Alden Doc Laborde Interview - Gulf Island Fabrication

May 19, 2014
“Doc” Laborde, co-founder of ODECO and Gulf Island Fabrication, discusses the challenges and accomplishments of the industry in the very early years of drilling and development in the Gulf of Mexico. He also relates the role he played in the design and development of the world’s first offshore mobile drilling rig and the first semisubmersible drilling unit.