Patterson Oilfield Services was founded by Walt Patterson in 1983 as a single hot-oil truck running out of his driveway in east Bakersfield. Forty-two years later, his son and grandson run the same company. Same name, same yard, three generations of Patterson men working the same fields.
Three Patterson generations have run this company. Each one started in the field. Walt drove the first hot-oil truck himself for nine years before hiring anyone else.
One hot-oil truck purchased used from a retiring contractor. Walt runs paraffin clearing for two local independents working the South Belridge field. He sleeps three hours a night for the first eighteen months and pays the truck off in two years.
Walt buys his first 25,000 lb/hr trailer-mounted steam unit. Patterson begins offering cyclic steam stimulation services to operators in Kern River and Midway-Sunset. Walt's son Dale, twenty-two, joins the company full-time.
Patterson opens its second yard in Taft to service the South Belridge and Elk Hills fields without long deadhead trips. The first three pulling units are added to the fleet. Crew headcount crosses thirty.
Walt steps back to a board role at sixty-eight. Dale takes the operator chair. A third yard opens in Coalinga to serve Cymric, San Ardo, and the western-edge fields. ISNetworld and Avetta certification achieved.
Dale's son Cole joins the company in field operations after a degree in petroleum engineering from Texas Tech. EMR drops to 0.71. Fleet crosses 23 units. Patterson reaches forty-two years in continuous family ownership.
Every Patterson runs the field before they run the desk. Dale spent seventeen years on a hot oiler before he took the operator chair, and Cole worked two summers in the yard before his first office day.
Founded the company in 1983 with a single hot-oil truck. Forty-two years on Kern County wells. Still answers the phone Saturdays.
Walt's son. Joined the company at twenty-two. Took the operator chair in 2014. Bakersfield High, Bakersfield College petroleum tech.
Dale's son. Petroleum engineering, Texas Tech '21. Field ops manager. Runs steam dispatch and the Taft yard.
Twenty-one years on the floor before transitioning into safety. OSHA 30, PEC Premier. Owns the EMR rating personally.
Ran dispatch for two regional service companies before joining Patterson in 2018. Voice on the phone when you call after 5pm.
Runs the in-house PM shop. Every truck, every boiler, every pulling unit comes through Luis on its way to the field.
Our EMR has been below 1.0 every year since 2009. We treat it like a scoreboard. James Mercer reviews every incident, every near-miss, every JSA personally. For a reason.
Below 1.0 for 16 consecutive years. Below 0.85 for 4 years running. Industry average sits at 1.0.
2024 calendar year. Better than the Bureau of Labor Statistics average for oilfield services (3.6).
As of dispatch board update this morning. Updated daily. Posted in every yard, every office.
We run from three yards depending on the call. Same dispatch board, same rotation, same Patterson family running it.
4400 Buck Owens Blvd, Bakersfield CA 93308. Main yard, primary dispatch, equipment shop.
Kern River
Midway-Sunset
Round Mountain
820 N Tenth St, Taft CA 93268. West-side dispatch, satellite shop, crew quarters.
South Belridge
Elk Hills
Midway-Sunset (S)
1100 W Polk St, Coalinga CA 93210. Staging yard for west-edge fields. Crew quarters available.
Cymric
San Ardo
Coalinga / Jasmin
Three generations, three yards, one phone number. The same crew that's worked the Kern River field for forty years can be on your wellsite tomorrow morning.
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