June Membership Meeting

Gusher RED RIVER DESK AND DERRICK CLUB

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE

June, 2019

Volume 38 Number 6

MOVIE NIGHT

The Largest Oil Rig in the World

President’s Letter 2

May Write-Up 3

Reservations 4

Standing Reservations 5

Calendar 7

Coming Events 8

SE Region 9

ADDC 11

Committees 13

Officers / Advisers 14

Employers 15

June 25, 2019

5:30 PM

Petroleum Club—15th Floor

Cost…$20.00

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Red RiveR PResident’s LetteR

Bobbie Trust 2019 President

318-469-4285 (c) Bobbie.Trust@comcast.net

Red River Desk and Derrick Club Board of Directors—2019

President

Bobbie Trust Vector Investments

1st Vice President

Susie Scasta Argent Mineral Management

2nd Vice President

Missy Carroll Carroll Contracting

Secretary

Kathryn Carroll Carroll Contracting

Treasurer

Bonnie Fish MacFarlane Co USA, LLC

Immediate Past President

Sheryl Cole Creative Artist

Director

Laura Duskey Heard, McElroy & Vestal, LLC

Director

Sabrina Guillory Columbia Ventures, Inc

Director

Deb McCuller Brammer Engineering, Inc.

Director

Margie Steed Independent Contractor

Parliamentarian

Dorothy Semon Est of J Pat Beaird

June President’s Letter

Dear Red River Members,

Summer is officially here! I hope you all have a fun summer with family and friends. For those of you taking vacations, I hope you have safe travels.

Our Advisor, Robert Stroud did a GREAT job as our speaker last month and Red River is so thankful for him and all of our Advi-sors!! They are truly helpful and supportive of our organization!

I know September is still a few months away but its never to early to start planning your trip to the ADDC Convention in Kansas City, hope you can be there September 18-21.

I know we all are really busy with different things but please try and make a membership meeting, Susie has had some really great speakers so far this year and we are very thankful!!!

I hope to see you at our meeting Tuesday, June 25th !

Bobbie June, 2019

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HE KNOWS MORE THAN HE ADMITS

Robert Stroud opens our May meeting with “I don’t know what I am talking about!” Members of Red River Desk & Derrick know this to be all too false. Mr. Stroud, a Petroleum Engineer and independent oil and gas developer of Stroud Production LLC, has been an Advisor to our group for many years. Not only does he graciously accept our invitations to speak at our meetings, but he does it with enthusiasm and encouragement. May 2019 was no different. Being our annual Industry Appreciation meeting, his

topic created a perfect setting.

Mr. Stroud vows he loves his vocation and while his topic was literally, “I Don’t Know What I Am Talking About” and he claims to be a “off the cuff” kind of guy, we did find that he does his research, views his research with an unbiased approach and delivers the message with as much information as

possible to give the listener much food for thought!

Keeping with current events while straddling the opinion fence, Mr. Stroud begins his presentation with the idea that we are (world) awash in oil and gas while also condemning it! Speaking of man’s pres-ence on the earth and the effects to the environment. Whether it be by simply walking across the grass and stepping on creatures or bulldozing a path for a new road all the way to drilling for oil or gas, all affects the world! His words are strong and fast and making no bones that he sees the arrogance of man thinking we can improve or affect our world while admitting the more we understand, the more we realize we don’t know. Reciting history, Mr. Stroud points to a time period when strip mining was “appropriate”, as well as the use of asbestos, saltwater disposal, slavery etc. As our knowledge

evolves, today’s generation pays the price for prior generations actions.

Showing data from sources such as EPA, EIA, and API, Mr. Stroud shares daily oil production today at around 101.1 million bbl creating an increase in production throughout the last 34 years with the US becoming the largest producer of oil since 1973 with Russia and Saudi Arabia following. This being primarily due to state of the art technology in horizontal drilling and fracking, particularly in the Per-mian Basin. The effect of modern technology and human knowledge has the world using more energy

than ever before.

