Oil field questions!!! any advice helps

Welcome to the forums. You'll find that most folks around here really appreciate when new people spend some time reading and looking around instead of asking questions that have already been answered Scroll down the page a bit and you'll find this post:

http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...s/154699-im-stone-cold-rookie-gonna-work.html

 

I work in the oil fields and before I started for my company, they actually paid for me to get my CDL's and did my training. I now work a position non related to driving a truck but I do run heavy equipment. Anyways, maybe you should consider working another position and working your way up because without experience, your cdls are useless to them. Anyways, thats just my two cents, I could be wrong. Im based out of PA, and we got guys coming up from texas due to lack of work and low pay. Check into Halliburton, best of luck to ya.

 

http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...ers-advice/166616-do-you-want-go-work-nd.html

most of your question will be answered here. as well as the previous thread posted.

meany people live in rv's and campers, some company have a place you can put them others do not, there are also rv parks, availability of spaces can vary however. meany company's have large enough yards that you can park a rv there but hookups may not be available. being that your in pa, maybe talk to logan about possible work in the gas feilds and he may be able to shed some light on that area. showing up in person to apply carry's alot more weight than a phone call.

 

Good luck, man

 

Good luck finding a decent space for TT in ND. Also, be prepared to deal with water/freezing issues through April and beginning again in September (hopefully your underbelly and quarters are both heated with electric). The money may be better in ND, but is it worth the problems of living in an area that is not well adapted and prepared yet for the huge influx of workers? Also, you'll find the overall "livability" in TX to be much better, plus no state income tax if you need to move your residency to your work state. retirees and those with money have FL, oilfield workers have TX. Summers in ND, good, winters in ND, bad

 

Were slowing down alot here in PA, Chesapeake pulled out half of their rigs from the marcellus region. The price of gas is so low it's hurting production alot. I heard things are supposed to boom pretty good in eastern ohio here come march though.

 

The difference in Ohio and PA is that they are hitting wet wells in Ohio so it's worth it to go after it. Wet wells are wells that have oil as well as gas.

 

i think its funny that they are drilling wells for the the natural gas in your region and in nd they just burn off 90+% of it. very few wells have the gas pipeline out, i suppose it has to do with the infrastructure not being here to do it. but some of them flares probably burn off enough natural gas in 1 min to heat a house for a entire year. some flares will burn 30 feet tall at times and can be seen from 10-15 miles away depending on the topography of the location. on a foggy night they light up the sky and can be seen from quite a distance.