Looking for oilfield work near San Angelo

Hit the bricks. There are CDL driver signs out from Abilene to Pecos and North and South of there. Craigslist. But walking in is best. If you have done lot of OD I would check with those that move rigs. Lot of them making $30+ hr.

 

Chalk mountain is always looking for sand can drivers. They are on Bell st in San Angelo.

 

Sunnoco & Flint have their yards north of San Angelo
Plains are in Mertzon, Musket/Gemini Motors are in Barnhart

that's what you got around here for crude outfit but I think that most of their Hiring process start with online registration or whatever they call it.

 

Hey freepatriot76. I have lots of miles and experience under my belt, even off road in the orange groves in Fl, with all kinds of equipment- except tanker. I called a TX recruiter with a reputable crude outfit to get the real skinny. She told me that most companies won’t hire crude drivers unless you have 2 years tanker experience. She said some co’s will do one year but it is not the standard. Could be I am getting that info because, well… I am not a dude. Who knows?

As far as sand and water, I haven’t researched that area yet. I was shooting for crude to try for top pay. I am now thinking about ND when the season turns because I think there will be a better chance to get my foot in the door with drivers leaving the hellish winter zone.

I think 24 months ago if you could hold a wheel you could get any driving job in the patch. From what I see so far, the tide may have turned and there is a little more to it now. I would like to go to TX in person and see but I am still not sure it is worth the expense to go prospect.

Just recently, I got a call back from a screener with N *bors offering 15.50 p/h with OT after 40- no housing, Big Lake vac truck. Lots of OT with 15-16 hour days. Once my app was referred to the next stage- nothing. We will see. I feel like I should have done this 18 months ago when the hiring was really on fire.

 

I wouldnt recommend San Angelo area unless your working frac or on a drilling rig. You will spend 200 or so a week on gas to get to Big Lake where the oilfield is. I worked Big Lake and even at 20HR it wasnt worth it for me to do that drive. Garden City would be a good start. San Angelo is known for high taxes and low pay. Many trucking companies have been pulling out.

Nabors, Select and BTT will be around but I suspect if you can swing a hammer and own a tool belt you will make more money than those poor guys. Most the guys I came here with went to Colorado.

 

You don't have to go all the way to Big Lake to find Oilfield work when living in San Angelo, there are more than a few outfits in the area around town. You got everything from Crude to Water to construction, fracs, equipment delivery etc.

Trucking or other services companies pull out because they come to find work , but don't know the area and are gone in 6 months.

 

Interesting that you say that. San Angelo used to be known for high taxes and low pay before the boom (as was Abilene and the rest of West Texas,) but since the boom, local employers have started letting go of more money. Heck, even Reece Albert is paying $17/hr for equipment operators. Back in the early 2000's, you'd be lucky if they'd pay you $8/hr. Trucking companies are not leaving San Angelo at all. If anything, more are coming in and opening satellite offices/yards around here. Every person in the oil industry around here that I have talked to say that they have more work than they can handle...and as the oil field expands further East, it will get even more busy. We are currently working a big lease just outside of Barnhardt.

 

Try Butch's They heavy haul, nice equipment. Just outside of San Angelo. They pay more than tanker yankers.