Interviewer(s): J. Sell. Houma, LA

Affiliation: University of Arizona

Jack Voss was recommended by John Monteiro, as a long-term oil service industry manager. Jack was contacted directly by John and agreed to be interviewed. We had some trouble finding a time to meet, but he eventually came over to the motel and we interviewed on site.

Jack Voss has been in the oil industry since he started working for Texaco in 1946. In 1947, he shifted to Coastal Oil Company, then to National Supply Company. By 1950, he was manager of the Houma store for National Supply. In 1957 he began work for Southwest Oil Field Products as a "pilot-salesman," making calls directly to the rigs. By 1960 he was partner in Houma Well Service, a workover contractor. In 1967 he was employed by Latex Gulf Drilling Company. In 1994 Latex was sold to Falcon and Blake, which in turn sold out to Tetra Oil and Gas Technology in 1998. Tetra is a contractor which does workover, plug and abandon work, fluid recovery, and decommissioning offshore platforms, in short, whatever needs to be done. Through his work, Mr. Voss has logged about 9000 hours of flying time.