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on my way to North Dakota looking for work... any connects hit me up...
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I did do the whole leave with no prospects, live in a vehicle for a week looking for a job basically starving and broke and ended up working until the last bust having a hell of a good time but being out in desolate wastelands like desolation flats Wyoming wears on you after time... -45 winters (wind chill anyways) isnt really fun either
I'd definitely look at rigzone and every service company for jobs beforehand. fracing jobs = not ossim.
You got a degree? Can learn how to run a logging tool?
Even during boomtimes there are a lot more people calling down to the main companies trying to get on as rig hands than there are jobs. Most wont hire you without experience, and it's pretty much impossible to get trained at the roughneck school by Casper WY. I definitely havent looked on baker hughes rig count recently but I'd see who is drilling up there and call each drilling company to see what their current employment situation is.
Unless you've got rig experience and know you'd appreciate the lifestyle I'd stay away.
FYI most companies don't give you the 2 on 2 off anymore, and only rig hands, mud engineers, and company hands have set schedules. Mud loggers, MWDs, Directional drillers, roustabouts, other service workers (driving skids in, water trucks, etc) all are working when the rig is drilling or they're needed.
There's also a reason the oilfield is full of divorced or single misogynists...
Those are some small shitty rigs too in the video anyways
I'd definitely look at rigzone and every service company for jobs beforehand. fracing jobs = not ossim.
You got a degree? Can learn how to run a logging tool?
Even during boomtimes there are a lot more people calling down to the main companies trying to get on as rig hands than there are jobs. Most wont hire you without experience, and it's pretty much impossible to get trained at the roughneck school by Casper WY. I definitely havent looked on baker hughes rig count recently but I'd see who is drilling up there and call each drilling company to see what their current employment situation is.
Unless you've got rig experience and know you'd appreciate the lifestyle I'd stay away.
FYI most companies don't give you the 2 on 2 off anymore, and only rig hands, mud engineers, and company hands have set schedules. Mud loggers, MWDs, Directional drillers, roustabouts, other service workers (driving skids in, water trucks, etc) all are working when the rig is drilling or they're needed.
There's also a reason the oilfield is full of divorced or single misogynists...
Those are some small shitty rigs too in the video anyways
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Look at me I have employees!
All of em are hard and hornin also
WoodyO
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What is it about Rig work in Canada that makes the workers so much higher paid than in the US?
I don't know man, must be the government? I know some guys that have went down to Texas and made absolutely shit money and the equipment is absolutely horrible!
Also, in the States its a monopoly of Oilfield services...BJ,Schlumberger,Hallibortion etc...up here, there are a lot of small service companies...private, like myself and we pay better...the big guys are fucking cheap and don't care about their employees
dtf??
