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Old Oct 9, 2008 | 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted by wannabe_elbison
Tony has already listed some good engineering / construction support companies.

Some drilling support companies:
Baker
recently interviewed with this company and took the offer they made me a week later. very good large company. lots of different opportunities within!
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Old Oct 9, 2008 | 10:09 PM
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Lots of drilling going around the east texas area. Kilgore is full of oil field stuff still, and as I said, lots of activity going on in the area, as well as around the Shreveport LA. I hot shot in the area to rigs/companies daily.
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Old Oct 10, 2008 | 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by | Powered by Satan |
I interviewed with Halliburton and Sperry drilling.


all offshore work for my first 3-5 years, but i will make great money.

I will be a Petroleum Geologist official after this May. looking in the 64k first year. After ~1.3years looking around double.


Not sure if I want to take it though. I need to talk to some other people and friends.

I did a co-op for Sperry Sun in Houston. That sounds like a pretty good offer, what locations would they be sending you to?
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Old Oct 10, 2008 | 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by tillery
Hey Agrivated. Why didnt you come over to the energy side of Halliburton after Iraq? It isnt to hard to do.
you have contact info for me?

i currently work for KBR still on the G&I side, but looking for operations work on the E&C side.... need contact info
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Old Oct 10, 2008 | 04:21 PM
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Will start asap for you, I remember you from S.A. You had a black Z at one time. I had a NBM TA. Used to be around BAMC too. What kind of work you interested in? CTS is aound your parts. They do alot of N2 and coiled tubing. Drilling is alright, None of it hard. Our saftey guy came from KBR I will ask him. He was in Iraq same time COKER and I were. His name is Shawn Kirby. He did health and enviromental. Is from Houston too.
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Old Oct 11, 2008 | 11:21 PM
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Originally Posted by wannabe_elbison
I am on the Noble Drilling - Jim Thompson rig as we speak in about 3800' of water (I am Survey Coordinator for Shell and am here to oversee a move from one location to another).
You have to start somewhere.
hey do you know preston leangafeild? short guy thats a roughneck on the jim thompson? what block are yall on? yall still out in mississippi canyon ? i work for delmar i havent been out to move yall in a while

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Old Oct 15, 2008 | 09:22 PM
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Onshore in Tyler Longview MSA area=
Patterson UTI
H&P
ScanDrill
Basin Drilling
Ecco Drilling
Nabors Training Rig
Nabors Kilgore
Pioneer Drilling Henderson
Nomac Marshall TX
Diamond Blue Marshall TX
TSWS Marshall TX
Shreveport LA
Greywolf Drilling - merged with Precision Drilling
Trinindad Drilling

That should get you started for the oilfield job hunters..
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Old Oct 16, 2008 | 06:22 PM
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i didn't see Bay on anyones list... they are always hiring, and have both offshore and onshore jobs
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any engineers (or others) looking for jobs in the oil industry can send me their resume and I will send it to a few companies and recruiters I know.

Pm me
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Old Oct 17, 2008 | 08:58 AM
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Originally Posted by tillery
Will start asap for you, I remember you from S.A. You had a black Z at one time. I had a NBM TA. Used to be around BAMC too. What kind of work you interested in? CTS is aound your parts. They do alot of N2 and coiled tubing. Drilling is alright, None of it hard. Our saftey guy came from KBR I will ask him. He was in Iraq same time COKER and I were. His name is Shawn Kirby. He did health and enviromental. Is from Houston too.
I was already over there when Coker was in Ali Al Salem. Shoot me a PM if you get any leads, i am always looking for more dinero.
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Old Dec 15, 2008 | 02:53 AM
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Old Dec 15, 2008 | 09:52 PM
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take H&P off that list. i just got laid off today and am looking for a job too
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Old Dec 16, 2008 | 08:57 PM
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Originally Posted by badinfluencelsx
take H&P off that list. i just got laid off today and am looking for a job too
In the next 6-8 months if oil keeps going the way it is now a lot of us will find ourselves in the same position.
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Old Dec 16, 2008 | 09:27 PM
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i have worked off shore. you need *****. they do not feel sorry for you. you may think you have them but u will seee
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Old Dec 16, 2008 | 09:43 PM
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shelby is the first to pull nuts
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