LeanPocket

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I'm considering a roustabout/roughneck/drillhand job .. been itching to talk to a recruiter.

Anyone know what a typical day is like? Pay range?

Or anything to consider, thx

I know its hard labor, but I've done that type of work before, so it doesnt bother me

they said to post here so i thought id give it a shot

I applied already and i'll see if they call

svg210

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I deliver Material to them, and usually I see those guys and the occasional woman drenched in sweat and tired. It makes me feel bad as I just have to engage the PTO and wait for my trailer to dump. But lots of companies are hiring down south. You got EOG Resources (I would mostly Recomend) Pinnacle, Pioneer, and some other that its kinda hard to pronounce.

BizZzatch350

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Your two options would be service company or a drilling contractor. Where you live you have a lot of service companies all around you.

Ballerado

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I would try checking out rigzone.com they post a lot of jobs up on there. I am actually out on a rig now, but I work for a directional company so I get to sit behind a computer most of the night. Haha.

-Ross-

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My father-in-law is a consultant. He manages/coordinates well work-overs....aka...sits in his truck and tells people what to do and when to do it.

I don't believe the pay is that high for a roughneck, but they can make some pretty good money when overtime comes into play.

wild1100

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we normally work twelves. Roughnecks for most rigs go upwards of 15an hour. check out nabors drilling and H&P drilling they seem to always be looking for hands or rig zone is also good. I'm sitting on a rig right now lol

LeanPocket

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sweet, do u all like what u do?

TEXASCOASTIE

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My brother started out as a hand snubbing live wells. He has been doing it for about 3-4 years. Now he has his own team and makes close to 80K a year plus a company truck and fuel card. he just turned 22. it's very hard work but if you know what you are doing you can make some big money fast. Like I said start out snubbing you will learn more doing that than anything and it will help you promote faster.

firebird02ta

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i have worked on rigs for 18 years it pays great and i love it im working in California as a consultant for Chevron. look at H&P first then Nabors there is a little co in houston called Nicklos drilling i was a driller/toolpusher for them for 7.5 years good place to work goog luck

LeanPocket

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is there anything that sucks?

wild1100

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you ask "is there anything that sucks" well oil base mud sucks and cleaning tanks sucks not being home sucks heat sucks a 38inch pipe wrench sucks. but the money is good hell I would pm the chevron consultant he knows where the money is. lol

1FAST02FORMULAHAWK

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It sucks alot when you start out, like most jobs.

But come time for that first paycheck, you'll be smiling.

Chaos07

THere are alot of compnies in our area like Haliburton and CJ energy and Trican that you can do FRAC and Coil tubing... that is where most of the people i know go

svg210

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Frac Sand hauling is where the money is at. Every time I pick up a load I see North of 500 for a 120 Mile delivery. As being the chatter mouth that I am, Pneumatic tank drivers are making 1-2grand PER DAY being company drivers they get 20-25percent commission (or so they say) I sorta believe them a good friend of mine got rid of most of his dump equipment, and is replacing them with used pneumatic trailer and decent road trucks. I would jump over but I don't like driving long distance's + lots of waiting time, and the blower kit runs you 10 grand. And its constant maintenance as that sand tends to clog the blower impellers.

rooster99ss

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I've ran pneumatic trailers before, but I'm not a truck owner. If you know of a place here locally that's hiring for that, let me know. Been looking at getting into hauling vac tanks or frac tanks as well. Going to talk to a company in the morning actually

Chadder

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I believe H&P and Precision Drilling are both hiring for Eagle Ford rigs. I 'heard' Ensco is hiring for offshore, but haven't personally confirmed it.

The crews typically work 12 hour shifts 2 weeks on, 2 weeks off. The starting pay is 15-16/hr for a roustabout, then can move up fairly quickly, especially in the current drilling climate. Roughnecks can make some decent money once all the overtime starts adding up.

LeanPocket

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do they pay u for the 'off' weeks?

Chadder

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Nope. I'm not sure if there's any company that pays rig crews any salary (I'm not an expert on the matter, I work for a service company). You do make bonuses if the well is drilled ahead of schedule though (the amount depends on the operator).

BizZzatch350

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On an Ensco rig now and I heard the same thing, they have a lot of new builds plus loosing hands to land work hasn't helped.

svg210

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I'm in San Antonio, and Some of my friends that used to haul with me are now working at Sandpro out of Alice, TX. and a few of them get to take the trucks home. Basically all they do is run to OK or LA and pick up Sand from there, then bring it down to the wells.
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Although the gravy train should end as, U.P. and some other rail companies are building railways and rail yards to bring the delivery costs down. After that, I would imagine they'd pick up the frac sand at the rail yards, Theres one in Hondo, and a few towards the east.