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As a leading oilfield services provider in North America, Matt Gray, President of Renegade Wireline Services, and board member David Gray, tells us how the company’s success is born from its loyal workforce and family values Writer: Lucy Pilgrim | Project Manager: Lauren Robinson

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t Renegade Wireline Services (Renegade), it’s more than a company, it’s a culture.

That culture is defined by family values, teamwork, hard work, and a dedication to greatness that guides every decision made by the team at Renegade.

Due to this culture, the company has developed a reputation for quality, which has allowed Renegade to become the largest provider of Cased-hole services in the North American oil and gas market.

The organization is headquartered in Levelland, a small town in West Texas, 120 miles north of the Permian Basin. While Renegade may have humble beginnings, its footprint is both national and international, with 14 locations across seven states, and a subsidiary location in Canada. The company is also licensed to provide specialized tools in five countries around the globe.

As part of the company’s support, it provides professional and experienced personnel who provide automated well services, fit-for-purpose wireline safety equipment, environmental evaluation technology, well integrity evaluation, production services, and plug and abandonment services.

Renegade’s offerings position it a step above other industry players, thanks to its all-inclusive pricing plans, swift deployment of services on location, across-the-board capability, and outstanding customer service.

The company’s high-quality status is further supported by the deployment of innovative technology partnerships and technology licensing agreements that bolster the exceptional work of the Renegade team.

FAMILIAL CULTURE The company’s culture is one that was developed over time, or a lifetime to be exact. Matt Gray, President at Renegade, along with his brother, David, board member, had these values engrained in them as they grew North America Outlook Issue 19 | 3

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“ I T ’ S E A S Y T O TA K E C A R E O F P E O P L E DURING THE GOOD TIMES, BUT IT’S ABOUT H O W Y O U B E H AV E I N T H E B A D T I M E S , A N D O U R I N D U S T R Y I S N O T O R I O U S F O R R E A L LY BAD TIMES” – M AT T G R AY, P R E S I D E N T, R E N E G A D E W I R E L E S S S E R V I C E S

up watching their father, Steve Gray, lead his own successful business by the same principles.

Steve took great care to teach both Gray and his brother the importance of treating people with respect, and most importantly, always putting family first.

“It’s about taking care of people in the bad times as much as in the good times,” David Gray states.

“It’s easy to take care of people during the good times, but it’s about how you behave in the bad times, and our industry is notorious for some really bad times.”

As the subsequent founders of Renegade, Gray and Randy Cassady, worked for Steve Gray at Gray Wireline until the company sold in 2009. Soon after the sale, Steve’s absence was evident in not only his presence, but in the lack of family values that remained at the company.

This is why two months after the sale, Gray and Cassady saw a need to create a new company that would rejuvenate these principles. In 2009, 4 | North America Outlook Issue 19

they founded Renegade with only two trucks and a handful of employees.

As the company grew, so did the owners’ dedication to making Renegade the best service provider and employer in the West Texas area. A year after establishment, Matt’s brother and father, David and Steve, rejoined the team under the new company.

Whilst the new organization looked different, the values and core principles remained - people first, profits second. This is evidenced in the Renegade’s dedication to always taking care of its employees as the bottom line.

“My Mother would pay bills for my Father at Gray Wireline Service. She made sure that vendors were paid very promptly,” Gray tells us.

“We honor her legacy by continuing to do that at Renegade.”

A BRIEF LOOK AT RENEGADE’S EMPLOYEE CULTURE Have integrity by taking responsibility – doing the right thing, even when it hurts, and leading by example.

Be respectful – treat others how you expect to be treated.

Strive for excellence – exceed expectation with safety, operational, and financial excellence.

Be attentive in every situation – be direct with customers so that they return to the company.

Uphold ethical standards – happiness is rooted in the quality of the relationships with both employees and clients.

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Always make the safe choice,

Furthermore, Gray believes that it was the people who were dedicated to the company, the employees, that led to its initial growth and overall success.

every time – everyone deserves to go home in the same condition they came in.

