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

Affiliation: University of Arizona

Warren Waguespack was one of the people contacted by Diana Edmonson of the Council on Aging. Warren started working with Texaco on a gravity meter crew in 1954. Because of the low pay and rough working conditions, he went to work with Halliburton the next year. In 1958 he was laid off by Halliburton, but immediately got a job with Union Oil, "which was the best thing that ever happened." That year he began working in production at Caillou Island, where Union Oil had a small part of the field, only 17 wells. In 1978 he shifted to offshore construction, transferring to office work in 1984 because of health problems. He retired in 1986.