Water dying off

Discussion in 'Oilfield Trucking Forum' started by flightwatch, Apr 16, 2015.

  1. flightwatch

    flightwatch Road Train Member

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    Just wanting to see if anybody else is noticing a big hit in the water hauling category. I've heard of pay cuts, hour cuts, layoffs, etc. I had to quit my job (hated to) because we went from 60+ hours/wk to around 35. I'm going to go haul sand for awhile. Hopefully it will last more than a couple of months.
     
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  3. unloader

    unloader Road Train Member

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    The eagle ford seems to still have a lot of work. I'm with Stevens and we are a lower paying company anyway, but I'm still at 60-65 hours per week and still making decent money.

    I talked to a Louisiana liquid driver two weeks ago who said they cut his per diem in half and no longer hire at $21/hour and that's if they are even still hiring.

    I was going to split for Halliburton around august of last year and I am so glad I stuck around with my current company. We don't have the best reputation but I enjoy the shift work and the weekends off.

    Where are you located?

    unloader
     
  4. TracyN

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    Water is definitely dying off for us. Got about 30 hours this week. They have put in some bids and I am praying we get them so we will have work. We really don't want to look for another job because we like where we are but something's got to give.
     
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  5. Mad Frenchman

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    yeah it s definitively slow on my side as well. I don't know who got all the battery work, but it sure ain't us.
    A lot of the big leases are all consolidated with pipeline now which doesn't really help either.

    oh a side note, if you are outside and there is thunder coming stay away from any form or tank - Texas SWD burned to the ground last week after a lightning strike.
     
  6. rabbiporkchop

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    Sand is worse than water. production water and crude oil will keep you the busiest as very little drilling or fracking is happening
     
  7. flightwatch

    flightwatch Road Train Member

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    I was in the same boat Tracy. I loved my job, and I loved working for Tom Thorp. They were a great company that treated me very well. Unfortunately, when I realized that I was making the same amount as a full time McDonalds worker, I had to look elsewhere. $20/hr is nice, but when you're only getting 30-35 hours/wk, it doesn't mean much. We had 13 people on nights and 10 salt water loads on average.. If there was no flowback, reserve pits to drain or frac tanks to fill, we were SOL. Even sand in this area is pretty much dead with only 1 well in 7 entire leases being fracked. . The star stop in Mertzon is usually packed full of sand trucks. The company I'm going to work for is hauling sand from Brady to Monahans right now... And sometimes to Carlsbad, NM! But they are steady for now and have a lot of work, so I'll try it out.

    Unloader : I live in San Angelo, but have been working around Mertzon, Barnhart, and big Lake.
    That all depends. Crude. Yes. Water. Not so much. Like I stated above: when you have 10 trucks and 10 loads, that's about 2-3 hours of work for each driver, and then you go home. Plus, like madfrenchman stated a lot of big leases have done away with needing water hauled to disposal. Apache for example pipes their produced water directly to their grain bins. Sand might not be busy for a long time, but it sure as Hell is busier than water is right now.
     
  8. stevez57305

    stevez57305 Medium Load Member

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    Sand is very dead in S texas only the companies willing to drop rates tremendously. Companies r dropping left and right. Brand new trailers that ran for 70k-80k now are going for 40k. And its planning to take a bigger hit unless a war breaks out. Im currently doing sand and im looking for an out. Im a flo. Boy and im hearing alot of companies hiring tx cdl holders. I guess there planning for cut backs and know that oos drivers aint going for it. I would look for somewhere with options on loads. SAND BLOWS!!!
     
  9. duckhead

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    I'm back in pa but our rates are low. Lucky to do 45 to the house in a week. But it outweighs going otr.
     
  10. 77fib77

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    I heard on am550. That Schlumberger is cutting 11,000 more jobs. Around 20,000 this year from them. Also, read the paper at Starbucks 17,000 jobs lost in midland/Odessa area this year already.
     
  11. Mad Frenchman

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    There is a yard between midland and Odessa with between 40 and 50 drilling rigs stacked , derrick up... a steel forest.
    no rigs, no fresh water or brine to haul: no frac , no pit to load , no pit to empty , no flowback.. (or very few of all those above) leave the batteries , which is not a whole lot for lots a truck , when they are not automated yet and when every companies around are fighting for it.
     
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