Research about HOS rules and the oil/gas industry

moretruckingjobs · Feb 9, 2012

I am doing some research on trucking in the oil/gas industry and I hoped to hear from some folks with actual experience. For starters, I wonder if anyone can tell me about ways in which the HOS rules are used (legally or illegally) to work longer days. If anyone has insight on this can they post here or email me at moretruckingjobs [at] gmail.com

cpttuttle · Feb 9, 2012

hos rules in the gas industry?what rules?basically,they are tossed.thats why on the sides of the trucks,there is a sign that says this vehicle services gas and oil wells so the cops know.there is even special logbooks.

Giggles the Original · Feb 9, 2012

its a trick....LOL, they wanna know how they fudge so they can propose more rules!!!!!!! dont be tricked..LOL, answer NO ONE!!!!! sorry i am in a mood today...carry on

double_r · Feb 9, 2012

cpttuttle said: ↑

hos rules in the gas industry?what rules?basically,they are tossed.thats why on the sides of the trucks,there is a sign that says this vehicle services gas and oil wells so the cops know.there is even special logbooks.
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These rules: http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regulations/truck/driver/hos/hos-faqs.asp#_Toc111021270

CondoCruiser · Feb 9, 2012

395.1 HOS

(d) Oilfield operations.

(1) In the instance of drivers of commercial motor vehicles used exclusively in the transportation of oilfield equipment, including the stringing and picking up of pipe used in pipelines, and servicing of the field operations of the natural gas and oil industry, any period of 8 consecutive days may end with the beginning of any off-duty period of 24 or more successive hours.

(2) In the case of specially trained drivers of commercial motor vehicles which are specially constructed to service oil wells, on-duty time shall not include waiting time at a natural gas or oil well site; provided, that all such time shall be fully and accurately accounted for in records to be maintained by the motor carrier. Such records shall be made available upon request of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

Question 6: What does "servicing" of the field operations of the natural gas and oil industry cover?
Guidance: Servicing of field operations, as described by the Interstate Commerce Commission Forms (ICC) report issued with this exemption, covers those services generally performed by specialized companies supporting the petroleum drilling and producing industry, "including testing, mudfilling, cementing, hydraulic fracturing, voltage, logging, and resistivity measurements, and cleaning of industrial equipment, as the particular requirement might arise in the normal course of well digging or maintenance operations * * *" (89 M.C.C. 19, at 28, March 29, 1962). Water servicing companies, whose operations are exclusive to servicing the natural gas and oil industry, are also covered by the provisions of §395.1(d).
Section 395.1(d) applies only to situations involving drilling or the operation of wells. It does not apply to exploration activities.
Question 7: What is considered "oilfield equipment" for the purposes of 395.1(d)(1)?
Guidance: Oilfield equipment is not specifically defined in this section. However, its meaning is broader than the "specially constructed" commercial motor vehicles referred to in §395.1(d)(2), and may encompass a spectrum of equipment ranging from an entire vehicle to hand-held devices.
Question 8: What kinds of oilfield equipment may drivers operate while taking advantage of the special rule of Section 395.1(d)(2)?
Guidance: The special rule in Section 395.1(d)(2) applies only to drivers transporting the equipment identified by the former Interstate Commerce Commission (now part of the Federal Highway Administration) in a 1962 report to accompany the oilfield rule. The report indicated the specialized equipment normally consist of heavy machinery permanently mounted on commercial motor vehicles, designed to fill a specific need.
Question 9: Are drivers required to be dedicated permanently to the oilfield industry, or must they exclusively transport oilfield equipment or service the field operations of the industry only for each eight-day (or shorter) period ended by an off-duty period of 24 or more consecutive hours?
Guidance: A driver must exclusively transport oilfield equipment or service the field operations of the industry for each eight-day (or shorter) period before his/her off-duty period of 24 or more consecutive hours. However, he/she must be in full compliance with the requirements of 395.3(b) before driving other commercial motor vehicles not used to service the field operations of the natural gas or oil industry.
Question 10: A driver is used exclusively to transport materials (such as sand or water) which are used exclusively to service the field operations of the natural gas or oil industry. Occasionally, the driver has leftover materials that must be transported back to a motor carrier facility or service depot. Would such a return trip be covered by §395.1(d)(1)?
Guidance: Yes. Transporting excess materials back to a facility from the well site is part of the servicing operations. However, such servicing operations are limited to transportation back and forth between the service depot or motor carrier facility and the field site. Transportation of materials from one depot to another, from a railhead to a depot, or from a motor carrier terminal to a depot, is not considered to be in direct support of field operations.
Question 11: May specially trained drivers of specially constructed oil well servicing vehicles cumulate the 8 consecutive hours off duty required by §395.3 by combining off-duty time or sleeper-berth time at a natural gas or oil well site with off-duty time or sleeper-berth time while en route to or from the well?
Guidance: These drivers may cumulate the required 8 consecutive hours off duty by combining two separate periods, each at least 2 hours long, of off-duty time or sleeper-berth time at a natural gas or oil well location with sleeper-berth time in a Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) while en route to or from such a location. They may also cumulate the required 8 consecutive hours off duty by combining an off-duty period of at least 2 hours at a well site with: (1) another off-duty period at the well site that, when added to the first such period, equals at least 8 hours, or (2) a period in a sleeper-berth, either at or away from the well site, or in other sleeping accommodations at the well site, that, when added to the first off-duty period, equals at least 8 hours.
However, such drivers may not combine a period of less than 8 hours off duty away from a natural gas or oil well site with another period of less than 8 hours off duty at such well sites. The special provisions for drivers at well sites are strictly limited to those locations.
The following table indicates what types of off-site and on-site time periods may be combined.

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