C. Richard (Dick) Sivalls, president and CEO of Odessa-based Sivalls, Inc., has been named winner of the 2023 Top Hand Award from the Permian Basin Petroleum Association. The award will be presented Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024, at the Petroleum Club of Midland. The Top Hand award is presented each year to “an energy professional who exemplifies all of the best qualities of professional and community service.” Sivalls, Inc., manufactures and sells process equipment for the oil, gas and petrochemical industries.
A licensed professional engineer, Sivalls, 89, has been chairman of PBPA and member of the Odessa City Council and Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission. His father founded Sivalls Tanks in 1947, and he began working in the company business as a youth. And it’s the only company he’s ever worked for.