William Andrew Hendricks Jr.

Hendricks has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Patterson-UTI, Inc.(PTEN) 

since October 2012 and as a director of Patterson-UTI since June 2017. From April 2012 through September 2012, he served as Chief Operating Officer of Patterson-UTI. Prior to Patterson-UTI, Mr. Hendricks worked in a number of positions at Schlumberger for 24 years, where he last served as a drilling division President, having lived and worked around the world in the energy industry, offshore and onshore, and conducting business at times in Spanish and French. As CEO at Patterson-UTI, he has focused on transformation through investments in people and technology, growth through strategic acquisitions, improving diversity in recruiting and leadership and also enhancing the company’s sustainability and ESG position. Mr. Hendricks attended Texas A&M University, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering, and then began his career working on an offshore drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico for Ocean Drilling & Exploration Company (currently Diamond Offshore). Mr. Hendricks is currently Vice Chair and a past Chairman of the International Association of Drilling Contractors, a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, an energy contributor on CNBC and has testified on energy matters with the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources in Washington D.C.