Donald W Coen's Page

I have been in the Oil and Gas industry since 1982, dang that makes me feel old! I spent the early years working in Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma & New Mexico working for companies like JW Gibson, Exeter Drilling & Murfin Drilling. I made a big jump in the mid 90's Going to work for Nabors Drilling International in Doha Qatar on a Jack up, the OCEAN MASTER VIII. Worked for them for about 12 years all over the world. Many places in the Middle East, Japan, Equador & Trinidad & Tabago. A few years ago I was ready to come back stateside and took a position as Rig Manager for Mountain Drilling Company on rig 3 which was in the mountains near Rifle Colorado at that time. Now I am a Drilling Superintendent for them working a 2 week on/off rotation in the Dallas Fort Worth area, overseeing the daily operations of the companies 6 rigs. Unfortunately we have 50% of our rigs stacked due to the economic downfall. But I am confident that the drilling will pick back up soon and all the oilfield trash that has been laid off will be back to work!