Equipment World
Johnson was still in high school when the boom hit. It seemed like the obvious choice of a career, so he enrolled in the school’s welding class. But when he went looking for jobs, most of the oil and drilling companies wanted welders with their own truck and rig.
Undeterred, he went to work for a company called Palmer Bit in 2012, fabricating oil and water drill bits. Working for Palmer, he refined his welding skills and also got his first exposure to how the corporate world works. But inside work didn’t suit him, so he left for a smaller company with substantial field operations, the original Enywhey Services, in 2014.
Two years later, the oil market went bust, and the original owners of Enywhey wanted out. Johnson, who by then had developed his skills and a reputation for hard work, decided to roll the dice and buy out the original owners.
Since then, Johnson has built the company into an $8 million to $10 million enterprise with as many as 15 employees doing oil and gas facility construction and maintenance, retention ponds, and helical pier installations and site work.
Sarah, the one employee who stayed after Johnson bought Enywhey, was the company bookkeeper, whom he had just started dating and later married.
“I was fortunate to have her,” Alex says. “I would have been lost without her help on the paperwork side of things.” Sarah’s bookkeeping experience and business acumen allow Johnson to concentrate his efforts in the field. In addition to running the office at Enywhey, Sarah runs her own dance studio in Williston.
