Memorials Archives - 三昇体育 /memorials Get the latest oil drilling news with 三昇体育 Mon, 13 Apr 2020 14:35:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 202015461 In Memoriam: Larry Gardner /remembering-larry-gardner-55977 /remembering-larry-gardner-55977#respond Thu, 09 Apr 2020 18:58:08 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=55977 Larry Gardner, retired Chief Engineer for Rowan Drilling Company, passed away on 28 March 2020 after courageously battling cancer for many months He was 79. From Houston, Mr Gardner graduated in 1963 with a degree in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University and began his career with South Eastern Drilling Company (SEDCO) as a barge engineer. …

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]]> /remembering-larry-gardner-55977/feed 0 55977 In Memoriam: William Joseph Murchison /memorial-service-for-bill-murchison-of-murchison-drilling-schools-52885 /memorial-service-for-bill-murchison-of-murchison-drilling-schools-52885#respond Wed, 17 Jul 2019 19:00:57 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=52885 William 鈥淏ill鈥 Joseph Murchison, Founder of Murchison Drilling Schools (MDS), passed away at the age of 87 on 15 Februrary 2019. He worked in South Lousiana and Texas for Baroid National Lead Company and later Magcobar Dresser Industries...

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]]> /memorial-service-for-bill-murchison-of-murchison-drilling-schools-52885/feed 0 52885 In Memoriam: Frank Springett /remembering-frank-springett-50620 /remembering-frank-springett-50620#respond Mon, 04 Feb 2019 15:34:09 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=50620 Frank Springett, who has been an active member of IADC for many years, passed away on 30 January. He was 45. Mr Springett graduated in 1995 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering from California Maritime Academy and spent his career in the oil industry, first with Transocean Drilling and for the last 17 years with National Oilwell Varco in Houston...

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]]> /remembering-frank-springett-50620/feed 0 50620 In Memoriam: Chester B Benge Jr /memoriam-chester-b-benge-jr-47994 /memoriam-chester-b-benge-jr-47994#respond Mon, 23 Jul 2018 14:46:11 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=47994 Chester Burette Benge Jr, 89, who previously served as Secretary, Vice President, President and Chairman of IADC鈥檚 Executive Committee, passed away on 16 July at his home in Houston...

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]]> /memoriam-chester-b-benge-jr-47994/feed 0 47994 In Memoriam: Neil Dean /remembering-neil-dean-47753 /remembering-neil-dean-47753#respond Wed, 27 Jun 2018 16:05:41 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=47753 Neil Dean, former Chairman of the IADC Australasian Chapter, passed away on 22 June 2018 in Adelaide, Australia, after a long battle with cancer...

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]]> /remembering-neil-dean-47753/feed 0 47753 In Memoriam: Ron Sweatman /remembering-ron-sweatman-46392 /remembering-ron-sweatman-46392#respond Thu, 05 Apr 2018 15:48:27 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=46392 Ron Sweatman, owner and manager of RS Consulting, passed away on 30 March 2018. Mr Sweatman is survived by his wife, two daughters and five grandchildren...

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]]> /remembering-ron-sweatman-46392/feed 0 46392 In Memoriam: William (Bill) F. Haley, III /remembering-william-bill-f-haley-iii-45710 /remembering-william-bill-f-haley-iii-45710#respond Thu, 08 Feb 2018 18:18:27 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=45710 William (Bill) F. Haley, age 62, Founder of Energy Resources and Supply, passed away on 1 February 2018 after a 31-month battle with Glioblastoma brain cancer. He was born on 26 November 1955. After graduating from High Point University with a degree in business administration and economics, Mr Haley moved to Houston in 1978 and …

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]]> /remembering-william-bill-f-haley-iii-45710/feed 0 45710 In Memoriam: Howard Shatto /remembering-howard-shatto-45554 /remembering-howard-shatto-45554#respond Tue, 30 Jan 2018 21:26:05 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=45554 Howard Shatto, Chairman Emeritus of the Dynamic Positioning Committee of the Marine Technology Society, passed away on 21 January. Born in 1924, Mr Shatto had a long and distinguished career of pioneering offshore technology and was known as the father of dynamic positioning (DP). After graduating from Yale, Mr Shatto began his career with Shell, …

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]]> /remembering-howard-shatto-45554/feed 0 45554 In Memoriam: Bob Keller /remembering-bob-keller-43895 /remembering-bob-keller-43895#respond Mon, 07 Aug 2017 14:12:19 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=43895 Bob Keller, Rowan Retiree and rig namesake, passed away on 24 July at the age of 91. He began working for Rowan Drilling immediately following his graduation from Texas A&M in 1947. He started as a roughneck on a steam rig in Alvin, Texas, and proceeded to work in almost all of Rowan’s operating regions at …

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]]> /remembering-bob-keller-43895/feed 0 43895 In Memoriam: William (Bill) Haley /remembering-william-bill-haley-43179 /remembering-william-bill-haley-43179#respond Fri, 16 Jun 2017 14:20:42 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=43179 William (Bill) Haley, Jr, age 87, President of Houston Systems Manufacturing, passed away on 8 June 2017. Mr Haley had a long and distinguished career in the oil and gas industry. During his career, he served as a senior executive with several divisions of Dresser Industries in Houston, before being transferred to Salisbury, Maryland in …

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