Bill Murchison is president and CEO of Murchison Drilling Schools Inc., headquartered in Albuquerque, N.M., with an additional training center in Houston and a satellite branch in Ghana.
Hot fluid is a byproduct of many oil and gas wells across the country. At least 25 billion barrels of it are produced each year, according the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
“He just had a mind that would never quit when it came to the design of drilling rigs,” says Mark Laibe, chairman of Laibe Corporation, remembering Carl Back, who passed away on June 9 at age 91.