So what do you guys do?

[herm0016]

Originally posted by: RedCOMET

I'm based In Lafayette, LA. I'm working for Big Red, perhaps we work for the one and the same, eh? Do you mainly deal with Open hole, or with cased hole? I'm not too familiar with the land side of things...

They call it Surface data logging or Mud logging... Mainly we work deep water Gulf of Mexico in development wells. We have a few jobs that are development / completions. They are drilling in a know field and drilling wells to run completion tool string down hole.

I wsa thinking of getting into M/LWD. but I'm not sure if i want to work on Land jobs. I got a buddy of mine working in the North East doing MWD work. I think he was Kentucky for like 20-30 on a job.

Oil field is a great way to save money. Its not for everybody, but it can be a rewarding experience. At this point in my life, I think i need to move and change industries to do something i'm more passionate about. And after almost 2 years in my current job, I don't feel like i have much to show for it.


I have never seen a blowout before, which is a good thing. I really would hate have to abandon a rig and get into a lifeboat.... I have seen a kick and oil come in from the ground.


Hooray, 2 oil field workers representin'.

edit:
Hooray 3 oil field hands representin'.


Working in the oil field, some of the jobs sound cool....

a lot of them "sound" cool

there is only one big red...
I am working case hole now, mainly perforating. We run 24h on most of our perf jobs, just have 2 crews to a truck, one night and one days. Our logging jobs take more time. I have been out on some open hole jobs, the last one we were on top of a mountain near Rifle CO, It was a a few switch backs and a long steep dirt road to location. We were all trying to figure out how they even got the rig up there. We rigged up in the snow, rigged down in thunder snow after about 6 more inches had fallen during the night. even had to put the tire chains on the logger to get off the mountain. we were on location for about 12 hours, but by the time we got back to rock springs we had all been up for around 30 hours.

logging while drilling looks interesting, but i don't know if i would want to live on a rig. I imagine that its more common off shore. I would like to get into the specialty services like slick line and seismic.

are you a hand or a engineer? I just started this year, and have been working "on the bumper" as an operator, right now I am doing some training in TX.



ruby/evident:

I use to work in lighting/rigging/stage management. was the master elec. for a touring opera for a summer, head rigging/carp dept. at the university, and worked at dollywood as lighting boardop/ lighting maint. it was a lot of fun. C-deck use to call every so often. If i did not end up in oil I would probably be on a ship somewhere.

 

[Linflas]

Sysadmin and tech support in a middle school.

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: herm0016

ruby/evident:

I use to work in lighting/rigging/stage management. was the master elec. for a touring opera for a summer, head rigging/carp dept. at the university, and worked at dollywood as lighting boardop/ lighting maint. it was a lot of fun. C-deck use to call every so often. If i did not end up in oil I would probably be on a ship somewhere.

I met someone that worked for them years ago when it was "Silver Dollar City" in Pigeon Forge. He ran the boilers on the locomotive.

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: Jschmuck2

Originally posted by: lxskllr

Originally posted by: Jschmuck2
Act - when they pay me. Which now they are, thank God.

What kind?

Currently - theatre. I'm going to tour with Second City for four months. Apart from that though, the pickings have been slim - although I did have a Diet Pepsi Max commercial last year along with a handful of low budget films here in LA.

That's pretty cool. I'm always fascinated by people who do art as a career. I played UT2k4 with an opera singer ! I haven't seen him in awhile though :^(

 

[lokiju]

Come in around 9am-ish, check on the previous nights backup jobs, export tapes, address any issues there might be, look at server logs (if something what down for example) to determine whats wrong, I load the tapes up into a metal Iron Mountain container and print up and log that the driver signs off on when he comes later in the afternoon to pick the tapes up.

Then I'll physically check the server room to see if there are any issues like over heating, burnt smells, audible alarms, etc...

After that it's work on whatever new servers need to be built or rebuild or server or upgrade or remove, etc, etc, etc...

Sprinkle in a bit of neffing and whatever emergencies come up at any given time, research and active projects and that fills up my days.

 

[Red Dawn]

Sell Sports apparel to Latins and Chinese made Biker Leathers to wannabe Bikers.

 

[zebano]

Software engineer on Windows Mobile devices.

 

[LordMorpheus]

Bachelors in Mechanical, working for an oilfield services company, but not doing field work. Couple projects, one is developing a new kind of motor control, the other is building a large scale simulation, and there are some odds and ends that happen also.

It's good work, the pay is good, etc.

I'm leaving in June so that I can go back to school and get a Ph.D. (will be going to Cornell)

Lotsa field guys here. Looks like mostly Halliburton peeps, so I guess none of you will be working with the tool I'm helping develop.

 

[ggnl]

Internal auditor. Getting laid off soon. Trying to go back to school.

