Gas or Oil Trucking Jobs

If you want to skip typical OTR trucking and go straight into water and crude hauling that will limit your options to only a few such as Schneider and there are a few others who work the oil/gas fields and hire new CDL holders, but they'll also provide integral tanker training in the new driver training phase. After 6-12 months there working your butt off, you can probably think about looking into some other oilfield trucking employers who will pay better and provide better working conditions (equipment, hours, benefits, etc) But the nice thing about a diversified carrier like Schneider is if you get tired of the mud and dust and brutal schedule of oil patch work you can easily move to dedicated or regional or OTR van or bulk chemical and retain your seniority.

 

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They have a tanker division in South Texas oil fields.
They also have a CDL school.

There are also schools in Victoria that train new drivers for oil field work.

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Maybe call Nabors (432-683-5000) in Midland, TX

 

Here's a copy & paste from another contributor:

Find more information here: http://www.texascaresonline.com/pos/...asp?cip=490205 and here: http://www.twc.state.tx.us/customers...education.html

Coastal Bend College has a 3 Day CDL course that is a lot less expensive than your typical school, specifically designed for the oil and gas industry. I would bet if you spoke with the program director, you will find that they place graduates right out of the school. It's not far from you and you can get a hotel for 2-3 nights.
Website: http://www.coastalbend.edu/ce/

And a .PDF file to the classes they offer: http://www.coastalbend.edu/uploadedF...PamphletV2.pdf

Here is a link of Texas trucking companies. Many of them are working all throughout the state. Best bet is call each one (there are a lot) and find out if they work out of your area. http://www.quicktransportsolutions.c...as/houston.php

The kind and full of information, Mr. http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tru...cholas_jordan/ posted this list of companies in an attachment. But they are out of Victoria.


Baker Oil Tools
7301 US HIGHWAY 59 N
VICTORIA TX 77905-5515

Select Energy Services, LLC
11001 N NAVARRO ST
VICTORIA TX 77904-1408

Halliburton Service Division
101 HOLT RD
VICTORIA TX 77905-5565

Baker Petrolite Corporation
5901 US HIGHWAY 59 N
VICTORIA TX 77905-5514

Spectrum Fluid Services, Inc
1351 INDUSTRIAL PARK DR
VICTORIA TX 77905-0700

Key Energy Services, Inc
6001 US HIGHWAY 59 N
VICTORIA TX 77905-5599

Select Oilfield Trucking
117 JOHN STOCKBAUER DR
VICTORIA TX 77901-3761

Nabors Well Services Co
6204 US HIGHWAY 59 N
VICTORIA TX 77905-5505

Luhn Lease Service Inc
405 WINDING WAY DR W
VICTORIA TX 77905-4171

Boss Oil Field Service Inc
117 RIO VISTA DR
VICTORIA TX 77904-3721

Holladay Oil Field Service
101 CHARLESTON DR
VICTORIA TX 77904-3824

Cbs Svcs (Security Dbs)
1904 Stolz St Ste a&b
Victoria, Texas 77901-6248

Total Productions Service Inc
539 HILL RD
VICTORIA TX 77905-5568

Genco Services
1805 STOLZ ST
VICTORIA TX 77901-6245

Petro Oilfield Inc
3971 SW MOODY ST
VICTORIA TX 77905-3943

D & S Lease Services
2042 BURROUGHSVILLE RD
VICTORIA TX 77905-5536

First American Vacuum Service LLC
22905 NW ZAC LENTZ PKWY
VICTORIA TX 77905-3255

Jens Oilfield Service Inc
807 N EAST ST
VICTORIA TX 77901-6727

J4 Fluid Services [361]485-2710
4602 US HIGHWAY 59 N
VICTORIA TX 77905-5503

Hraco
905 BOB WHITE RD
VICTORIA TX 77905-3550

Xtreme Energy
4408 LILAC LN
VICTORIA TX 77901-2651

Weatherford Als
7506 US HIGHWAY 59 N
VICTORIA TX 77905-5508

Aero Oil Fill Service Inc
991 INDUSTRIAL PARK DR
VICTORIA TX 77905-0679

Drilling Rig Instrument
2806 DELMAR DR STE D
VICTORIA TX 77901-7468

Windwehen & Windwehen
208 WOODRIDGE DR
VICTORIA TX 77904-1169

Vitex Wireline Service Inc
3802 E RIO GRANDE ST
VICTORIA TX 77901-1726

Key Fishing & Rental Service
6001 US HIGHWAY 59 N
VICTORIA TX 77905-5599

Packers & Service Tools Inc
159 ENTERPRISE DR
VICTORIA TX 77905-3273

Specialty Rental Tools & Supl
3804 E RIO GRANDE ST
VICTORIA TX 77901-1726

Lanco Well Service
299 LEEPER LN
VICTORIA TX 77904-4901

Victoria Equipment & Supply CO
603 E MESQUITE LN
VICTORIA TX 77901-3935

P & S Perforators Inc
1163 WESTPARK AVE
VICTORIA TX 77905-3762

Gulf Coast Lease Service
603 E MESQUITE LN
VICTORIA TX 77901-3935

Pawlik Enterprises
2908 CATALPA ST
VICTORIA TX 77901-4628

Prime Lease Service Inc
2607 E RIO GRANDE ST
VICTORIA TX 77901-7375

Boss Oil Field Service Inc
117 RIO VISTA DR
VICTORIA TX 77904-3721

The Coastal Bend Workforce Development Board has earmarked $100,000 to train people for CDL jobs in a partnership with Coastal Bend College. There's some red tape involved; the applicant must meet certain criteria under the Workforce Investment Act pass a physical and drug test and a written CDL test to be eligible for the training. The workforce board will pay the $4,200 tuition for the training for those accepted in the program, Coastal Bend College's.
http://www.twc.state.tx.us/dirs/wdbs/wdb22.html

 

Schneider has "preferred schools" they honor or they will train from scratch, then move you into their tanker training segment. Do some digging arounf here in the various sub-forums here. There is a lot of discussion about oil-field work. Generally speaking, new hires will work the "night shift", which is roughly 12 hours, for 6 days then a few days off, then begin again. It's lots of hours, Lot's of time sitting waiting (on the clock), the hourly pay is fairly good (with OT), and get's better with time, and the work environment is mostly "very rural" with either dust or mud to contend with when you get off the pavement.

 

Schneider I have seen tanker drivers for and not one can back at all when parking at a truck stop. I always wondered why that was. Didn't know they allow students to haul Hazmat. That is terrible.

I highly suggest you got OTR none Hazmat till you get the skills to consider hauling flammables. Just my suggestion. I have seen enoguh roll overs to know I myself would never consider a flammable load even now with1 1/2 years experience. I would wait a few years. Get those newbie mistakes out of the way before you haul with a dangerous load.

 

Why should he delay? Tanker/hazmat can make easily $65K per year & many make much, much more. Generally , tanker drivers don't need the backing skills of a reefer/dryvan driver. egander is making a wise choice. He will have the general knowledge he will need when he attends the tanker/hazmat school.

 

If you want to drive a trucker then get into a truck place a ½ full cup of water on the dash and drive around with that cup all day long trying not to spill a drop. That's a start.