Transitioning to the dreaded topic of climate change also known as global warming, Mr. Stroud assert-

ed that “our planet is warming” and has been happening since we came out of the last ice age 2.6 mil-

lion years ago. “The earth changes, shifts and evolves regardless of human intervention”. Mr. Stroud

admittedly explains the question he cannot answer is to what extent does human effect have on the

changing earth. With some reasons being obvious like CO2, methane and one not readily known by the

public, water vapor. He has yet to find statistics on cow flatulence.(1) A 2017 pie chart shows U.S.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions of 82% Carbon Dioxide, 10% Methane with Nitrous Oxide and Fluorinated

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HE KNOWS MORE THAN HE ADMITS (cont’d)

Gases following with transportation contributing 29% and electricity 28% of these emissions. (Does

replacing fossil fuels with electricity solve the issue of global warming?)

Electricity typically comes from batteries. Mr. Stroud offers that for every one pound of battery pro-duced it is estimated that over 50 pounds of materials are mined, moved or processed. Once again, we

are affecting the earth mining these rare minerals and materials.

In closing, Mr. Stroud suggests the “Green New Deal” doesn’t work mathematically, but while assert-ing that we have the moral obligation to make changes in order to not only save lives but to enhance

the lives of our loved ones for years to come.

(1) There are currently approximately 1.3 to 1.5 billion cows grazing, sleeping, and chewing their cud

at any given time on Earth.

Submitted by

Margie Steed

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RED RIVER DESK AND DERRICK CLUB MEMBERSHIP MEETING MINUTES

We did not have a formal meeting on May 28, 2019. Malissa Carroll gave an update on the 1st Southeast Region meeting that was held in Victoria Texas in April. She gave the Dates of the ADDC Conventions in Kansas City, MO on September 25-29, 2019 and The 2020 ADDC Convention in Pittsburg PA on September 16-20, 2020. She also gave the information on the Southeast Region Meeting to be held in New Orleans on April 15-20, 2020. It will be hosted by the Desk and Derrick Club of WestBank. It will consist of meeting and a 4 day cruise to Cozumel Mexico on the Carnival Valor. More in-formation will be in the Gusher. She gave Laura Dusky her Certified and pen for 10 years in Desk and Derrick. The 50/50 Drawing, Grand total was $66.00, Mrs. Stroud was the winner with $33.00

Respectfully submitted,

Kathryn Carroll

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Dorothy Semon Bobbie Trust

Becky Hutchings

ALTOG Ladies’

Luncheon

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September : Fall Auction

September 18-21: ADDC Convention (Kansas City, MO)

October 10th: Red River Invitational

LAGNIAPPE

“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be

seen or even touched, they must be felt with the heart..

Helen Keller

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Evelyn McCurley-Ingram

2019 Southeast Region Director

Southeast Region Meeting

April 24—28, 2019

Host: Victoria Club

City: Victoria, TX

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Terry Ligon

2019 ADDC President

68th Annual ADDC Convention

September 25—28, 2019

Kansas City, MO

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2019 Red River Desk and Derrick Committees

STANDING COMMITTEES

Bulletin Deb McCuller Deb McCuller By-Laws Margie Steed /Dorothy Semon Margie Steed Education/Seminars Sabrina Guillory Sabrina Guillory Field Trips Sabrina Guillory Sabrina Guillory Handbook Sheryl Cole Sheryl Cole Hospitality Laura Duskey Laura Duskey Membership/Orientation Missy Carroll Missy Carroll Procedures Manual Margie Steed/Dorothy Semon Margie Steed Programs Susie Scasta Susie Scasta Public Relations/Publicity Reservations Sabrina Guillory Sabrina Guillory Scrapbook

SPECIAL COMMITTEES

Activity Books Kathryn Carroll Kathryn Carroll Advisers Laura Dusky Laura Dusky AOG Ladies’ Luncheon Margie Steed Margie Steed Clay Shooting Tournament Susie Scasta/Deb McCuller Susie Scasta Community Projects Convention/Regional Decorations Essay Contest Golf Tournament (RRI) Dorothy Semon/Deb McCuller/ Deb McCuller Bobbie Trust Nominating Dorothy Semon Scholarship Ways & Means Sheryl Cole Margie Steed

SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS

AIMEE Margie Steed/Dorothy Semon Margie Steed E-Mails Deb McCuller Deb McCuller Parliamentarian Dorothy Semon Dorothy Semon Photographer All Members Web Page Dorothy Semon

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President Bobbie Trust Vector Investments

1st Vice President Susie Scasta Warren & Baker, LLC

2nd Vice President Missy Carroll Carroll Contracting

Secretary Kathryn Carroll Carroll Contracting

Treasurer Bonnie Fish MacFarlane Co USA, LLC

Immediate Past President Sheryl Cole Creative Artist

Directors Laura Duskey Heard McElroy & Vestal

Sabrina Guillory Columbia Ventures

Deb McCuller Brammer Engineering, Inc.

Margie Steed Independent Contractor

Parlimentarian Dorothy Semon Est of J Pat Beaird

Sheryl Cole 2017/2018

Margie Steed 2015 / 2016 Bonnie Fish 2014 Jan Soderstrom 2013

Dorothy Semon 2012/1989/1993 Mary Godwin 2011/2010 Dee Hilliard 2009 Virginia Calhoun 2008 Phyllis B. Powell 2007/2001/1991 Sabrina Guillory 2006/2005 Bobbie Trust 2004/1997/1996

Linda G. Presson 2003/2002 Carol Lloyd 2000 Jean Chappel Cooper 1999/1998 LaVerne Broussard* 1995/1983 Charlotte Mulford 1994 Mary Frizzell 1992 Sandra Causey 1990 Jane Johnson 1988 Claudine Rosett 1987 Betty Ross** 1986 Kathy Trower 1985 Eleanor W. Brown 1984 Juanita Griffith** 1982

OFFICERS

2019 RED RIVER DESK AND DERRICK CLUB

PAST PRESIDENTS

Terms Expiring in 2019 Greg Hall Chippewa Investments

Tim Nielsen Heard McElroy & Vestal LLC

Louise Pearce Louise Pearce, Attorney At Law

Robert Stroud Stroud Production, LLC

Terms Expiring in 2020 Neil Havard Universal Wellhead Service

Mark Heacock Heacock Investments

Holly Hollenshead Team Spirit Petroleum

Jonathan Matkins Blue Knight Energy Partners

Honorary Rick Hailey Pinnacle Operating Company

John Harrell Geological Drafting

Larry Hock Petro-Chem Operating Company, Inc.

Dickie Jester Retired

Steve Moran Brammer Engineering, Inc.

Jim O’Bannon Plains Marketing, L.P.

ADVISERS

*Served 6 months of term prior to transferring out of state. **Deceased

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Pumpworks610

Reeves, Coon & Funderberg

Regal Plastics

Stroud Production

Team Spirit Petroleum

Turbo Energy LLC

Universal Wellhead Service

Vector Investments

Woodsprings Abstract Company

Argent Mineral Management

Brammer Engineering, Inc.

Caddo Management, Inc.

Carroll Contracting Company

Columbia Ventures

Chippewa Investments, LLC

Dickie Jester

Donner Properties

Est of J. Pat Beaird

First River Energy, LLC

Fleaux Services of Louisiana, LLC

Geological Drafting

Heacock Investments, LLC

Heard McElroy & Vestal LLC

Louise Pearce, Attorney At Law

Miller Tubular Services, LLC

Petro-Chem Operating Company

PetroTemp Services

Pinnacle Operating, Inc.

Plains Marketing, LP

Thank You to Our Employers & Advisers

Red River Desk and Derrick Club P.O. Box 1863

Shreveport, LA 71166-1863

Club Contact: Missy Carroll Phone: 318-347-8973

Email: malissacarroll@gmail.com

Greater Knowledge. Greater Service.

RED RIVER DESK AND DERRICK CLUB

WWW.REDRIVERDANDD.COM

OUR MISSION

“To enhance and foster a positive image to the global community by promoting the contribution of the petroleum, energy and allied industries through education by using all resources available.”

OUR PURPOSE

The Association of Desk and Derrick Clubs (ADDC) is a non-profit, international organiza-tion. Its purpose is to promote the educational and professional development of individuals employed in or affiliated with the petroleum, energy, and allied industries and to educate the general public about these industries.

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