The Chief Roughneck Award, originated in 1955, recognizes the one individual whose accomplishments and character best represent the highest ideals of the oil and gas industry. The stature of the people who have been named Chief Roughneck has made the award the most meaningful in the industry. The award and the character behind it symbolize the spirit, the determination, the leadership and the integrity of those individuals who have left their mark on the petroleum industry.

2007 Chief Roughneck John B. Walker
President and Chief Executive Officer
EnerVest, Ltd.

2006 Chief Roughneck Mark Papa
President
EOG Resources, Inc.

2005 Chief Roughneck Ray L. Hunt
Chief Executive Officer
Hunt Oil Company

2004 Chief Roughneck George M. Yates
Chairman and President
HEYCO Energy Group, Inc.

2003 Chief Roughneck Robert J. Allison, Jr.
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation

2002 Chief Roughneck Robert L. Nance
President and Chief Executive Officer
Nance Petroleum Corporation

2001 Chief Roughneck James Cleo Thompson, Jr.
Chairman and President
Thompson Petroleum Corporation

2000 Chief Roughneck J. Larry Nichols
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Devon Energy

1999 Chief Roughneck Lew O. Ward
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Ward Petroleum

1998 Chief Roughneck Jon Rex Jones
Chairman, Jones Energy, Ltd. and
Chairman, EnerVest Management Co.

1997 Chief Roughneck George A. Alcorn
President, Alcorn Exploration

1996 Chief Roughneck John A. Yates
President, Yates Petroleum Corporation

1995 Chief Roughneck Eugene L. Ames, Jr.
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Venus Exploration Inc.

1994 Chief Roughneck C.J. (Pete) Silas
Chairman, Phillips Petroleum Company

1993 Chief Roughneck Danny H. Conklin
Partner, Philcon Development Company

1992 Chief Roughneck Irene S. Wischer
President/Chief Executive Officer, Panhandle Producing Company

1991 Chief Roughneck George P. Mitchell
Chairman/President, Mitchell Energy & Development Company

1990 Chief Roughneck Chester R. Upham
Owner and General Manager, Upham Gas Company

1989 Chief Roughneck Raymond H. Hefner Jr.
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Bonray Energy Corporation

1988 Chief Roughneck Robert G. Fowler
President/Chief Operating Officer, Enserch Exploration

1987 Chief Roughneck E.L.(Chick)Williamson
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Louisiana Land and Exploration Company

1986 Chief Roughneck Lloyd N. Unsell
President, IPAA

1985 Chief Roughneck A.V. Jones Jr.
Chairman, Jones Company

1984 Chief Roughneck Kye Trout Jr.
Owner/Chief Executive Officer, Energy Resources

1983 Chief Roughneck Dean A. McGee
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Kerr-McGee

1982 Chief Roughneck Jack M. Allen
President/Chief Executive Officer, Alpar Resources

1981 Chief Roughneck Robert O. Anderson
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Atlantic Richfield

1980 Chief Roughneck Edwin L. Cox
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Cox Oil & Gas Company

1979 Chief Roughneck L. Frank Pitts
Owner, Pitts Oil Company

1978 Chief Roughneck J. Hugh Liedtke
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Pennzoil Company

1977 Chief Roughneck Charles H. Murphy Jr.
Chairman, Murphy Oil Company

1976 Chief Roughneck R.L. (Bob) Foree
Owner, Foree Oil

1975 Chief Roughneck C. John Miller
Partner, Miller Brothers

1974 Chief Roughneck Roy Guffey
Owner, Roy Guffey Drilling Company

1973 Chief Roughneck Wayne E. Glenn
President, Continental Oil Company's
Western Hemisphere Petroleum Division

1972 Chief Roughneck W.A. Moncrief
President/Chief Executive Officer, Moncrief Oil

1971 Chief Roughneck M.A.(Mike)Wright
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Humble Oil & Refining Company

1970 Chief Roughneck W.F.(Dink)Dalton
President, Placid Oil Company

1969 Chief Roughneck Jack E. Kadane
Owner, G.E. Kadane & Son

1968 Chief Roughneck L.B. Meaders
Chief Executive Officer, Halliburton Company

1967 Chief Roughneck E.D. Brockett Jr.
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Gulf Oil Corporation

1966 Chief Roughneck H.L. Hunt
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Hunt Oil Company

1965 Chief Roughneck H.A.(Dave)True
Partner, True Oil and True Drilling

1964 Chief Roughneck J. Harold Dunn
Chairman, Shamrock Oil and Gas Corporation

1963 Chief Roughneck Bruce C. Clardy
President, L.R. Development, Limited

1962 Chief Roughneck Col. Alvin C. Hope
Partner, Rowan and Hope

1961 Chief Roughneck Johnny Mitchell
President, Jade Oil
Vice Chairman, Christie, Mitchell & Mitchell

1960 Chief Roughneck Earl Hollandsworth
Partner, Hollandsworth Oil Company

1959 Chief Roughneck J.L.(Slatz)Latimer
Chairman/President, Magnolia Petroleum and
Magnolia Pipe Line Comapny

1958 Chief Roughneck Guy I. Warren
Vice President and Part Owner, Renwar Oil Corporation

1957 Chief Roughneck Arch Rowan
Owner, Rowan Drilling Company

1956 Chief Roughneck Jake L. Hamon
Partner, Jake L. Hamon Oil

1955 Chief Roughneck R.E.(Bob)Smith
Independent