Read Upstream's exclusive profile of King in this week's edition of the newspaper.
</p><p >King is a living legend of the oilfield. He has spent 44 years chasing technology and solving the deepest downhole mysteries. </p><p >He's also an avid builder of classic cars, mostly Mustangs from the mid- to late1960s.</p><p >In the age of the specialist, he's a generalist. He specialises in the weird and the unusual.
