Texas Members - another any oil field jobs out there thread??!!

YUP ANOTHER ONE... im currently working for third party company name stage 3 separations , we do solids control on land based rigs. The job is ok the pay is good but the time off is fucken horrible! been out here 4 weeks going on 5 and havent gone home. They said 21 days on 7 days off well the 5 months i been working here I havent had a 7 day week off. Most people say fuck it its money but dont know how it is when actually out here without seeing your family. Well anyways looking for a starting position of course like floor hand or something. I have applied to patterson and H&P already just wondering what else is out there that people know about. Most roughneck jobs are one week on one week off or two on two off which im completely fine with that. Also any off shore rigs would be good also. Thanks !

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Halliburton is hiring, my yard does 6 on 3 off... I usually get my days off. Sometime work into the first day

I hate to sound like the typical responder to these threads but keep an eye on rigzone.com for positions.

yeah i been looking on rigzone, what u do for halliburton?

So in 5 months, you haven't had a day off?

I have some footage that needs to be put on YouTube. :secret2:

If he works 6 and 3 for Halliburton he probably works in fracturing Aka hammer swingers it's cake work decent pay great benefits and easy to move up, i turn wrenches for them in North Dakota 14 on 7 off per diem everyday free lodging and food at a man camp and a paid 54hrs on my
Week off

i have work like 4 weeks, off only 2 days then go back.... sometimes just off 1 day. ..

i have work like 4 weeks, off only 2 days then go back.... sometimes just off 1 day. ..

Damn, I couldn't live like that. GL!

telll me about it bro ur the first one who has said fthat! lol everyone is always like FUCK IT ITS MONEY UR MAKING! well fuck that u have no fucken life.

If he works 6 and 3 for Halliburton he probably works in fracturing Aka hammer swingers it's cake work decent pay great benefits and easy to move up, i turn wrenches for them in North Dakota 14 on 7 off per diem everyday free lodging and food at a man camp and a paid 54hrs on my
Week off

whats decent pay?

Part of working for a service company on land, hustle hard and SAVE when you can, shit slows down on land and you'll be hurting. Not sure what Lil Keke was talking about when he said this, I am pretty sure it was directly about being a service hand in the drilling side of the oil field but, "Fuck them air Jordans the sky aint for ever sunny."

On another note, if you want to work two on two off and with a contractor is where you have your eyes set, off shore is the place to be. Got a lot big plays fixing to happen deep water and rigs are going back to work. Trans Ocean is hiring, Ensco is hiring, people were bitching on the last Hercules rig I was on, so I am sure they will be hiring soon. New company called Pacific in the gulf with a retrofitted-new build, you can also look in to Seadrill and Nabors. If you want to work a rotation off shore doing solids control, Baker Huges, NOV-Brandt and SWACO are places to look.

thanks! i was looking on the Ensco website a little while ago but i dont see no job posting for a floor hand or anything close to it. ill check the others

This is why Im a Machinist...F those Hours.

thanks! i was looking on the Ensco website a little while ago but i dont see no job posting for a floor hand or anything close to it. ill check the others

Probably because in your case they are going to start you as a rostabout and not rough neck. You got roustabouts on deck crews already who want those limited rough neck spots when they come open. Unless you have time in as a rough neck, your going to be pushing a mop, painting, and landing shit on the deck. Got to spending some time landing pipe before you can trip it. if you have a good attitude, capable of learning and can work so long as your on a good rig. If not for ever roustabout you are for life.

Halliburton is a good place to learn. Pay suxs! Was with them a while in the permian basin. I do coil and have less time off than you. Frac and cement do have better work schedules. Sanjel has better pay and works a 15/6 schedule. There is plenty of work in the eagle ford for a while. The bakken is getting there. Ive been doing this going on 10 yrs so not being home is ok with me. Rig work is ok. But the service side has more longevity

bizz i just applied for trans ocean but yeah ur right about the cleaning up first then moving up to roughneck but thanks for all the leads

Im a cement supervisor. I made 85k last year as an operator, on track to make 120k this year. Jobs not bad, pay could be better but Halliburton looks outstanding on a resume with almost any other oilfield company.

I work in the pampa/mid con region. And ya, screw frac. If you want to be anyone in the biz you need to go to cementing, or tools.

If you don't mind me asking, what kind of pay do they give you for that bullshit? I used to work 80 hours a week, at one point 16 hours a day for 2 months straight. I stayed in for the pay at first, but then I came to the same conclusion you have.

If you don't mind me asking, what kind of pay do they give you for that bullshit? I used to work 80 hours a week, at one point 16 hours a day for 2 months straight. I stayed in for the pay at first, but then I came to the same conclusion you have.



