Industry Pioneers
When individuals distinguish themselves in such a way that they stand out clearly as leaders in the birth of a nation, movement or industry, they are recognized as pioneers.
The oil and gas industry is replete with such individuals whose lives have become the legends of our time. Whether through their vision, their drive, their business acumen, their ability to search, to innovate or lead the way, these people form the character of the industry and become its heritage.
They are the industry pioneers.
Paul N. "Red" Adair
1998
Marcos Assayag
2015
H. W. "Bill" Bailey
2000
Larry Baker, Sr.
2017
Yvan Barretto de Carvalho
2004
Thomas D. "Tom" Barrow
1998
Robert F. "Bob" Bauer
1999
Benton F. Baugh
2012
Joseph Beall
2010
Roger Bexon
2016
John F. Bookout, Jr.
2001
George Boyadjieff
2007
George R. Brown
1999
Herman Brown
1999
Robert J. "Bob" Brown
2008
George H. W. Bush
2001
Tom Candlish
2005
Mark A. Childers
2013
Governor William P. "Bill" Clements, Jr.
2000
Marshall P. Cloyd
2010
Bruce G. Collipp
1998
R. Curtis Crooke
2001
Jean Curutchet
2007
Otis Danielson
2009
Henri G. Delauze
2003
Colonel Leon B. Delong
1998
Jorge Diaz Serrano
2004
Archie W. Dunham
2006
Hubert L. "Hugh" Elkins
2013
Billy S. Flowers
2003
Joe B. Foster
2004
Beldon E. Fox, Sr.
2008
Homer S. Frankhouser
2009
Wagner Freire
2012
Lawrence W. "Larry" Funkhouser
2002
Ronald L. Geer
2002
W. C. "Dub" Goins
2005
Jerome L. Goldman
1998
Alfonso Barnetche Gonzalez
2001
Cecil H. Green
1998
Arthur Lee Guy, Jr.
2002
John A. Haeber
2011
Dillard S. Hammett
2001
Lad Handelman
1999
Donald S. Hare
2009
Lendon M. "Sig" Harris
2015
John T. Hayward
2001
Pieter S. Heerema
1998
Edward E. Horton
2008
John R Huff
2011
D. Michael "Mike" Hughes
1999
Fredrik Johan Jonkman
2000
Andre P. Jourdan
2014
John Clarence Karcher, PhD
1999
Paul C. Koomey
2001
Alden J. "Doc" Laborde
1998
John P. Laborde
2005
Carl G. Langner
2010
Robert G. Le Tourneau
1998
Griff G. Lee
1998
Samuel H. Lloyd
2003
Peter Lovie
2018
Arthur Lubinski
1998
Peter W. Marshall
2014
Allan V. Martini
2007
Charles D. Matthews
2006
Ronald Earl "Mac" McAdams
2007
Alan C. McClure
2003
Ralph Thomas McDermott
1999
Dean McGee
1998
Andrew L. "Drew" Michel
2018
Harvey O. Mohr
2006
W. Henson Moore
1999
Frank Mosing
2007
Capt W. D. Noble
2002
Marvin E. Odum Jr
2011
Fred Olsen
1999
C. Robert Palmer
2004
E.L. "Ed" Paramore
2006
F. Tim Pease
1998
Philip D. Rabinowitz
2008
John L. Rankin
2000
Jack Regan
2005
Walter B. "Beni" Reinhold
2006
Andre C. Rey-Grange
2000
George Richardson
2014
Jim Rike
2009
Myron Rodrigue
2012
Yusif Safarov & Agha Aliyev
2004
Robert W. "Bob" Scott
2016
Howard L. Shatto, Jr
2000
Ole Martin Siem
2009
C.J. "Pete" Silas
2005
William H. Silcox
1999
Antonio Silvestri
2006
Bill E. Stallworth
2008
Gordon Sterling
2016
Theodore Schroeder Stoneman
2012
James Clay "Jimmie" Storm
2002
Booth B. Strange
2010
Dr. Robert H. "Bob" Stolt
2017
Robert L. Suggs
1998
John J. Swoboda, Jr
2011
Alvaro Alves Texeira
2013
R. Don Vardeman
2016
Robert C. "Bob" Visser
2011
John C. Wallace
2011
Bruce J. Watkins
2013
Jay B. Weilder, PhD
1998
C.R. "Charlie" Williams II
2014
Richard O. "Dick" Wilson
2000
Sir Ian Wood
2008
H.L. "Duke" Zinkgraf
2000
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