The AC Company1616 HWY 90 E , NEW IBERIA, Louisiana, United States

THE A. C. COMPANY  WAS FOUNDED IN 1969 BY JOSEPH “COTTON” GIBSON.  THE AC COMPANY PROVIDES SERVICES TO THE DRILLING AND PRODUCTION SEGMENTS OF THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY.  COTTON GIBSON WAS AN INNOVATOR IN THE DRILLING AND WORK-OVER OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY.  HE WAS THE FIRST TO INTRODUCE PICKUP/LAYDOWN SERVICES TO THE WORLD AND HELD SEVERAL PATENTS.  IN THE EARLY 1970’S DEVELOPED SOME OF THE FIRST PNEUMATIC DRILLING RIG INSTRUMENTATION AND PIONEERED ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTATION.  BY THE EARLY 1980’S THE A. C. COMPANY WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO BRING FULL ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTATION TO DRILLING AND WORK-OVER.  THE FIRST TO INTRODUCE CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION FOR MONITORING & RECORDING VARIOUS RIG OPERATIONS.