hi guys new here and just had a bunch of questions but first a bit of background i've worked in construction my whole life (20 some odd years) untill the bottom fell out around here in late 09 in 10 my wife had the chance to go full time at her job so we dicided that i'd stay home with our kids while she went to work fast foreword to today for the sake of making this short and sweet her dad ,who is 85 living in okalahoma, is in ill health so we plan on moving down there at the start of next year our plan is for me to head down there once my schooling is over and find something in the oil feild so my questions are :
1. will my work history be a problem with such a big gap in it ?
2. should i get my hazmat before i go down there or wait?
3. can expect to work 70-80 hours a week like they are in tx/nd?
4. this is wishfull thinking i know but thought i'd ask anyway i know nabors is out there and are willing to hire students right out of school but is there any crude haulers that would take students right outa school?
thanks in advance for any insight anyone can give me
oil fields and past empolyment or lack of
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by cameljoe, Aug 12, 2012.
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I live in Oklahoma. You should have hazmat before you apply. Where in OK will you make your home? It will make a difference on whether you will ever be home. If you get hired, you will get all the hours you want, in any oil patch related job.
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Nabors will require a hazmat.
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Yes. Get your hazmat. And I believe the new rule is that if you are married that you have to post a picture of the wife before you can get the good advice. I am just saying.
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Crude haulers usually require 1 to 2 years exp in the oilfields before they will even look at an app.
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Basic Energy and Key Energy are both located throughout OK also and take new drivers.As long as you can account for the lapse in employment you should be ok.
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i would wooly but you know what they say happy wife happy life and she wouldnt be to happy if i did that
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CJ, a notarized letter would merely be a letter from you with someone's stamp saying that it was you that wrote the letter. Worthless.
I do not know, nor have I seen any ads for, crude haulers hiring out of school. Now that water hauling has slowed down for ND, OK & TX, it will take more effort to start there, but that is the place to put your time in to learn the oil patch. Crude haulers are not as dependent on politics and weather, and in fact when Obama recently denied another pipeline from Canada to the Gulf (thanks alot, enviro-wackos), it secured oil haulers long-term work because if the oil companies cannot move it by pipeline, they are stuck with trucks and rail, and they have to have trucks to even get the oil to the rails. So, oil hauling is where it's at, IMO.
Finally, get your hazmat now because some companies (their insurance, specifically) require your hazmat to be years old, not just your CDL.
Unsolicited... do not move to ND if you intend to see your family more than twice a month. Housing is out-of-sight, meaning there were not many people in the state of ND to begin with, and with the oil boom, any mobile homes/apartments/travel trailers are at a premium. We're talking $3000/month for a used mobile home. I do not recommend ND for anyone with a family who wants to keep it. It is like going OTR and being home once a month. 10% of trucker marriages survive ND. Seen it. If you like betting against yourself, go for it, the money is unsurpassed, but the high earnings come from the OT, and you will be sleeping in your assigned truck, your personal vehicle or, if you're lucky, a 24/7 mancamp with walls so thin that sleep will be limited and the food menu will become intolerable in 6 months.
I am not down on ND. I started there. At the time, it was my best option. But wisdom prevails, and I am no longer there. I took a field management position in Oklahoma for the low cost of living so I can see my family every night and get out of the truck. I thought about TX but it's too friggen hot and I'm not much into Mexican food at every meal (although El Pollo Loco (San Antonio) and In-and-Out Burger (Dallas) are good eating). The money is less in OK, but if you care about the numbers:
ND income upper potential: $10,000/month
OK income upper potential: $7,000/month
ND family housing expense: $3,000/month
OK family housing expense: $1,000/month
ND RV park expense: $1,000/month
OK RV park expense: $300/month
ND general transportation expense: $2,000/month
OK general transportation expense: $1,000/month
ND family-friendly activities in Minot/Williston: Below Average
OK family-friendly activities in OKC/Elk City: Very Good
So, again, if you care about your family having something to do besides build snowmen and share cabin fever, either decide to forfeit your family and make the real money in ND, or preserve what may be more important to you and go somewhere sustainable. Like OK. -
Yea, Nabors Well Services pays $17 an hour...
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