Affiliation: University of Arizona

After the news piece about the oil and gas history project that aired on KATC 3, I received many calls and emails from people wanting to be interviewed. One of those calls came from Dan Hebert. We scheduled the interview for 9:00am at the Petroleum Club on July 8th. Dan brought his laptop to show me pictures he had collected over the years.

Dan Hebert began in the oil and gas industry at age 17, working in a wide variety of positions including roughnecking, rig support, diving, and salvage work. His father had worked in the oilfield, as had his uncles and cousins. He moved all around southern Louisiana while working in the industry. Originally from Franklin, at the time of the interview, Dan had just recently moved to Broussard.