The Chief Roughneck Award, originated and sponsored by Lone Star Steel every year since 1955,
annually recognizes the one individual whose accomplishments and character best represent the
highest ideals of the oil and natural gas industry. The award and the character behind it
symbolize the spirit, the determination, the leadership and the integrity of those individuals
who have left their mark on the petroleum industry.
2004 Chief Roughneck George M. Yates |
Chairman, President and CEO |
HEYCO Energy Group |
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2003 Chief Roughneck Robert J. Allison, Jr. |
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer |
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation |
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2002 Chief Roughneck Robert L. Nance |
President and Chief Executive Officer |
Nance Petroleum Corporation |
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2001 Chief Roughneck James Cleo Thompson, Jr. |
Chairman and President |
Thompson Petroleum Corporation |
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2000 Chief Roughneck J. Larry Nichols |
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer |
Devon Energy |
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1999 Chief Roughneck Lew O. Ward |
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
Ward Petroleum |
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1998 Chief Roughneck Jon Rex Jones |
Chairman, Jones Energy, Ltd. and |
Chairman, EnerVest Management Co. |
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1997 Chief Roughneck George A. Alcorn |
President, Alcorn Exploration |
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1996 Chief Roughneck John A. Yates |
President, Yates Petroleum Corporation |
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1995 Chief Roughneck Eugene L. Ames, Jr. |
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer |
Venus Exploration Inc. |
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1994 Chief Roughneck C.J. (Pete) Silas |
Chairman, Phillips Petroleum Company |
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1993 Chief Roughneck Danny H. Conklin |
Partner, Philcon Development Company |
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1992 Chief Roughneck Irene S. Wischer |
President/Chief Executive Officer, Panhandle Producing Company |
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1991 Chief Roughneck George P. Mitchell |
Chairman/President, Mitchell Energy & Development Company |
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1990 Chief Roughneck Chester R. Upham |
Owner and General Manager, Upham Gas Company |
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1989 Chief Roughneck Raymond H. Hefner Jr. |
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Bonray Energy Corporation |
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1988 Chief Roughneck Robert G. Fowler |
President/Chief Operating Officer, Enserch Exploration |
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1987 Chief Roughneck E.L.(Chick)Williamson |
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Louisiana Land and Exploration Company |
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1986 Chief Roughneck Lloyd N. Unsell |
President, IPAA |
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1985 Chief Roughneck A.V. Jones Jr. |
Chairman, Jones Company |
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1984 Chief Roughneck Kye Trout Jr. |
Owner/Chief Executive Officer, Energy Resources |
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1983 Chief Roughneck Dean A. McGee |
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Kerr-McGee |
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1982 Chief Roughneck Jack M. Allen |
President/Chief Executive Officer, Alpar Resources |
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1981 Chief Roughneck Robert O. Anderson |
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Atlantic Richfield |
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1980 Chief Roughneck Edwin L. Cox |
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Cox Oil & Gas Company |
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1979 Chief Roughneck L. Frank Pitts |
Owner, Pitts Oil Company |
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1978 Chief Roughneck J. Hugh Liedtke |
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Pennzoil Company |
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1977 Chief Roughneck Charles H. Murphy Jr. |
Chairman, Murphy Oil Company |
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1976 Chief Roughneck R.L. (Bob) Foree |
Owner, Foree Oil |
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1975 Chief Roughneck C. John Miller |
Partner, Miller Brothers |
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1974 Chief Roughneck Roy Guffey |
Owner, Roy Guffey Drilling Company |
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1973 Chief Roughneck Wayne E. Glenn |
President, Continental Oil Company's |
Western Hemisphere Petroleum Division |
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1972 Chief Roughneck W.A. Moncrief |
President/Chief Executive Officer, Moncrief Oil |
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1971 Chief Roughneck M.A.(Mike)Wright |
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Humble Oil & Refining Company |
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1970 Chief Roughneck W.F.(Dink)Dalton |
President, Placid Oil Company |
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1969 Chief Roughneck Jack E. Kadane |
Owner, G.E. Kadane & Son |
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1968 Chief Roughneck L.B. Meaders |
Chief Executive Officer, Halliburton Company |
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1967 Chief Roughneck E.D. Brockett Jr. |
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Gulf Oil Corporation |
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1966 Chief Roughneck H.L. Hunt |
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Hunt Oil Company |
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1965 Chief Roughneck H.A.(Dave)True |
Partner, True Oil and True Drilling |
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1964 Chief Roughneck J. Harold Dunn |
Chairman, Shamrock Oil and Gas Corporation |
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1963 Chief Roughneck Bruce C. Clardy |
President, L.R. Development, Limited |
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1962 Chief Roughneck Col. Alvin C. Hope |
Partner, Rowan and Hope |
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1961 Chief Roughneck Johnny Mitchell |
President, Jade Oil |
Vice Chairman, Christie, Mitchell & Mitchell |
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1960 Chief Roughneck Earl Hollandsworth |
Partner, Hollandsworth Oil Company |
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1959 Chief Roughneck J.L.(Slatz)Latimer |
Chairman/President, Magnolia Petroleum and |
Magnolia Pipe Line Comapny |
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1958 Chief Roughneck Guy I. Warren |
Vice President and Part Owner, Renwar Oil Corporation |
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1957 Chief Roughneck Arch Rowan |
Owner, Rowan Drilling Company |
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1956 Chief Roughneck Jake L. Hamon |
Partner, Jake L. Hamon Oil |
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1955 Chief Roughneck R.E.(Bob)Smith |
Independent |
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