Can experienced oil and gas engineers move into tech?

Does the Valley hire experienced engineers from other industries, such as oil and gas/petrochemicals? With basic coding knowledge, is it possible to move into software?

Edit: oil ans gas operations/projects are very large and complex, spreading across almost every discipline from construction, project management, chemistry, engineering, industrial automation, etc. Does the tech world value this experience, and if someone wanted to switch careers into the tech world, what would be the best way to accomplish this?