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Title: oilfield work? Post by: T-Bob Parker on June 05, 2010, 04:03:41 pm Well here goes, been laid off for five months and finally got a job in a totally different industry than ive ever worked and the paychecks are puny! Been working 60+ hour weeks and making about $20 more than I was on unemployment. Never done any oilfield work so I don't know Jack bout it but I've got a wife and a one month old baby girl at home and I gotta do something. Here's my question, how do you get a job working in east Texas oilfield, like who are the companies I need to contact and what kind of work will I do? Ive been a construction superintendent for years and have always had to bust my as* so that won't be a problem for me. Those of you who work in the woods or maybe even on barges I ain't begging for nothing, I just don't know anything about yalls industry except you can make some good money. Any advice or leads would be appreciated.
Title: Re: oilfield work? Post by: Yeller on June 05, 2010, 04:55:51 pm Nabors Drilling you can probaly get you a roughneck job there main office is in Kilgore
Title: Re: oilfield work? Post by: Brushbuster on June 05, 2010, 05:01:05 pm Shoot me a pm with your number. I may be able to get you a job this week. If not, I'll sure try to help you get on asap. Times are hard and I have been where you are right now. I got alot of contacts as well.
Title: Re: oilfield work? Post by: charles on June 05, 2010, 05:46:40 pm company called Schlumberger ( schlumbershay) is hiring for differnet positions. pm me with your email address and i will fwd u the jobfair link that it is in tyler for the wk of 14 jun.
Title: Re: oilfield work? Post by: Bplummer on June 05, 2010, 11:27:45 pm A company name Cudd is in kilgore my mother in law works there in the office and said thay are hireing left and right its part of the oilfield
Title: Re: oilfield work? Post by: T-Bob Parker on June 06, 2010, 08:22:09 am Thanks for yalls help. Can you live bout anywhere or do I have to live near the office?
Title: Re: oilfield work? Post by: charles on June 06, 2010, 12:06:22 pm where are u located? the company i fwd u the link to has offices in tyler, longview, shreveport, houston, tulsa ok, canada, alaska, and other parts of the world.
Title: Re: oilfield work? Post by: Eric on June 06, 2010, 10:20:09 pm They are all hiring... Neighbors, H&P, Patterson... Check all the service companies also... flowback, frac, swabbing, perforating... most of them are hiring also.
The deal with most of those is there is no guarantee you will be working near home. Title: Re: oilfield work? Post by: hillbilly on June 07, 2010, 06:48:20 pm H&P has office in tyler and alice
Title: Re: oilfield work? Post by: Beejay on June 09, 2010, 09:52:22 am Hope this helps, although obama is doing his best to shut us down. http://www.rigzone.com/jobs/search_jobs.asp (http://www.rigzone.com/jobs/search_jobs.asp)
Title: Re: oilfield work? Post by: Eric on June 09, 2010, 03:17:23 pm Hopefully the prices will come up and the on-shore stuff can pick up some of the slack.
Title: Re: oilfield work? Post by: TinyTexasCowgirl on June 09, 2010, 03:39:09 pm All I can tell you is good luck. My hubby works offshore on a ROV boat, and they just demoded 2 of the 3 boats they had in use. It's turning into a nightmare thanks to the dumb prick in the white house.
Title: Re: oilfield work? Post by: T-Bob Parker on June 09, 2010, 10:11:11 pm Thank you all so much for the help. After speaking with my boss we came to a compromise that makes it worthwhile to hold my current job, plus I just picked up another part time so I now work three jobs, Seven days per week. No complaint here , I consider myself lucky to have one job in this economy. I hope that this thread can be useful to everybody else who finds themselves out of work right now.
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