THE ENERGY STARTUP WITH A LEGACY

BARRILLEAUX ENERGY SERVICES LOOKS TO BRING A FAMILIAR NAME TO NEW HEIGHTS

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Even as Canaan Barrilleaux builds his own legacy, he knows people in the oil and gas industry will recognize his last name. He's the president of Barrilleaux Energy Services, which he started in 2021 as a 30-year-old, but the Barrilleaux name is a well-established one, with his father in charge of Barrilleaux Inc. for nearly four decades before he retired and sold the business. That puts Canaan in the unique position of running a startup yet having a lot to live up to.

"He didn't tell me, 'Hey, go in business for yourself,"" the younger Barrilleaux said of his father. "I just went and grabbed it by the horns, and said, 'Well, I have to figure this out for myself.""

Armed with industry knowledge and solid connections, he's grown Barrilleaux Energy Services from a 12-employee startup to a major industry player, and he's just getting started.