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In 1923, Ralph Thomas McDermott established J. Ray McDermott & Company Incorporated at the age of 24 upon receipt of a contract to build 50 wooden drilling rigs for a wildcatter in Luling, Texas. Knowing he could benefit from his father's long-time experience in the lumber and oilfield construction businesses, Ralph made John Raymond McDermott ...
Ralph Thomas McDermott. Birth. 19 Jun 1899. Crossroads, Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA. Death. 27 Jul 1970 (aged 71) Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA. Burial. Glenwood Cemetery.
Ralph Thomas McDermott was 24 years old when he won a contract to build 50 wooden drilling rigs for a Texas wildcatter. McDermott leveraged his father’s knowledge and experience in the lumber and oilfield construction businesses to win the bid.
In 1923, Ralph Thomas McDermott established J. Ray McDermott & Company Incorporated at the age of 24 upon receipt of a contract to build 50 wooden drilling rigs for a wildcatter in Luling, Texas.
What is now known as McDermott International originated in 1923, when 24-year-old R. Thomas McDermott received a contract to build 50 wooden rigs to drill for oil. The contract came from an east Texas wildcatter, or oil prospector.
The Hall of Fame, located within the museum, recognizes those persons and technologies that took the industry to sea, such as engineering giant Brown & Root founders George and Herman Brown; Ralph Thomas McDermott, who founded the offshore drilling and platform construction company J. Ray McDermott; rig designer and drilling contractor Alden J ...
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Pada tahun 1923, Ralph Thomas McDermott yang saat itu masih berusia 24 tahun, mendirikan J. Ray McDermott & Company Inc., setelah mendapat kontrak untuk membuat 50 unit rig pengeboran berbahan kayu untuk sebuah sumur minyak tradisional di Luling, Texas. Ralph sengaja menjadikan ayahnya, John Raymond McDermott, sebagai mitra dan nama perusahaan ...