Pay for me? Or?? Lol..


Region dependent from 14-17/hr starting pay. 80-100 hours a week. 60 of those or more consist of sitting on your ass.. 6 on 3 off. Supervisor pay starts around 21 operator pay around 16. Give or take 3/5 an hour depending on region..

I like my schedule. Work 3 weeks 60hrs n be off for a week or 2 lol... pimpin n still make good money. Go work at a plant jose. I think my company pays helpers like 18hr n 70 perdiem intown. Pretty damn good if you ask me. 120perdiem out of town.

we get paid $160 per day and $80 perdim. the pay is good comes out to about 2800 or so if we work full two week. But the scheduling just sucks , they said they where going to change it and acually do a 14 on 7 off but we have yet to see it and they been saying it since before i have been here .....

baalic are u talking about the people that run casing into the hole? im kinda loss on what ur saying. tools as toolpusher?

carlos what plant? i been wanting to go back to doing something local also would be great to be home all the time.Your company hiring or what?

Check into Strike Construction USA. They are our main con tractor and have lots of work all throughout Texas right now. We are pretty steady down here in the Eagle Ford.

telll me about it bro ur the first one who has said fthat! lol everyone is always like FUCK IT ITS MONEY UR MAKING! well fuck that u have no fucken life.

ya happen to my homie. he makin all the paper and sancho was spending it all and takin care of his girl

Well I'm in Frac and on a 14/7 schedule I made 85k last year as a operator as well and honestly Frac isn't bad at all. Halliburton doesn't pay the best but it is a good company to work for, benefits are awesome and like stated earlier, it looks good on a resume. Frac is cake work

ya happen to my homie. he makin all the paper and sancho was spending it all and takin care of his girl

thats fucken cold right there lol


whats frac sir?!

Check into Strike Construction USA. They are our main con tractor and have lots of work all throughout Texas right now. We are pretty steady down here in the Eagle Ford.

randy what do u do for strike? im on there site and see they also have solids control but pipelining and other stuff, right now im by three rivers,tx I see those pipes all around here

Idk if they are hiring but im always moving around plants. Im at 25$ an hr right now so im good.

we get paid $160 per day and $80 perdim. the pay is good comes out to about 2800 or so if we work full two week. But the scheduling just sucks , they said they where going to change it and acually do a 14 on 7 off but we have yet to see it and they been saying it since before i have been here .....

baalic are u talking about the people that run casing into the hole? im kinda loss on what ur saying. tools as toolpusher?




Frac is short for hydro fracturing. Its basically the process of blowing holes through rock, filling them with sand, allowing product to flow into production casing/tubing.


Tools.. Hmm deff NOT CASING. Believe it or not there are machines we place at various depths that do differsnt things, packers, liners, float equipment, dv tools, logging tools. The oilfield is a lot more complex then most even realize.


Help me out here frac if you can add anything.

Fuck working at a plant.

Fuck working in the oil
Rigs.

Fuck work in general.

Find a white woman that makes enough money to support you.

The you get to stay up late and party and sleep in practically every day of the week!

Idk if they are hiring but im always moving around plants. Im at 25$ an hr right now so im good.

ur a damn welder thats why!

Starting out In the plants you don't really make shit. Unless you work lots of hours. And also most jobs aren't consistent, specially if your new.

All the cement shit or concrete or whatever it was, is what jarrod used to do. Remember that talk from him? He made it seem like it wasn't all that, and then he moved to solids control? So what's that say?

The guys on the nabors rig all made the Job seem like it wasn't bad.

And all the truckers I talked to while I was there made it seem like they didn't mind their work either. Just got to get a cdl and shit.

Welder at 25 an hour? Kinda get fucked aren't you?

shut ur unemployed as up and ur dumb ass white chicks u get lol ... seriously those bitches are fucken stupid as fuck to put up with u

yea 25hr but i also get 70$ perdiem daily intown so adds up to 32$ hr basicaly. im not a combo welder i just weld stick non xray so the pay is just fine for me. aint gota do nothing critical n still get good pay. most combo welders in plants get like 26 with no perdiems only good companys like jv pay like 32hr. i have 2 buddies just hit me up to work with them one at CB&I making 31hr and 100 perdiem in town and another with STS TANK serv. making 29$hr n 70 perdiem working 7 12s.

Yep. Yep. They are.

Work at hooters or a strip club as a waitress. Make like 150 to 200 a day and shit.

And your only there like 4 or 5 hours!

