Starting out at Halliburton Cement...

frac, we wait lots more before we actually start pumping cement, our rig ups are 2 hours max

 

Since we are on call, and if we dont get called out for a whole day we get 9 hours pay for that day...but only if u dont get called out

 

2 in...3,4,5 in hoses

 

Typical day in cement: we get a call out, usually 6 hours in advance. U have an hour to get to the yard..call the supervisor and ask what equipment ur going to drive out there or if u are riding with someone. If the call out is for a surface job, it's usually anywhere from 3-5 guys in the crew. If its a production job, its 2 crews 2 pump trucks...u get to yard, clock in on ur log book.(u get paid by turning in log book sheets and submitting ur time on company iphone they give u). Do your pre trip on truck. Head to the gate guard at yard. They will check ur paper work such as log, msds sheets, cdl medical card, ur lights etc. Once u clear that and everyone in convoy gets checked out, they head to the pilot which is a mile down the street. Load up on munchies and head to location..some supervisors like to get there early and some at the last minute to location. If there still running casing downhole u know its gonna take them a while. We rig up which usually takes about an hour or two..after that if casing is still being ran down hole we wait til theyre done. We usually just chill in our trucks...this can take hours...sometimes casing gets stuck and u wait for a long time....getting paid lol..once casing is done we have a safety meeting with rig crew and company man to discuss job. After that is done we start the equipment, pump truck pressure tests lines make sure everything good to go..after that we start pumping down hole...typical pump lasts about 2 to 3 hours...once pump is done we chill and discuss job, rest for a bit them rig down..after we rig down, we head to the nearest truck stop or restaurant and eat then sleep...if the truck stop is too far. We sleep on a well pad or somewhere on location. U getting paid to sleep...the minimum sleep time is 4 hrs...supervisor wakes us up after certain time and we head back to the yard or rollover to another job, depends how busy it is...if u get rolled over we usually go shower at the pilot.

Once the job is done, we get placed at the bottom of the line up for call outs......

Theres more detail to the day in the life in cement but I think I covered the basics...

Shoot me a pm or reply if u have any questions...and pardon any typos lol

 

dont u use a boom truck to lift iron

 

Yes rig up and down..not bad at all the iron is a two man thing.. Hoses u can carry urself the supervisor hauls a gooseneck with the hoses and parks it close to the rig up...I can probably rig everything myself if it came down to it lol