You really need to know someone who works on a rig and they will be able to get you on. You start as a worm and work your way up to roughneck and then you can become a tool pusher and so on. The pay starts in the high 30's to low 40's and can go up to around 90. This is for a land rig. Offshore pays a little better. Land rigs you will work 12 hour days 7 days a week (on one week off the other). If you want a week off you can get someone to work your week (without pay). If you work someone's week for them you will work one week, their week and then your week (3 weeks in a row). Offshore you work 2 weeks on 2 weeks off. Also ';oil companies'; don't hire the rig crew. The drilling company or the company that owns the rig hires the rig crew. The oil industry is made up of oil companies and service companies (bit company, mud company, rig, directional drillers etc). Again you really have to know someone to get ';in';, it is good money BUT HARD WORK(you will work your **** off). My cousin and my bfs husband are both tool pushers on rigs and my husband is a petro engineer.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
How difficult is it to get a oil field job and what are the real facts about the pay, what about advancement?
as far as more training to get a better paying job after working within a oil company for a while or do they keep you at one level? thanks for all infoHow difficult is it to get a oil field job and what are the real facts about the pay, what about advancement?
You really need to know someone who works on a rig and they will be able to get you on. You start as a worm and work your way up to roughneck and then you can become a tool pusher and so on. The pay starts in the high 30's to low 40's and can go up to around 90. This is for a land rig. Offshore pays a little better. Land rigs you will work 12 hour days 7 days a week (on one week off the other). If you want a week off you can get someone to work your week (without pay). If you work someone's week for them you will work one week, their week and then your week (3 weeks in a row). Offshore you work 2 weeks on 2 weeks off. Also ';oil companies'; don't hire the rig crew. The drilling company or the company that owns the rig hires the rig crew. The oil industry is made up of oil companies and service companies (bit company, mud company, rig, directional drillers etc). Again you really have to know someone to get ';in';, it is good money BUT HARD WORK(you will work your **** off). My cousin and my bfs husband are both tool pushers on rigs and my husband is a petro engineer.nba sports
You really need to know someone who works on a rig and they will be able to get you on. You start as a worm and work your way up to roughneck and then you can become a tool pusher and so on. The pay starts in the high 30's to low 40's and can go up to around 90. This is for a land rig. Offshore pays a little better. Land rigs you will work 12 hour days 7 days a week (on one week off the other). If you want a week off you can get someone to work your week (without pay). If you work someone's week for them you will work one week, their week and then your week (3 weeks in a row). Offshore you work 2 weeks on 2 weeks off. Also ';oil companies'; don't hire the rig crew. The drilling company or the company that owns the rig hires the rig crew. The oil industry is made up of oil companies and service companies (bit company, mud company, rig, directional drillers etc). Again you really have to know someone to get ';in';, it is good money BUT HARD WORK(you will work your **** off). My cousin and my bfs husband are both tool pushers on rigs and my husband is a petro engineer.
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