VSG Extractive Industries

VSG leaders for growth in extractive industries: from oil and gas, to mining and metals.

VSG: A network built for access— placing the people who turn market-entry, risk, and geopolitics into revenue and growth across complex extractive markets. Learn more >

Experience.

  • Client Success

    Revenue growth in extractive industries requires more than technical skill—it demands commercial leaders who navigate regulatory, geopolitical, and operational challenges with precision.

    VSG delivers these professionals: executives who transform market barriers into competitive advantages through strategic relationships and adaptive execution.

    Delivery

    Where conventional solutions fail, our proven methodology succeeds—with discretion and results.

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  • VSG Impact

    Impact

    We provide the expertise and connections our clients need to not only adapt to evolving markets but to define them. We secure their position at the forefront, ensuring sustainable growth and long-term competitive advantage.

    Q1 2025 Performance

    • 78% Placed in Emerging Markets

    • 65% Leadership Roles Secured

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  • Alignment

    Energy and infrastructure are pivotal to global progress. VSG connects industry leaders with the right relationships—aligning capital, policy, and commercial strategy to overcome challenges, drive growth, and deliver impact.

    By bridging decision-makers across finance, government, and industry, we ensure that energy and infrastructure projects are not only successful but also responsible and sustainable in an evolving global landscape.

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  • Relationships

    Steven Thomas
    Founding Partner, VSG

    Steven founded VSG in 2025 to support oilfield services and extractives firms in securing senior commercial talent across frontier and growth markets. With a background in business development consulting (PWC) and a law degree from King’s College London, he brings a strategic, market-facing approach to key revenue appointments. His focus is on placing sales and pursuit leaders with the relationships and experience to drive contract wins in high-stakes environments across MENA, Central Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Core Areas

Strategy & Advocacy

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VSG places corporate advocacy leaders who navigate complex governance, forge high-value partnerships, and lead critical negotiations across energy and natural resources.

Our appointees shape policy and stakeholder engagement from upstream energy transition to critical mineral supply chains, securing competitive advantage in evolving global markets.

Deal Origination & Sales

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VSG secures the experts who identify, win and execute high-value agreements across oil & gas, mining, and metals.

VSG appointees structure competitive bids, negotiating protective joint ventures, and securing exploration licenses and supply contracts on optimal terms. They architect long-term advantage in volatile markets.

Complex Supply Chains

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VSG delivers the market-facing experts who drive energy and mining ecosystems—securing leaders from companies supplying critical technologies, engineering solutions, and advisory services essential to exploration and production.

From oilfield service providers and floating pipeline operators to drilling equipment manufacturers and specialized machinery suppliers for mining and metals, these leaders do more than sell—they architect strategic partnerships that unlock new revenue streams.

Clients

CONSULTING & ADVOCACY

Nobel
Wood Mackenzie
Crédit Agricole
Hakluyt
TBI Tony Blair Institute

MINING & METALS

Vale SA
Jiangxi Copper
Rio Tinto
BHP
Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd

OIL & GAS

Total
Gazprom
Saudi Aramco
Gulf Oil
Chevron

JOURNAL REPORTS: LEADERSHIP

Dual Approach to Energy Deals

Steven Thomas | 06 June 2025

Navigating energy sector deals with a blended strategy.

We examine the Strategic Collaboration Model—how industry leaders balance competitive positioning with high-stakes partnerships.

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VSG Partnerships — Strategic Intermediaries for Complex Industries

In industries where success hinges on who you know—and how deals are structured—we ensure the right introductions are made. We operate where formal processes fall short, leveraging decades of embedded relationships to accelerate outcomes.