By Amanda Leon, founder of OilMoney.io. Houston-raised, came up in the Houston marketing team of Vallourec, and has run Unrth, a brand and growth studio for oil and gas and industrial companies, since 2017, with her boots on client locations in Midland and Odessa. Last reviewed November 5, 2026.
From January 2020 through late October 2026, oil and gas employers filed 9 WARN notices in Ector County, Texas, covering 1,026 workers, based on our one-by-one read of the state's list. The most recent is Cactus Wellhead, filed May 14, 2020, for 14 workers. By year: 2020, 1,026 workers. The full Texas list, how we read it, and its limits are in Texas oil and gas layoff notices.
What Ector County Shows
Every oil and gas notice we found in Ector County came between March and May 2020, and most of it hit service and equipment work: Halliburton, Cactus Wellhead, FTS International, NexTier, and TechnipFMC. We found none for the county since. That's worth remembering the next time prices fall, because Odessa's yards felt it fast. For who's working there now, see oilfield companies in Odessa, Texas and oilfield service sales in the Permian Basin.
The largest filers in the county:
Halliburton: 237 workers.
Cactus Wellhead: 230 workers.
FTS International: 207 workers.
NexTier: 197 workers.
TechnipFMC: 140 workers.
Saulsbury Industries: 15 workers.
Every Oil and Gas Filing in Ector County
2020: 9 notices, 1,026 workers
May 14, 2020: Cactus Wellhead, Odessa (Ector County), 14 workers.
May 7, 2020: Saulsbury Industries, Odessa (Ector County), 15 workers (2 notices).
May 1, 2020: Cactus Wellhead, Odessa (Ector County), 32 workers.
April 29, 2020: TechnipFMC, Odessa (Ector County), 140 workers.
April 22, 2020: Cactus Wellhead, Odessa (Ector County), 184 workers.
April 14, 2020: NexTier, Odessa (Ector County), 197 workers.
April 6, 2020: Halliburton, Odessa (Ector County), 237 workers.
March 20, 2020: FTS International, Odessa (Ector County), 207 workers.
If One of These Is Your Customer
Call your contact as a person first and a seller second. Ask how they're doing, and who's making decisions now. People remember who checked on them. If you'd rather see what a buyer sees when he looks you up, get your Bison Walk-Around. The Tailgate, one letter a month from the patch, signs up at the bottom of any page.
Sources and As-Of Dates
Texas Workforce Commission, WARN notices: yearly files for 2020 through 2026, downloaded November 2, 2026.
Notices kept as oil and gas from employer names, read one by one. Worker counts are as filed. Smaller companies usually aren't covered.
The Warm Walk-In™ is an original method created by Amanda Leon and owned by The Valours Creative Innovation LLC.
