Parkinson’s, the Permian, and a Directional Drilling Legacy | Ep 370
When Renee Helmer’s husband Richard was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2016 — the same year a business deal collapsed and their international contracts dried up — she made a decision that changed both their lives. A former stay-at-home mom and schoolteacher with zero oilfield background, Renee walked into Helmer Directional Drilling (founded by her father-in-law in 1965, once the largest directional drilling company in the Gulf of Mexico) and became its VP within days. Two weeks of crash-course training later, she was driving herself into the Permian Basin to sell…
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