Jobs in North Dakota

I know a guy who owns a fracking sand company. He wants experience. I'm going to call him up when I have one year if he is still around.

 

Why wait? If you want your foot in the door go with a pump company, some hire with no experience.

 

This is a GREAT thread. My husband got a couple of job offers at home last time he was on his break....as nice as it would be to have him home, ND is where the money is at. This job has given us the opportunity for a better life. What I don't like about the job is the unreliablity, the uncertainty, sometimes wells shut down (off?), or if a truck breaks down, and all the idiot driving that goes on. But when he's working and things are rocking and rolling, those paychecks are fantastic. He has been working pretty consistently now, and I guess I just need to learn to deal with the ups and downs. I really hope things keep rolling in ND. This thread has been very informative. Thanks to all for posting.

 

if your single especially, come on over!(with job offer of course or atleast housing) plenty of laborer/cdl jobs also that are low on the exp requirements. do the usual digging around,ask enough questions to understand the requirements,then I'd even watch and respond to those you tube video posters haulin crude and water in the bakken find.
Seen a few,really informative,show winter drivin in all its ugliness, how the cold affects loading,and other thoughts should hear from the pros.

 

That's strange, seems if they were pumping oil into to the economy at such a faster rate, prices at the pump would be coming down. Supply and demand. On the political side, they have shown the current adminastration has cut drilling by 20-30 percent. The op was correct in saying if the residents of the white house don't get changed in November, all energy besides green will be strangled to death by the EPA, from what I understand they already have the regulations drawn up, just waiting for the election.

 

On a local level and based on past spills,illegal dumping of mancamp waste water, pumping production water into unlicensed wells ..etc..residents affected by the oil boom have been worried of what the end results might be. ND is not yet set up man power wise to over see their own states environmental impact. This is an on going issue,whether republican or democrat, state residents have voiced a real concern that these energy explorations go hand in hand with consideration to state water fowl,sport fishing,and agriculture. One single spill from salt water and have years of soil remediation. no one knows the end game here on this.
There's a saying in the navy, one drop or something of hydraulic oil contamination and 50,000 gals of water is unusable for drinking,..etc..
Much more about common sense than what ever politics will do oil wise,and the consensus here looks to be more strict over sight

 

What we produce has little to do with the price of oil we pay. Many people incorrectly believe the president or the U.S. has some sort of control over oil prices. It's a global pricing strategy and the U.S. is only a single player in a large game. Also, the oil we produce is nowhere near as refined as the crude we import but that is slowly changing. In addition, we (the U.S.) consume much more oil than we can produce which is why you've heard the (correct) saying, "We can't drill our way to lower oil prices." It simply can't and won't happen. High prices are here to stay. In fact, we're still getting bargain pricing compared to what other nations pay and they pay by the liter. Natural gas is another story altogether and could be a serious boon to the U.S. Either way domestic production will continue to play a large role regarding employment through (at least) most of our lifetimes including transportation jobs. Here's a good link for some basic info on oil production:
http://bud-meyers.blogspot.com/2012/04/why-does-us-import-and-export-oil.html