Hows texas oilfield for women drivers?

We have lady drivers gathering crude at one of our Permian Basin teminals. Not sure who's doing what down in the EFS, though.

 

I hauled crude out of Hobbs, New Mexico for five years. Used to be SemCrude and then became BlueKnight Energy Partners. Great folks!
That was six years ago. Things may have changed.

 

Can't see you having an issue, we had 3 women running when I was with Indeca out if midland TX, one was husband wife team, and two other ladies had no issues that I'm aware of.

 

Wife and I were down along the border if not into mexico proper now and then without issue. But we did things somewhat differently down there protecting the spouse by keeping her in the cab at all times. I was the one who would deal with the loading etc. Nogales comes to mind. It has changed since my time down there and not for the better.

Mexicans have a certain machoism that goes with being what they are and women to them are all fair game. However once they understood that spouse was married to me there was no interfering with her. OR they will have to answer to me. Does that make sense?

The internet will generate many kinds of opinions, information, facts, stories etc to your rather interesting question. You stated that you come out of the Dakotas and I would assume or presume that you already have had a taste of what behavior is common in the oil fields and you should not have too much trouble down there in Texas. It's actually pretty nice in many areas. We considered ourselves relatively lucky.

But Nogales was something I or we will never have to deal with ever again in this life time and that is fine with us.

 

Blue Knight quit the Hobbs market about 2 years ago.

 

I worked in carrizo springs doing a water truck.
We went from there all the way to Laredo.
We had wells right by the border.
Lot of illegals coming across.

Everybody started on nights and got to the day shift
As drivers dropped off.
Except for the women. They where only allowed
To work the day shift.
They weren't taking the chance of sending them
Out in the jungle at 1am by themselves.