Any hookups in the oilfield?

[rz5.0]

I loved 7-7 when I was 30 min from work. . Now that I have to travel. . You can't beat 14-14.. you have enough time to do whatever. . 21 days is to long. Especially when things are going wrong. .

[Cooter]

Sign me up brother!

I'm not in the patch ATM, and all my connections are a good bit south of you... that's just my favorite hitch.

7's you burn up free time traveling, 14's is good, but I prefer 21's... after 2wks, you're ready to go home. 21 you're fucking DONE. But then you have time to take care of shit on days off, travel, etc. And after 21 days of fucking off, you're actually wanting to go back!

[racrguy]

I can weld, Used to do it for a living, only unfortunate thing is no certs...



I'd prefer 7/7 or 12/12 but I'll damn near take almost anything to get out of my current place.

The towers make no sense to me however I assume it's the length of the shift?



Sign me up brother!

Correct, the run of days you work is called a hitch, the hours worked in a day is called a tower.

[samuel642000]

Lots of jobs here in the Marcellus and Utica. We have Precision and Patterson super triples that drill for us but they are pretty automated. Can you weld or if you want to work for a frac, casing or cement crew I can check some contacts for you. Those tend to be the majority of hot field jobs requiring less experience.

I can weld, Used to do it for a living, only unfortunate thing is no certs...

Protip: if you want somewhat of a normal life, find a rig that stays close to somewhere you want to live that has 8 hour towers. I've worked 7/7 and 14/14 with 12 hour towers, ultimately I liked 7/7 better, even though I had less time at home due to drive time.

I'd prefer 7/7 or 12/12 but I'll damn near take almost anything to get out of my current place.

The towers make no sense to me however I assume it's the length of the shift?

21/21 baby!

Sign me up brother!

[Cooter]

21/21 baby!

[racrguy]

Protip: if you want somewhat of a normal life, find a rig that stays close to somewhere you want to live that has 8 hour towers. I've worked 7/7 and 14/14 with 12 hour towers, ultimately I liked 7/7 better, even though I had less time at home due to drive time.

[Trip McNeely]

Lots of jobs here in the Marcellus and Utica. We have Precision and Patterson super triples that drill for us but they are pretty automated. Can you weld or if you want to work for a frac, casing or cement crew I can check some contacts for you. Those tend to be the majority of hot field jobs requiring less experience.

[samuel642000]

I'd appreaciate it man, I'll PM you my number so you'll have the easiest way to get me.

[rz5.0]

If I hear anything when I get back to work I'll hit you up

[samuel642000]

Damn, one day late. Seems to be my luck.

[rz5.0]

We take them all the time. .
I just hired some one yesterday. .

[samuel642000]

Kelly rigs suck. . H&P is where you want to go. . West Texas is booming right now. .

Thats what I hear but it seems that noone wants somebody with zero experience.

[samuel642000]

Fuck around. 15 for working derricks? I wonder what kind of bottom of the barrel worms you'd get at those rates. I wouldn't work for those fly by night folks.

Samuel, check with Nabors drilling, they were hiring up a storm the end of last year, and the pay was decent, north of 20/hr+per diem. With them being one of the largest drilling companies you have the same kind of stuff that comes with working for large companies, but they treated me well the entire time I worked for them.

I'll def. look into them thanks for the heads up hopefully it leads to something good.

[rz5.0]

Kelly rigs suck. . H&P is where you want to go. . West Texas is booming right now. .

[racrguy]

Lol well anyone in TX using Kelly drives probably isn't into shale plays which will usually require top drives, if not a mud motor, to work long horizontals... So yeah, I would also say that's a small operator not capable of paying too much.

Gotta get on a big AC gen VFD rig! (or SCR I suppose)

I don't know the geography of the area, but I worked on a kelly rig in the Lamesa area, I liked that more than working on a top drive rig, TBH.