Red Adams runs a company called Oil and Gas Rentals, one of the larger employers in Amelia. Red was born across the river from New Orleans. After five years in the Navy, Red found employment in the oilpatch in 1952. He worked offshore as a contract laborer for the California Company – later called Chevron. He started as a roustabout loading mud sacks, and eventually worked his way up to gang-pusher. In the 1960’s, however, he was offered a job in sales, and he decided to take it. He worked for two different companies before finally opening his own company in 1967. Oil and Gas Rentals grew from a handful of employees to its current size of ninety-five employees.