Per diem ain't always there though is the thing. Specially if your working in town. I don't know If I ever work in a plant again. Unless I was Making like 30+ or had a really gravy job.

By even then I probably wouldn't have it as easy as I did with team.

I have realized that the money really ain't that good. I know waitress, chicks that cut hair, bartenders, making 200 a day and shit. All cash! Thats like 1000 a week. And not long hours? You can be a cop and make in the mid 20s an hour. And like double that on extra jobs. Hell if your a good salesmen, you can sell cellphones, cars, or furniture. And make more than you or I would at a plant.

lol i kno lots of ppl with the jobs you just mentioned and i make more in 2 days then they make in a week. most cops make about 40k a yr working full time. my neighbor is a volunteer cop and he denied a full time job over his truck driver job at pepsi cause of the money. i have big boobs but not the kind you wana tip high on lol so i cant be a waitress ha. i bring home @ 1200 a week with 40hrs so im good where im at. pays my bills.

I make $624 dollars for every full day. Plus 30/per diem. Fuck 200 a day. I make more then that before i hit overtime.


Halliburton has its pro's and cons, but its paid my bills for 4 years and is letting me buyy
C6 soon. Ill deal with its bullshit. All jobs have bullshit.

624$ a day? ballin i need to switch jobs asap lol

Fool how you bring home 1200 at 25 an hour and only 40 hours? Lol your math don't add up. Even with per diem.

Post up your paystubs!

let me look for one hold on

Mechanic at a dealer and make like 20. Just flag decent hours and do shit on the side.

40x25=1000+70x5=1350-200(taxes)=1150 so thats @1200 like i said bring home. i said around not exactly. perdiem isnt taxed remember? but i currently dont have a check stub sorry only have some of 60hrs

I have worked in plants. A regular week only put me at 1600 1700 for two weeks. Yeah I had checks that were double that when I would be working a lot of days. And sure if I traveled I made more. I use to get .55 cent a mile. Perdiem. And they paid for my hotel. but that shit ain't always there. And you get burned out on it. And it really isn't all that much money. 60k a year? That ain't shit! For having to deal with all the refinery bullshit.

Seemed decent at the time, but here recently after looking around. You can make decent money doing less. At a place that you don't have to wear Frc, hard hats, safety glasses all day.

Per diem over 75 gets taxed. And you ain't bring home 1200 if your paying taxes on 1000! I used to pay 1000 just in taxes on some of my heavy checks.

That's why I'm saying. Bringing home 150. To 200 a day is decent when you think about that's cash in your pocket no taxes.

Fuck It i don't have a job and I drive a 2011 camaro. I don't care what anybody makes!!!

When i work full 60hr weeks i bring home around 1700 or so. I forgot how much they pay a mile for out of town but from houston to marrero louisiana i got 330$ travel pay so that aint bad. I liked my old company cause they aid double time on sundays but there was no perdiem in town :/ .. i made 45k last yr n only worked like 7 or 8 months out the yr so im cool with that. Im barely 21 so fuck it thats way more then ppl my age usualy make.

Nop i was making 120 perdiem in louisiana non taxed. I dont get too much taxes taken out unless i work over 60hrs then im fukkd ill basicaly work the sunday for like 100$ lol.

You have to pay taxes to lousissia when you work there though. So fuck that. I know people who cost them like 5k 6k just to work there for a year.

Taxes get you.

There for you bro. Thays on a $1247.75 check back when i was at 23$ hr. http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g166/playa4rmthasoutheast/2012-05-03005144.jpg

And maybe only Texas? Or maybe because I have always been provided lodging. But I was told that 75 a day was the Max allowed that we didn't have to file on our taxes.

I thought i had to pay state taxes there too but i didnt. I think u have to be working there for a certain amount of time. I was only there 3 weeks.

Yea like baalic stated, us in the Frac side are putting 120 hours a week 80 of those sitting on our asses and sleeping. Lol it's really simple on our side, we come to our pad, rig up our pumps, blenders, bla bla and we pump sand and gel downhole causing the perforations to expand and help enhance the production of the flow for the gasses they are banking off of. But yea the oil field is pretty complex, the only thing most people can't hack are the hours away from the fam, but hey your with 30 other guys more than you are with your own kids and wife. These guys are your fam. I love my job but I wouldn't mind having a be home everynight job. Baalic what area you from? I'm in the south Texas area out of the Alice yard.

You didn't have to pay? Or you just didn't file? Lol big difference.

