History plays a vital role in many company foundations, and few remember those “heady days” of 1981, when domestic rig counts hit over 4,500 operational units. It was in this environment that Trent Latshaw built his first two new SCR powered rigs which went immediately to work. Like many, the ensuing depressed energy price years that extended through 2000, provided a great test of who could be creative enough to survive. Those years were spent in acquisition and sales of the myriad of drilling equipment that became available through liquidations. It was not until 2003, when the industry had finally worked through the surplus of equipment, that Latshaw Drilling resumed its drilling operations. Trent set in motion his passion for the outdoors, in wildlife management and set course for Alaska in 1971. This was just a few years past the prolific discovery well at Prudhoe Bay. The pickings were slim for real work in his cherished outdoor environments and so he, like many young men, chose the intriguing life which exploration could bring. By age 20 Trent was roughnecking summers offshore in the Cook Inlet and, after completing his Petroleum Engineering Degree at Texas A&M, he joined Parker Drilling Company, working his way through the rig levels required to become an assistant driller. Later work for ARCO Alaska as a drilling engineer and drilling foreman lead Trent to his life’s goal of building his own drilling company.