Affiliation: University of Arizona

While attending a Desk and Derrick meeting with Lillian Espinoza-Gala, I met Adriel Abshire. Through talking to her, Lillian and I learned that Adriel had worked for Schlumberger since 1967. Because she had been in the industry for such a long time, we thought it would be a good idea to interview Adriel for the oral history project. At the end of the meeting, I asked Adriel for her contact information and asked if she would be interested in doing an interview. She agreed. I called her to schedule the interview and we agreed to conduct it at her house on July 20th.

Adriel moved to Lafayette in 1963. She started out with Drilling and Service, which was bought by Hycalog. The well logging part of Hycalog was bought by The Analyst, which was eventually bought by Schlumberger. Adriel stayed with Schlumberger from 1967 until her retirement in 1991. She worked on the administrative side of the industry. From 1967 up until the time of the interview, Adriel had been a member of Desk and Derrick.