Find someone to do your taxes. Tell them your a mechanic on the side. Claim your vehicle and around 25k miles. Keep track of any safety bullshit you buy and claim that too. You can cut your taxable income way down. And get back alot. I used to get back 6k or 5k doing that. When most people who do it legit get back like 1100.

yea i always wanted to put my gas, frcs, boots, crap like that on my taxes but i always loose my receipts lol. i got 1500$ back this past time so i was happy. i need a kid lol. but anyways jose checkout this company called CB&I from what ive hear they have a job on bw8 & I10 on the southside working like 5 10s or 6 10s not 100% sure. let me just say tank building aint no joke lol. especialy in summer this aint your typical working in a plant sitting ur ass down half the day type of job. bust ass all day n make decent money.

Transocean is a good company to be with and they are hiring at the moment. You will go in as a roustabout but depending on your work ethic and how quickly you pick up the job you can move up fast. I have seen people move up in as little as two hitches. Most rigs are starting to go to the 21/7 rotation due to the fuel costs on the birds though. Since is sounds like you are looking for a career change I would suggest safety.

For oil field services. Cement and Coil Tubing is where money is at. Ballic say hey to Boone Morris(management). I personally like halliburton and their equipment. I do tools also. Coil does EVERYTHING down hole. I make about 4500 take home every two weeks(after taxes). But I've been doing this a while. Either way you go. Become more than just a hand! I cant stand it to see a worker wasting my time sitting around all day. Its great to see a hand go find something to do. And not ask what there is to do.

Yea like baalic stated, us in the Frac side are putting 120 hours a week 80 of those sitting on our asses and sleeping. Lol it's really simple on our side, we come to our pad, rig up our pumps, blenders, bla bla and we pump sand and gel downhole causing the perforations to expand and help enhance the production of the flow for the gasses they are banking off of. But yea the oil field is pretty complex, the only thing most people can't hack are the hours away from the fam, but hey your with 30 other guys more than you are with your own kids and wife. These guys are your fam. I love my job but I wouldn't mind having a be home everynight job. Baalic what area you from? I'm in the south Texas area out of the Alice yard.



Im out of the Pampa yard here in the Panhandle.

Noob here. I've never worked for the oil/gas field, but I'm looking to get into it. I've been working on cars since '07 and been strictly high end European the past 4 years, but I'm looking to change careers. Can anyone help me out as far as getting into the business. I'm not sure what I want to do, but at this point, I don't really care what it is.

Just read this whole damn thread they keep saying what to do. I'm going to keep applying

Yeah, I did, but I'm just not familiar with the terminology, so I'm kinda lost.

Yeah, I did, but I'm just not familiar with the terminology, so I'm kinda lost.

Just start applying. Nomac, H&P, Cactus, lantern, jones. All drilling companies.

Halliburton, Schlumberger, Baker Hughes, some examplesof service companies.

Some others are Patterson , Neighbors , trinidad, Hercules , ....

I'm 22 and have only been with Halliburton for a little over two years in the Alvarado yard but have turned wrenches for them
In KS, OK, TX, LA, and now in ND it really is up to you how much you wanna make I've never been denied my days off and I pulled 120K last year workin in the bitter north lol I bring home 3500-4000 after taxes every 2 weeks and that's with 14% going into a 401K and idk if it's ironic or not but 90% of all the companies we frac cement or whatever for the company men always seemed to have work for Halliburton lol

Halliburton is actually outside right now lol

damn jose, i didnt know you worked for s3s. i worked for them for a year an yes jarrod will tell you that its 3 21 an 7 but believe me, its not. i worked 45 days straight an had 3 days off. i will call a guy that works for h an p an maybe he can get you on

im hoping to get into a job like this some day lol. i always get drawn back overseas on a 105/35 security contract LOL....tho its nice seeing all these companie names for ideas and options.

I work for XTO Energy. We are owned by Exxon now, so the pay is awesome. They have many varieties of jobs. Examples are plant operators, compressor mechanics, lease operators (pumper), and field and pipeline operators. The website is www.xtoenergy.com. You can apply for jobs through the website.

Exxonmobil.com has other job postings as well, including offshore. They work 28 on, 28 off on the offshore rigs.

Good luck!

Well I wanted my days off and I sure got them lol. Its been almost 3 weeks and haven't got told where to go and boss is bullshitting on answering. I think they lost a huge contract and well they are going under. That's just what I heard.... Sigh .....now to keep applying Fuck!

Im working in vopak deer park 4/10s n loving the 3 day weekends :)

Lol bad ass I shit u not I applied for like 30+ jobs on the rigs, Halliburton, and some refineries... Hopefully hit something.

Ehh i wouldnt wana work on a rig... i prefer working in plants and terminals...