Canada oilfield employment

Oh yeah cool. Never hauled the gases like that. The only problem I have with tank/vac truck companies is the hours they expect you to work. I've been out on 28 -40 + hour jobs, then got home and not even out of or even into the shower and they expect me to go out again. And sleep......what's that????? Had enough of that after several years.

Good luck in your quest. I have confidence in you finding, and succeding in a job in the oil patch.

 

hi, I'm a very experienced driver 26 years I have otr exp. tanker , flatbed, oversized, and heavy haul . I have been out of country for several years working in Iraq and Afghanistan and Africa , I have driven pretty much all kinds of vehicles and trucks , im used to harsh cond. i'm a us citizen looking to go to alberta or somewhere in Canada it seems to be the best paying . I'd like a man camp or something close to that . ive done some research theres lots of drilling company's on the net but not much in tanker or heavy haul on theyre web sites , i'd like to be able to get someone on the phone becouse its a big move for me, but this is what I really want to docan anyone offer any suggestions ,thank's

 

Wow that's quite interesting. I guess when you are watching out for IED's or rockets.......putting chains on in the winter would be a relief......

All I can suggest is get on the phone. Start faxing/emailing resumes.

I would think your past experience would be a great convo starter. You definitely have the miles and the years so I wouldn't think you'd have to many issues.

Point out that you WANT camp. Perhaps check water hauling companies. Maybe hauling to a rig. They seem to keep busy. Often they stay with the rig. So when they swap sites, you move right along with them.

One thing I have noticed though, is that I have been offered camp lots in the last two yrs. More than the first 5 or 6 yrs combined.

Most of the hauling companies are contracted up here. So you seesmall to med-large companies mostly. You won't see a Shell truck hauling up here unless its a fuel truck.

Nisku, Alberta is a giant hub. Anything around there should be busy
though I haven't been in Alberta for over two years now except for ahort hauls into Grande Prairie from Fort St. John.

Another idea if ya want to keep on the road is fraccing companies. They seem to always be on the move from town to town and in hotels. Often boys from Calgary show up to frac in FSJ .

I can PM you if I think of or hear anything

 

Thank's for the advice , every little bit is appreciated very much. sorry to take so long to reply , I'm still figuring this site out. had trouble getting back to the right reply spot , anyway I'm new to this so when looking how do I tell the differencs between a sub contracting company who hauls for frac company's or drilling company's ? and from all the info I've been getting I was understanding crude haulers make the most , and maybe heavy haul is this true? I;m in excellent health and used to any kind of conditions and don't mind working hard , but would like to get back to truck driving how far do most trucks run and I've heard they run in convoy's , is this the case and with what job's ? thank's

 

It all depends how much you want to work. I make great money with my overtime payscale but being gravel and such its almost always day work. Tankers run all day and night around here. Same as heavy haulers. Vac truckers can make good money too. Ive been on 40 and 50 hour jobs doing cement jobs on a Vac.

Frac guys sometimes travel all over. I've seen Calgary boys up in northern BC to do a frac before. that's a good 9 hours of driving just town to town before even doing the job.

Really all depends. I don't see someone with your background having an issue dealing with it up here. If you can drive and pass a drug test you are 99.9% of the way there.

The big frac comps generally have their all their own trucks. They are fairly large. And there are big companies you just wpuldnt see a Shell or Husky tanker up here unless its hauling gasoline or its a service/fuelling truck.

 

Check:

BJ - well service
Trican - well service
CalFrac - well service
Halliburton - well service
Sanjel - well service

Oculus - hauls everything from heavy to tankers

*Clean Harbors* - tankers, vacs. They are huge actually. All over BC from coast to northern. Prob in Alberta too. Forgot bout them.


Having hard time remembering them and have to pack for camp so as I remember I will tey to PM you

 

Thank's i'll check these company's out , I'm very used to long hours I work about 90 hours a week now , but it's not as hard as it used to be , don't spend as much time outside the wire as I used to , we are shutting down over here and I have other job offers and the pay is really good but i'm burned out on it, I . would like to see some green landscape with trees and grass .do some of these company's run sleeper trucks ? I don't want to be crowded up in a day cab sleeping on a steering wheel , this seems to be a big issue in north dokota , I don't know if it even matters up there. i'm trying to figure out the pm sorry I;m pretty good on computer's but not on these sites , what do I need to do? thank's again.

 

Any New Yorkers up there fracing? If the pay is better there I'll skip Texas altogether!!!

 

I am a U.S. Citizen and have had the very lucky fortune to work in northeastern Alberta for an Canadian/International well servicing company. That was 8 years ago. I was chosen to go because I was handling the long hours easily. My company had to get paperwork to "sponsor" me I believe is how it went. The work was very intense. The hardest week I had was 153 hours in seven days. I kept pace for three months straight......most weeks were 120 hours or so. Man the sleeper was torture to look at when you knew you couldn't stop and "just take a nap".

After I survived my first winter I was selected to return to assist with experimental equipment training and testing. That was much more enjoyable. And I was provided with hotel rooms nightly.

If you are a U.S Citizen and would like to work in Canada.....it is possible. You just have to search in the right places.....or get lucky. Prove yourself. Back up what you say. If you really are tough then show it. I was laughed at before I was dispatched to Alberta for my first term.....they said I would come back quickly and I wouldn't be able to keep up. That's what made me do it......to prove "they" wrong.



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Besides a passport, what else would a US citizen need to come up and start the search for work?