Just wait, you'll get sick of it. I got tired of the same drill every year, shutdowns in the winter, 12-16 hours/day, seven days a week, then go offshore or find a construction project to get through the summer, 'til it starts to ice up, then go hunt for shutdown work again.

Looking for work every few months gets old after a while. Living in motel rooms or cramped cabins sucks just as bad.

 

I have spent a few nights in motel rooms that were nice enough to wish I hadn't flown and I would have brought my pistol.

I think I would rather have the Canadian drilling in the winter than Brownsville TX in the summer... I can get enough clothes to get warm, but I cant seem to cool off..

Norway is coming up in the next 30 to 60 days.. We will see how bad the north sea is during the summer...

 

I agree Fronty...

I was offshore Louisiana back in 97 and it was 105 without a breeze. I turned all different colors that day.. I was the "Kanuk" that couldn't take the heat.. I challenged them to come and visit me in January..

Thats the line I always use to " I can get enough clothes to get warm"..

 

I turned down a job in Aussie land . When I found out the desert heat was usually + 50 c ( 122 F ). All though living on the Gold coast on the days off would have been nice.

 

There are worse place to be drilling than Brownsville or Aussie land...

One guy that used to work for us has been in the Gobi desert in China on numerous occations...

 

Salesman for FRAN!! CASI!! CRE!! out of BRYAN, TX. for two years $81,000 a year salary, new company truck every year (dodge diesel) to many fringe benefits to remember, pushed a crew for six years prior to this. The oilfield really does get in your blood.

 

My Dad was a pilot for Franks back in the late 60's in Lafayette, LA.

MikeyB

 

Im starting to feel like an oilfield oddball... Im the first in my family to work this industry. Come to think of it, I dont even know anyone in the oilfield except people I have met since I started...

 

They have three super nice private jets, the only thing I enjoy about the flight is that is free.

 

I'm a Gas Well Testing Supervisor with IPS in Alberta. I live in Lethbridge, but usually work near Edson, AB for Burlington Resources. Last fall I worked in Wyoming and Rifle, Colorado, really enjoyed it down there!

 

Off-Shore Medic in the Gulf for the last 8 Yrs. Been on the same jack-up for Rowan Drilling for the last 6 yrs. Worked for New Park before this as an Injection and Batching Tech. in their NORM facility before putting my Paramedic License to use in the oilfield.

Working 14/14, this is the best job when you go home and the worst job when you have to go back to work.

Charlie

 

Spent some time around Edson myself.....might be going back again

 

Pipeline Controller for Chevron here. 3rd Generation in the oil bidness.

Started at a clean up hand at a marine terminal on the Calcasieu River. Now it's a cushy office job on the west side of Houston. Things could be worse.

 

Field operator in a gas field, 150 ish wells, and a couple of Jiro's to look after. Work in Ft Nelson BC.