Three Rivers Desk and Derrick Club

SAVE THE DATE! TRDD's annual Night at the Races fundraiser will be held on Friday, April 17, 2026. Tickets will go on sale the week of February 16th.

Questions? Please reach out to us or one of the TRDD Board Members:

Penny Goddard Jacobs
Cheryl Grimm
Abbie Standiford
Danielle Owens
Larry Edelstein
Diane Shirley McKee
Allan Waraksa

Last month, Range Resources welcomed TRDD for a tour of two active drilling sites. During the visit, we gained valuable insights into both top hole and horizontal drilling rig operations.

One of the highlights was climbing the stairs to the rig floor, where we got a firsthand look inside the "doghouse". For several attendees, this was a milestone moment. Despite years in the industry, it was their first opportunity to observe these operations up close and in action.

A big thank you to Range Resources Corporation and their Drilling department for making this incredible experience possible!

TRDD is now on LinkedIn! Please take a moment to follow our page there.

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Today, some of our members had the opportunity to tour the Vallourec Star production facility in Youngstown, Ohio.

Vallourec specializes in hot rolled seamless steel tubes, expandable tubular technology, automotive parts, and stainless steel, which it provides to energy, construction, automotive, and mechanical industries.

The pipe they manufacture is made completely out of scrap metal! The tour was incredibly informative and covered the manufacturing process from start to finish.

SAVE THE DATE! More information about our 2025 fundraiser to come later this week! 🤩

TRDD hosted a craft workshop today for our December meeting. Thank you so much to our friends at Red Punch Design for showing us how to create these adorable holiday centerpieces! 🎄

** SOLD OUT!!! Thank you for your support! **
Need some extra cash for Christmas? Buy a chance or two for TRDD’s Black Friday Christmas Cash fundraiser! (Tickets purchased through this link will have their numbers chosen at random.)

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After attending two educational seminars at Convention this morning, the TRDD board used our free afternoon to take a trip on the M-Line Trolley. It was a great way to learn about uptown and downtown Dallas on this beautiful day! 🚎

Our final stop of the day (if you don’t count Buc-ee’s!) was a visit to Britt’s Wine & Dine. We sampled wine and learned about the history of the property from Britt himself!

After sitting down to a tasty lunch at The Back Porch Kilgore, we headed to Kilgore College to learn about their corrosion technology program and lab, as well as their instrumentation and electrical (I&E) technology program.

Today we traveled east to Kilgore, Texas to visit the East Texas Oil Museum. We learned about what life was like back when the East Texas oilfield was discovered and how it completely changed life for the residents of this town, not to mention how it changed the industry.