4 essays, 200 words each.

[Denny]

SVO and Gasser own the Jobs and Education Forum

[Gasser64]

So, you're not going to give any specifics about any of the rig sites you were on?

You gave pretty good detail about your stories. It wouldn't be hard to break out some locations.

Nah, I'm just trolling cooter. He's really obsessed with me for some reason. I couldn't tell you why. Like I said I would, but I can tell this whole thing is just eating him up for some reason. He even revived a necro thread I started from a long time ago. I'll wait a year, then say the Drilling Co. and Rig number. And he'll be waiting with bated breath. Only to not know anyone from that time or place lol. For some strange, and unknown reason. From what I can tell he seems to think that I'm someone he's known, or has known in the past.

[exlude]

I think you grossly overestimate your impact on people.

[Strychnine]

We were drilling out near Cheyenne, OK. It was a hotbed of drilling activity.

So you were likely drilling in the Granite Wash play of the Anadarko Basin. Were you on the TX or OK side of the border, and were you going vertical or horizontal?

[Gasser64]

So you were likely drilling in the Granite Wash play of the Anadarko Basin. Were you on the TX or OK side of the border, and were you going vertical or horizontal?

OK, strictly vertical. I never verified this but they said we were the fastest rig in the company, with only 1 other rig being a close second. We'd punch a hole in 2 weeks (maybe a bit more) and be on to the next one. But I really wouldn't know, I didn't work on any of the others and that could just be talk.

After that I mudlogged for awhile and got to see some REAL bfe. People think they know bfe, until they've really seen it. There was an area we had to haul trailers to for rig sites, that we called "the vast expanse". Had to make sure both tanks were gassed up in the diesel before you went, otherwise you'd be calling for help to get more fuel on your way back. I liked it. Herds of mule deer everywhere. The barbed wire fences looked like they had been down forever, and no one was coming to put them back up. Living out there would be a different experience, but I only ever saw one house and I couldn't fathom how they lived there.

[Denny]

Where did your thread go, Justin? Cooter had a picture for you.

[Cooter]

I've actually been on drilling rigs in BFE! LOL

no roads, no towns, no nada... just camels, and a shitload of sand (and wind)

[Cooter]

Where did your thread go, Justin? Cooter had a picture for you.

I remember way back when that necro thread from 2 months ago was resurrected!

it looked sorta like this

[Denny]

That's OK. I called in reinforcements.

[Gasser64]

Where did your thread go, Justin? Cooter had a picture for you.

I figured it was something he wouldn't like, so I did it.

That's OK. I called in reinforcements.

Call in more!

[matts5.0]

Lol..

[SBFORDTECH]

My goal would be one of those live-on-site consultants to an oil company. Known to some as the "company man". I'm halfway through, I stopped to make some money and get out of debt because it was crushing me. By the time I'm out of debt, I estimate that it will be fall of this year and I will start school again.

My father inlaw hired two PE's straight out of college somewhat recently. As consultants. Its my hope that in the future, that can be me. The well known oilfield good ol boy network, I guess. Although I will say that Conoco/Phillips hired him with little previous experience in that particular job, so who can say if the good ol boy is really necessary.

What do you two do specifically? It sounds to me like you're more on the design side of things.

But I like the industrial atmosphere. I like the lonely places that you find yourself when you're out on location. I like the sense of urgency when there is a problem or a big problem. I like working with all of those machines and trying to find a way to make them work better. Or fixing them. I feel like it would be a job I'd enjoy.

I stopped reading this thread after this post.
I have had the misfortune of being on the same location with your type. It's sad but know nothings do get to sit in that chair without the skills and knowledge to know how to not kill someone. I take my job serious, I learn everything I can, any chance I get, and from anyone willing to share. I've turned down consultant gigs 3 times now knowing that I didn't have enough to keep myself around when things slowed down. My company has put me in situations that I would have never had the oppurtunities that I've had anywhere else. I'll take everything thing I can from them until I feel it's not the best opportunity anymore. You can pay for your education but you can't buy the practical experience that it takes to send everyone back home to their families in the same shape they came to work for you in.

[slow99]

I stopped reading this thread after this post.
I have had the misfortune of being on the same location with your type. It's sad but know nothings do get to sit in that chair without the skills and knowledge to know how to not kill someone. I take my job serious, I learn everything I can, any chance I get, and from anyone willing to share. I've turned down consultant gigs 3 times now knowing that I didn't have enough to keep myself around when things slowed down. My company has put me in situations that I would have never had the oppurtunities that I've had anywhere else. I'll take everything thing I can from them until I feel it's not the best opportunity anymore. You can pay for your education but you can't buy the practical experience that it takes to send everyone back home to their families in the same shape they came to work for you in.

The guy gasser (Justin) has serious mental issues.

[Gasser64]

I stopped reading this thread after this post.
I have had the misfortune of being on the same location with your type. It's sad but know nothings do get to sit in that chair without the skills and knowledge to know how to not kill someone. I take my job serious, I learn everything I can, any chance I get, and from anyone willing to share. I've turned down consultant gigs 3 times now knowing that I didn't have enough to keep myself around when things slowed down. My company has put me in situations that I would have never had the oppurtunities that I've had anywhere else. I'll take everything thing I can from them until I feel it's not the best opportunity anymore. You can pay for your education but you can't buy the practical experience that it takes to send everyone back home to their families in the same shape they came to work for you in.

You should have finished reading the thread. Your whole post would have been unnecessary.

The guy gasser (Justin) has serious mental issues.

And that just burns you up doesn't it? If it didn't, and you didn't give a rip, you wouldn't bother. But you do.

[SBFORDTECH]

You should have finished reading the thread. Your whole post would have been unnecessary.



And that just burns you up doesn't it? If it didn't, and you didn't give a rip, you wouldn't bother. But you do.

I have read enough of your participation in other threads. My post is valid.