Reese Energy Consulting today pays homage to a world-recognized icon of Okla’s oil and gas heritage. For the uninitiated or unvisited to Tulsa—once tapped the Oil Capital of the World—the Golden Driller stands as a proud symbol of the state’s abundant fossil fuels resources, and a testament to the oilfield workers from a bygone era as well as those who work them now.

Sky reaching seven stories and weighing 43,500 pounds, the Golden Driller is the nation’s sixth-tallest statue, depicting a shirtless oilfield worker donning a hardhat, gold britches with a belt buckle measuring 48’ in circumference, and size 393DDD steel-toed boots. His right hand firmly planted atop an oil derrick originating from a Seminole, Okla., oilfield. At the base of the monument, an inscription reads, “Dedicated to the men of the petroleum industry who by their vision and daring have created from God’s abundance a better life for mankind.”

The Golden Driller, permanently erected in 1966 at the Tulsa County Fairgrounds where it’s located today, continues to inspire. Most curiously. he stands sentinel at a free-fall drop ride at an amusement park in France. But the golden dude also makes repeat appearances right here at home as recently seen at Tulsa’s perennial Great Raft Race held every Labor Day weekend on the Arkansas River. Aboard a handmade float sponsored by Tulsa-based Webco Industries, the driller might’ve stood more diminutive in size, but he nevertheless conveys the heart and soul of the Sooner State.