 

[Miklebud]

Graphic artist

Work for a silk screen printing company. Design T-Shirts for a whole bunch of schools around the country. Print posters for schools and performers. Design artwork for novelties. Nef on ATOT. 7:30 - 4:00

 

[2Xtreme21]

Originally posted by: Alone
Military. Can't really say what.

Enjoy it, really fits my lifestyle and it's an attractive career. Plus, how many people can say they make $38k/year plus full benefits, pension, etc. at 21 years old.

$46.5k/year plus full benefits, pension, etc. at 21 years old.

<-- Systems Analyst for Bayer Corp.

Edit: As far as what I do? ESM. I'm currently working on migrating IBM Tivoli NetView to CA Spectrum. It's a lengthy process with a lot of menial data entry, but gotta iron out the shit now before it bites us in the ass down the road.

 

[Blieb]

Software Consultant ... mostly custom system development. A lot of GIS (mapping).

 

[nerp]

Reporter. Freelance writer.

I love my job. The pay is good enough and I make a bit from freelancing/ghostwriting. The beauty of my line of work is that I'm not stuck doing the same thing all the time. I meet new people every week, learn about things I'd never get exposed to otherwise and have a huge list of contacts to use when I decide it's time for a career change. I spend more time out on the road than I do sitting in an office. I can do a lot of work from home. And I've always loved writing, so I get to fulfill the dreams I held as a child.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

SW Engineer

 

[guitarslingerchris]

Web Dev/Sys Admin for a marketing agency.

The job is fun mostly, it pays more than it should or at least I get paid more than the work I do is worth. I lucked out big time getting this job at 21, moved to Colorado from Oklahoma for it last January and it's been great so far.

 

[SirChadwick]

I sit on my ass until I am summoned when something breaks.

PC Support.

 

[duragezic]

I went to school in computer engineering and now have worked for almost a year as a software engineer. I do design, code, and test on a fly-by-wire flight control computer right now.

 

[rivan]

I push pixels.

 

[duragezic]

Originally posted by: RedCOMET

Originally posted by: herm0016
yay oil.
its so funny the range of different backgrounds people in oil have.

I am a wireline and perforating engineer for red based in rock springs wyoming. a typ day is a 12 hour shift either 6am to 6pm or 6pm to 6 am. we basically use shaped charges in tubes to blast holes in the rock the oil comes out of. we also use radioactive tools to figure out what kind of rock and how much water or oil is in it.

what color do you work for? where are you based?

I'm based In Lafayette, LA. I'm working for Big Red, perhaps we work for the one and the same, eh? Do you mainly deal with Open hole, or with cased hole? I'm not too familiar with the land side of things...

They call it Surface data logging or Mud logging... Mainly we work deep water Gulf of Mexico in development wells. We have a few jobs that are development / completions. They are drilling in a know field and drilling wells to run completion tool string down hole.

I wsa thinking of getting into M/LWD. but I'm not sure if i want to work on Land jobs. I got a buddy of mine working in the North East doing MWD work. I think he was Kentucky for like 20-30 on a job.

Oil field is a great way to save money. Its not for everybody, but it can be a rewarding experience. At this point in my life, I think i need to move and change industries to do something i'm more passionate about. And after almost 2 years in my current job, I don't feel like i have much to show for it.


I have never seen a blowout before, which is a good thing. I really would hate have to abandon a rig and get into a lifeboat.... I have seen a kick and oil come in from the ground.


Hooray, 2 oil field workers representin'.

edit:
Hooray 3 oil field hands representin'.

drdops... Did you read about that North Sea Helicopter crash? I flew home 2 days after a Sikorsky S-76C crashed in Louisiana back in January. Talk about a fun flight. Luckily we were on an S-92, and flew from a different heliport than the one that the downed helicopter flew out of... scary shit flying in a copter at times.


Working in the oil field, some of the jobs sound cool....

Wasn't it an S-92 that crashed? I read otherwise but someone at work said it was a S-92 and I looked on CNN and it said that as well. I thought it ended up being some mechanical device (gearbox or something?) that was a known defect and to be replaced but didn't expect it to cause a problem so soon.

edit: Misread your post. By S-92 crash I meant the one up by Canada recently, not Louisiana. I thought it was weird you said "luckily we were on a S-92".

 

[FelixDeCat]

fortune teller

 

[Nightfall]

Network/Systems Admin

I love my job.

 

[Cutterhead]

Originally posted by: PricklyPete
SAP consultant.

Ditto.

 

[Engineer]

Controls/Electrical Engineer.

Automation (robots, PLC's), etc.

Usually pretty interesting. Boring right now as I'm not starting anything new because I'm having surgery on Friday and will be out for 2 to 4 weeks.

 

[Rubycon]

This looks like a fun job

 

[Krynj]

Level 1 tech support for Kingston.