4 essays, 200 words each.

[Cooter]

lol at being a company man with less than 5 years of rig experience.

lol @ the story

"ol marty"? LOL

is that kinda like an old black dude named Justin that lived down the road from you as a kid?

[Denny]

Ol Marty!

You know... Old Man Martin's kid!

[Gasser64]

How many of you guys have ever roughnecked? I take it from the replies I'm the only one.

[Denny]

How many of you guys have ever roughnecked? I take it from the replies I'm the only one.

Then you don't know.

[Cooter]

How many of you guys have ever roughnecked? I take it from the replies I'm the only one.

who were you on with?

[racrguy]

who were you on with?

This.

[Gasser64]

Cooter keeps chiming in like I'm going to take him off ignore lol

[Denny]

Cooter keeps chiming in like I'm going to take him off ignore lol

He wants to know who were you with and when you were roughnecking.

[matts5.0]

He wants to know who were you with and when you were roughnecking.

Well, who?

[Gasser64]

He wants to know who were you with and when you were roughnecking.

He seems to want to know all manner of things about me, that I have no intention of telling him. Like the another member said, why don't I just post up my bank account info, SS number, DOB and DL number lol. If someone asked before him, I'd probably have offered up the info. I don't know why he'd want to know, its not like he worked there. His name is forrest, right? Yeah I don't remember anyone by that name.

[matts5.0]

He seems to want to know all manner of things about me, that I have no intention of telling him. Like the another member said, why don't I just post up my bank account info, SS number, DOB and DL number lol. If someone asked before him, I'd probably have offered up the info. I don't know why he'd want to know, its not like he worked there. His name is forrest, right? Yeah I don't remember anyone by that name.

I'm curious, when, where and for who did you roughnecking for? Anyone who has roughnecked for any period of time would know how difficult it is to get a company man unless you know the right people, hell you have to have both a shit ton of experience and know the right people. I was considering going that path before the bottom fell out, and I had the right connections. Just curious as to what avenue you were taking to get there and with what experience.

[Gasser64]

I'm curious, when, where and for who did you roughnecking for? Anyone who has roughnecked for any period of time would know how difficult it is to get a company man unless you know the right people, hell you have to have both a shit ton of experience and know the right people. I was considering going that path before the bottom fell out, and I had the right connections. Just curious as to what avenue you were taking to get there and with what experience.

Well during my roughnecking days I never really considered it. Just in the random banter of talking about our jobs, one of my company men (marty) mentioned that he had a PE degree from OU. So I had just assumed (at the time) that you needed a degree. The other one, Hugh, didn't have a degree but had drilled, been toolpusher, and roughnecked pretty much all his life. He was in his 60's, IIRC.

But on the subject of difficulty, that was just not my experience. Back then, mind you. I wouldn't know anything about it now. I saw my driller become tool pusher, and my father inlaw become company man. I talked to a lot of different people, as a lot of different people would come to the rig. All of the different services. My brother inlaw was a mudlogger and went on to be a "safety man" at the time. There was a lot of job swapping going on. Needless to say, this also encompassed the ones at the top. This is just my experience. I have also heard of rigs that practically never moved. Speaking of jobs, that is. Where the worm would stay the worm for 5 years.

Then again, there were people who would say they wouldn't put up with that, like our derrick hand. He had been the derrick hand for 3 and a half years, and our rig just didn't have an open slot for driller, and the company didn't seem to be interested in helping him move up. So he found one that would start him as driller, given his experience, and he left. Last I heard he was still drilling for them, but this has been years ago.

But back on topic of company man jobs, my father inlaw was only a tool pusher for about a year before he became a company man, though that may not matter. He was afraid that he didn't know enough at the time. But he received his training from the veteran, Hugh. He's also smart as a whip and pretty much knows any rig inside and out, so that probably helped. Suffice to say my experience with the jobs aspect hasn't been what you guys have reported. Although none of it happened to me, I was just watching it going on.

I'm not making any kind of accusations here, but I think this is something we all already know. Nobody wants to roughneck, and thus become a driller. The conditions suck and the work is dangerous. But that's how you move up, and that might account for everyone's difficulty in getting the much coveted, extremely high paying consultant job. From what I've seen, only those that stick it out for the long haul ever make it. Without the degree. IIRC, marty said his dad was the one who got him the job. He did know what he was doing, even if he was inexperienced as a consultant.

[Cooter]

so what company were you working for in Oklahoma? lol @ old Hugh who knew everything about every rig inside and out. I take it this was pre-SCR era?

[racrguy]

This cracker ass honky is still going on about "consultant."

[Ruffdaddy]

I've got no dog in this fight bit heres my take on what's going on.

This sounds like someone researched oilfield lingo and tried to use everything he learned in one story. The names and all that are there to improve credit...

Or this is adapted from a screenplay.

I'm waiting to hear "I drink your milkshake!!!!" Next