About CrowdField

A place where subsurface professionals learn what works, apply practical workflows, and build solutions on real problems.

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Why this exists

Oil & Gas professionals know that new tools and AI matter, but most don’t have the time to figure out what actually works.

What’s out there is often theoretical, fragmented, or hard to apply, and the gap between knowing and doing keeps growing.

CrowdField exists to close that gap by focusing on what is practical, usable, and grounded in real subsurface needs

What CrowdField is (and isn't)

What it is

Where useful work is surfaced
Where practical approaches are discovered
Where real problems get solved
Grounded in real subsurface needs

What it is not

Not a social platform
Not a discussion forum
Not a SaaS tool
Not built for passive browsing

Why

It is well understood that the Oil & Gas sector will face a major skills shortage in the years ahead.

Factors like a pandemic-driven skills exodus, unfriendly government policies, and a negative media narrative have all contributed to people wanting to leave the industry.

But despite the ongoing transition to renewable energy sources, the world will continue to rely on fossil fuels for decades to come in order to meet its energy needs.

This presents a significant opportunity for the Oil & Gas sector to continue to thrive and grow.

Marketplace

While we are not a community platform like LinkedIn, we are a two-sided marketplace that pairs businesses (demand side) with skilled individuals (supply side) who have the specific expertise they need to successfully achieve their goals.

Digital Store

In addition to the freelance model at the core of our offering, our Digital Store allows skilled professionals to monetize their expertise by creating and selling templates, code, workflows, automations, guides, e-books, or digital courses to the world.

Founder

Alan Mourgues

Petroleum Engineer, MSc

done Independent consultant
done Builder and business owner
done Entrepreneur
done Investor & trader

With over 20 years in the international Oil & Gas industry, Alan has worked across operators, advisory groups, and independent consulting.

He actively experiments with AI, automation, and new engineering workflows, testing tools, building solutions, and staying on top of how subsurface work is changing.

That hands-on approach revealed a clear gap. Awareness is growing, but practical application is lagging.

CrowdField was built to close that gap by focusing on workflows that work, tools worth using, and problems worth solving.

alan@crowdfield.net

MVP

The idea for the platform was first outlined in a blog post in November 2020, which was circulated for feedback and used to further develop the concept. Have a read here to see how it all began.

This marketplace that you see in this website is a minimum viable product (MVP) that includes only the core features and functionality necessary to deliver value to early customers. It is a stripped-down version of our full vision for the platform, allowing us to quickly test and iterate on the design.

Our goal is to release the product to the market, test and validate our assumptions about the product/service, and gather feedback from early users before launching a full-scale version.

Join & test

We have lots of ideas, but want to hear from you first. Join us, test us, have your say, and let’s build it together!

If you're a business

Please contact us so that we can work together to create a personalized workflow that fits your specific circumstances, whilst at the same time we learn from your feedback and improve our platform design.

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If you're a freelancer

Take control of your future and join the Crowd for free today. This will allow us to start collaborating immediately to help you access incoming job opportunities and showcase your skills.

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