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Hooked Crane Consultants, LLC was formed in October of 2020 as an idea to assist companies in their need for cranes and trucking. Katrina Mendenhall, the President of Hooked, has been in the crane and rigging industry since 2006.

She is an entrepreneur in the Oil & Gas Industry and also owns and manages a company that provides crane safety training and inspections, which she established in 2013. Hooked became an idea for Katrina and Meagan Whitten (the Vice President of Hooked Crane Consultants) in 2020 when their customers would call them looking for third party crane rentals and trucking to assist in moving large loads.

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A GLANCE AT RENEGADE’S TECHNOLOGY RigLock - one of Renegade’s most widely recognized pieces of machinery, utilized across its automated wellsite services.

The innovative equipment is deployed to increase flood performance, renew service permits, and locate damaged pipes. It also removes the need for any wellsite personnel from dangerous situations like the handling of heavy equipment close to high-pressure lines, given the RigLock’s hydraulically controlled remote operation device.

Gunhandler™ - a laydown and lift assist tool. Proving to be indispensable to wireline run operations, it is the key to productivity due to an alleviated strain on equipment that means the operators no longer need a suspended load.

Local Expander™ Annular Squeeze Tool highly efficient in facilitating annular zone isolation using localized casing expansion.

This versatile tool is crucial for maintaining the application of equipment, helping to prevent the formation of micro-annuli from permanently forming and worsening during a well lifecycle. The local expansion is ideal for stopping unwanted gas flow, as the tool applies a squeezing pressure to any existing cement through the expansion of the internal casing.

“WE ARE FOUR LEADERS WHO BRING WITH US OUR OWN FOLLOWING. WE’RE ALL LEADERS AND WE ARE ALL E Q U A L . T H AT ’ S W H Y W E M A N AG E AS A B OA R D, WE BELIEVE OUR E M P LOY E E S A R E T H E FA C E O F T H E C O M P A N Y ” – M AT T G R AY, P R E S I D E N T, R E N E G A D E WIRELINE SERVICES

“The people we were hiring is what really made it grow,” he adds.

“The work ethic that everybody had and the examples that were set at the time were key; therefore, Renegade was able to develop at a phenomenal rate because of the dedication to greatness, both in terms of the quality of our employees and their services to our customers.”

Within five years, the company had grown organically and at its peak employed more than 650 people.

Renegade was able to do what many corporate structures cannot, bring people together for a common cause.

“We are four leaders who bring with us our own following. We’re all leaders and we are all equal.

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face of the company. They are the representatives of Renegade.”

Not only does the company value family in its core principles, but it also values family in its operations. David Gray and Cassady both have children who work for the company, as do many of their employees, making it a third-generation operation.

“I have always been very proud of that, we have generations of employees who work for our company, and not many organizations can say that,” David emphasizes.

In its dedication to taking care of its employees, the company offers an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) to ensure employees are financially protected now and in the future. While the company might have started small, it’s employees are representative of the spirit of Renegade.

“It’s about coming up from nothing and working very hard to provide for your family and give your kids more

than you had. That’s the biggest success story of Renegade, it’s what we do, and we try to do that for everyone who comes to work for us,” highlights Matt.

COMMUNITY ACTIVISM Renegade is honored to have been historically recognized for its impact on the oil and gas industry in North America. The business was locally recognized as Business of the Year by the Levelland Chamber of Commerce, an award that recognizes Renegade’s commitment to being involved in the community.

Additionally, the company never misses a community event, ensuring there is a long line of gleaming red service trucks present for every local festival and parade for the community to enjoy and remember. This also provides an opportunity to encourage community participation among Renegade employees and their families.

“We want the community to know

who we are and that we care about the success of this community.

“Not only for ourselves but for the success of the people who come to work for us. We want our employees to be as happy with where they live as where they work,” Gray closes.

At the core of the company is a dedication to greatness, both within its borders as an organization and beyond. Renegade’s standards for success are parallel to its standards for satisfaction among the clients, employees, and community that it serves.

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