Lead Are Ship!
Oh! Are Sea!
His Story!
Just the Facts!
Hey! M&A!
100

Known best as Andy, this is Patterson UTI's EVP and Chief Financial Officer.

Who is Charles Smith?

100

The move to HR step is taken for Contingent workers at this time.  To complete their responsibilities, the recruiter also emails HR to let them know the candidate has been moved to HR.

What is the step taken when the candidate reaches Pre-employment clear?

100

This is the year Patterson Drilling Company was originally founded.

When was 1978?

100

This country is the only place outside of the U.S. that Patterson-UTI currently has active drilling operations.

What is Columbia?

100

In this year Patterson Drilling Company acquired UTI Energy and renamed the company Patterson-UTI.

What is 2001?

200

Focused on legal matters for Patterson UTI, this is Patterson UTI's Sr. VP, General Counsel and Secretary.

Who is Seth Wexler?

200

On the Pipeline requisition, this is the candidates' disposition once he/she is hired to a Child requisitions.

What is Withdrawn by Candidate - Hired to a Linked Requisition 
200

These two individuals are the original founders of Patterson Drilling Company. (2 part answer, no partial credit!)

Who are Cloyce Talbott and Glenn Patterson?

200

Our most active drilling region is West TX with 60 active rigs. However, this region is our second most active currently with 22 active rigs. 

What is the Appalachia region?

200

In this year, Patterson-UTI completed the acquisition of Pioneer Energy Services Corporation.

What is 2021?

300

Recently promoted to this role, all Business Unit leaders now report through him.

Who is James "Mike" Holcomb?

300

Applying to an unposted requisition is possible, but only when the candidate is invited to apply and this box is checked on the requisition. 

What is the, "Allow Candidates to Apply When Not Posted" check box in the Configuration section of the requisition?

300

After graduating from Texas A&M, this executive got his start in the oil & gas industry on an offshore drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico working for Ocean Drilling & Exploration (currently Diamond Offshore).

Who is William "Andy" Hendricks?

300

The acquisition of this company in 2018 allows us to improve the accuracy of horizontal wellbore placement for our clients.

What is Superior QC?

300

2018 proved to be a busy year for Patterson-UTI acquisitions with the addition of these two companies.

What are Superior QC and Current Power?

400

Based in Conroe, he leads the MS Directional Business Unit.

Who is Keith Chometsky?

400

The Configuration section of a requisition is where you can tell which CSP (Candidate Selection Process) is set up on the requisition. This is the current CSP version.

What is US - V11 (Default)? 

400

This is the year Willaim "Andy" Hendricks joined Patterson-UTI as the COO, becoming CEO later the same year.

What is 2012?

400

Bonus targets can be found in the Box Compensation folder in this document and on this tab. (2 part answer, no partial credit!)

What is the Job Title List document and the 2023 Salary Ranges tab?

400

In this year, Patterson-UTI acquired MS Energy Services (now MS Directional).

What is 2017?

500

This person runs our smallest Business unit with just 26 employees.

Who is Francis "Chad" Hanak?

500

When creating an offer for an Intercompany Transfer, this must be selected under the When & Why section of the offer form.

What is Global Transfer?

500

James "Mike" Holcomb became the COO in January of 2023, but he first joined Patterson-UTI in 1998 through the acquisition of this company.

What is Robertson Onshore Drilling Company?

500

This is the term used for how the majority or our drilling rig fleet is classified in the industry.

What is Tier-1 Super-spec rigs?

500

Great Plains Oilfield Rental joined Patterson-UTI in 2017 through the acquisition of this company.

What is Seventy Seven Energy?