Sean Strickland's Contact Details

Sean Strickland's Company Details

Winter Mud Company was founded in 1982, however, one of its co-founders started running mud in the Panhandle area decades earlier. Don A. Winter is the bedrock and co-founder of Winter Mud Co. Don celebrates his 80th birthday on December 25, 2008 and is still a vital part of Winter Mud Company. In fact, Don is still an active mud engineer for Winter Mud. Don started his career in the mud business with National Mud Co. out of Oklahoma City in 1956. In 1957, Don went to work for United Mud out of Borger, Texas and continued with them until 1959. Don started Fluid Mud Services in 1959 and operated it until the tragic death of his business partner in late 1961. Resulting legal issues forced liquidation of the company's assets and Don left for the Permian Basin where he worked for Lone Star Mud Company. In 1963 Don came back to the Panhandle with Agent Mud and Chemical Company. After a brief period of time, Don bought into the company and was an owner until 1981. Don Ray Winter, Don's oldest son, officially began his mud career in 1978 by attending chemical school in Greeley, CO. But Don Ray's training had begun years before that when he rode with his father as a young boy, learning lessons that can only be learned at the rig site. In 1982 Don and Don Ray Winter founded Winter Mud Company in Guymon, Oklahoma. Winter Mud Company has been a leading drilling fluid company in the SW Kansas and the Oklahoma/Texas Panhandle region since that time. Winter Mud Company was started during a tremendous slow down in the oil business but survived and was able to grow to its current size. Since Don began his career, Winter Mud has ran mud for some of the giants in the oil business; Shell Oil, Texaco, Phillips, Anadarko, Sinclair, Shamrock, Mobile, just to name a few. Winter Mud Company employs eight mud engineers, an office staff of three, sales staff, a mud plant operation and a trucking business. Our engineers have attended mud schools, directional drilling schools, BOP schools and we are continuing to seek the latest in drilling fluid technology and drilling fluid product information. We employ people that have worked all over the world in the oil business. Our experience primarily is in the Panhandle area, but some of our people have worked in the oil field from the Middle East to Canada and all points in between. We share that information to insure that we have the best trained and most diverse work force in the Panhandle. No matter the size or needs of your company, Winter Mud Company has the people and the experience to meet your company's needs. Give us call or drop us an e-mail and see what 50 plus years of experience can do for you.