in year one compared to their baseline. Companies that stay with us 5+ years (which represents over 50 of our clients) see continuous improvement as brand authority builds, content libraries grow, and systems mature.
Yes. Our oil and gas digital marketing experience spans the entire value chain:
- Upstream: E&P technology, drilling services, completion equipment, reservoir management
- Midstream: Pipeline integrity, transportation, storage, LNG infrastructure
- Downstream: Refining, distribution, petrochemicals
- Oilfield Services: Equipment manufacturers, service contractors, specialty tools, inspection and testing
- New Energy: Carbon capture, hydrogen, renewable integration, energy transition technologies
We've supported 150+ energy companies including internationally-recognized operators, service contractors, and technology providers.
Technical credibility is the foundation. Our process ensures every claim survives engineer-level scrutiny:
- SME interviews: We interview your technical experts to understand specs, applications, and differentiators
- Competitive research: We study how competitors position similar solutions and identify gaps
- Claims validation: Every technical claim is reviewed against documentation and approved by your team
- Compliance review: We build in review cycles for legal, HS&E, and regulatory approval as needed
Our copywriters don't just "write marketing copy"—they learn your technology, speak to your engineers, and translate complexity into clear value propositions that respect technical reality.
Absolutely. Oil and gas consolidation is accelerating, and M&A creates immediate marketing challenges: multiple legacy brands, confused positioning, misaligned sales messaging, and cultural integration across regions.
We've guided numerous post-merger integrations including:
- Brand architecture decisions: Single master brand vs. endorsed portfolio vs. house of brands
- Unified messaging: Creating a cohesive story that works across legacy customer bases
- Sales enablement: Equipping teams with role-specific tools for the new organization
- Digital consolidation: Merging websites, unifying SEO strategy, and maintaining rankings through transitions
- Internal communications: Helping teams understand and embrace the new positioning
Recent work includes helping a midstream firm rebuild its commercial engine after losing sales and marketing leadership, and supporting multiple industrial clients through post-acquisition repositioning.
GOpacks are our rapid-deploy packages built from proven best practices for common oil and gas marketing challenges. They include:
- Strategic planning and quarterly alignment sessions
- Brand positioning and omnichannel creative execution
- Real-time KPI tracking and performance diagnostics
- Campaign strategy and core sales enablement
- Ongoing growth opportunity discovery
- Coordinated program staging
Custom Growth Engines are built from scratch around your specific business, market dynamics, and growth goals. Best for companies with unique positioning challenges, complex product portfolios, or specific market entry strategies.
Project-based engagements focus on specific deliverables: website redesign, trade show campaign, ESG report, product launch, etc.
All three models draw from our six core capabilities: Marketing Research & Diagnostics, Strategy & Creative Planning, Content Development & Production, MarTech Enablement & Automation, Demand Generation & Customer Lifecycle, and Customer Success Optimization.
Traditional attribution breaks down in 6-18 month sales cycles with offline touchpoints (trade shows, field visits, RFPs). We implement sophisticated measurement that accounts for oil and gas realities:
Early indicators (30-90 days):
- Organic visibility for high-intent technical keywords
- Engagement from target accounts and personas
- Content consumption patterns (technical specs, case studies, webinars)
- Demo requests and RFP inquiries
Pipeline metrics (90-180 days):
- Marketing-influenced opportunities (MQO)
- Sales-qualified leads (SQL) vs. Marketing-qualified leads (MQL) conversion
- Account engagement scores for ABM targets
- Win rates on opportunities where marketing touched the account
Revenue outcomes (6-18 months):
- Closed-won revenue from marketing-influenced pipeline
- Average contract value trends
- Sales cycle length (are we shortening time-to-close?)
- Customer acquisition cost (CAC) efficiency
We tie marketing activity to revenue outcomes even when the buying process spans many months.
Yes. ESG has shifted from "nice-to-have" to commercial requirement in oil and gas. Operators, investors, and procurement teams now demand verifiable proof of emissions reduction, methane management, safety performance, and environmental responsibility.
Our oil and gas marketing agency helps E&P companies, midstream operators, and oilfield services firms turn compliance into credible competitive advantage:
- Annual ESG reports: Data-rich, visually compelling documentation
- Emissions reduction case studies: Proof points for procurement reviews
- Methane accountability content: Measurement, verification, and performance storytelling
- Safety performance visualization: HS&E credentials that win contracts
- Regulatory compliance storytelling: Meeting requirements while building trust
We've produced ESG reports for energy companies, industrial firms, and service contractors.
Make it bold. Make it fly.
Ready when you are. Let’s fuel the next phase of your growth.