Housing and man-camps?

Mine was basically a 1 bedroom studio when i did my oilfield time. Shared bathroom and kitchen though.

 

This was 2010ish so not so much, most modern ones do afaik. It wasnt bad, not luxury life and i wouldnt leave anything you care about in your room but not bad either. Basically think college dorm but working adults instead of frat partys.

 

I doubt that anything would be cheap, if anything was available at all.

 

Really depends on the camp. I've been in a couple camps up in the mines but not oil patch. Some camps were real nice, almost like a hotel. They'd make you take your coveralls and boots off in the locker room adjacent to the entrance before coming into the lobby.

I've also been in some that you shared a bathroom between 2 adjacent rooms or they had a communal bathroom.

Every camp I've been in supplied the meals. Hit or miss on the food quality.

 

Man camp quality varies greatly. Some are just crappy cabin like arrangements with spotty water, electricity and intermittent cleaning, and then others roll out the red carpet. Some companies rent houses, apartments and trailer homes to put guys in. It's very common for companies to double up guys in a room when there is a housing shortage in an area, so if you have problems with other people in the room or people who snore, then I would ask a potential employer what the set up is like before you take the job. More than likely, they will lie to you, but it won't hurt to ask.

 

I don't know about the oilfield in particular, but before trucking I worked on a fishing boat with shared rooms. You'll adjust to that faster than you think. Keep your space clean, shower regularly, don't touch anything that isn't yours, and it'll be fine. Everybody's just there to make money.