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E. L. (Ed) Paramore
Ed Paramore was born
in Chickasha, Oklahoma, on the 1st of August 1916. Following
the example of Horatio Alger, Paramore realized the benefits of
perseverance and hard work. Starting as a truck driver at Halliburton
when he was twenty, he rose to the rank of Vice Chairman of the world’s
largest oilfield service company before his retirement in 1981.
Assigned to the
company’s New Orleans office, Paramore performed the first successful
offshore well treatment. Subsequently he led the development of a
complete line of well servicing equipment and techniques specifically
designed for offshore. Recognizing that the offshore industry’s growth
could only be sustained if careful stewardship of the offshore
environment became an integral part of operations, Paramore founded and
managed the Clean Gulf Consortium, a non-profit cooperative alliance of
companies whose goal is prevention of environmental incidents and quick
response to remediate any that occur. This organization became the model
for similar such alliances protecting our ocean resources around the
world today.
Among Paramore’s
technical contributions are offshore skid-mounted pressure pumping and
cementing equipment, well-testing units, bulk handling equipment, sand
control and improved techniques for fighting offshore blowouts and well
fires. He consulted with other offshore pioneers to develop specialty
well service and supply vessels to serve the industry. |
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