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Well guys i know how alot of yal feel about the oil field, i had quit going offshore for about 2 years now and some how found my way to be out here back at it again. I should say my exp. out here is taking its toll but i dont mind for one more go round. Heres a picture of the Ds-5 im on. Wish me luck fellas im going to need it...

Good luck ! I been thinking about going offshore myself, kinda scared scared I don't like it !

I spent 15 years out there doing communications, been out for a year now, hope I never have to go back!

Working offshore does suck but when your on a big drill ship like that its really not that bad.

I been in the oil field going on 12 years......I don't mind it because of the time off.....You miss a lot of thing but its a great job and supports my family well. Not many jobs you can work half a year (with vacation less than half) and make the money we make out here...

When I think about working on land , there is not many jobs that you can have lots of time off ,most are M-F and off on holidays and weekends (NOT FOR ME)

If you stay with a company long enough you earn time off so that is more time with wife and kids...

I used to work on the deep seas. That place is like a floating hotel!

Jason u can handle it! Even though it is the biggest filtration job that Baker Hughes ever had!
Good luck hamma

X2 on what W said. It is all a mind game, if you don't let it get to you being away and you have the right attitude it is great. I have worked with some guys who were just miserable being out here. I may not be home every day so I miss alot of stuff with my kids but I still feel I can spend more time with them than most dad's by the amount of time I have off.

Biggest thing I laugh at is guys (mostly young guys) get all bent out of shape come Fri worrying about what there girlfriend or wife is doing....

I said this all along, If you cant trust your wife or girlfriend while your gone working !! Why the hell are you with them in the 1st place

I have seen some many guys almost go stupid insane because his Wife or Girlfriend don't answer the cell phone..LMAO

Im glad I have been blessed with a good wife, but some of these dudes just go off the deep end.....

I think this is the biggest down fall for most men offshore from what I see....I have seen guys get up at 12,1,2,3,4 in the a.m. to go call and find out where there women is......AND WAKE ME UP DOING SO WHICH PISSESS ME OFF

Your wife can't go anywhere cause you take the car keys with ya. :eek:

and what they dont realize is she can be up to no good and talk to them at the same time.my son couldnt work offshore because he didnt have trust.but they will find a way to if they want.

I'm like you guys. Where can you make the money we make on shore. Yes I would liketo be home with family everynight. I think it is harder on my grandkids than it is on me. Breacks my heart to see them cry when I gone for so long. I work 28 & 28. but the good things is they get spoiled with lots of stuff when Papa is home. LOL

I used to work offshore on 24 hour call and that really sucked because you could never plan anything. As soon as you would start having some fun the damn phone would ring and that was it. But our company opened a shop in Oklahoma and offered a few of us a 14&14 schedule and i jumped all over it. The time off is priceless and i could never see myself going back to 24 hour call or even having a 9 to 5 job. To only work half a year and make great money is well worth being miserable for 2 weeks!!

If things don't start looking better at my work I may start looking, any suggestions on good company's to work for ?

I've thought about going offshore in the past, but I don't think I could start out making what I make now and I couldnt be away from my family that long. A lot of my wifes family does it and like it though.

JW you can come work with us, the Big Baker Blue

No JW you don't want know part of Baker!
Way too many audits and policies to follow

Hey JW look for something in production 7 &7
or 14 & 14. Talk to Al he might be able to hook
u up.

JW hit me up if you want to try production, I can give you a few contacts.

damn D i was just joking

X2

I have something in the works right now, I should know something in sept if
It falls threw I will pm u for sure! Thank you very much !

I work in measurement right now, fly offshore everyday and back every afternoon love the fact that I'm home every night but I'm exhausted because its. 1.5 hre drive one way to heliport. I've got a degree in production and would love to get back into it because of more money and more consistent time off

Im in the industrial inspection business. Is there a permanent inspection group on the rigs?

What's the average starting pay for someone with no experience working in production?? Gross annual income

Yeas and we pay damn good PM me if you are interested

About 80k to 90k only working half the year

For those of us not in the oil & gas field...... What does " working in production " mean?
What jobs are in production.
I hear y'all talk about this stuff and have no clue.... Lol
So I'm askin for help understanding.

No JW you don't want know part of Baker!
Way too many audits and policies to follow

X2 !!

80 to 90k a year just starting with no experience!!??? Not calling you a liar but theres no frickin way!!!!

Apparently, he's been listenin' to W. :rolleyes:

How much then?? And what do u do when u work in production?

Aka shell.......

I don't know about production but, I looked into welding offshore and, I never went. The $ was better on dry ground. Just my experience though.

I dont work in production, i work on the drilling side. The guys that work on production platforms are out there to monitor the well as it produces and keep it flowing. I may be wrong but 80 to 90k a year sounds more like someone with years of experience. I know a few guys who work production, one whos been doing it for 20 years or better and he might make close to that.

You looking close to 40-45k a yr starting out but if you get with a crew who Is willing to train and you are willing to learn you can advance quickly. Realistically you could close to double that in 5 yrs. Once you get up the ladder you cap out your salary then you can only look forward to cost of living raises.

Pb2000 quick lesson. Drilling is the side who actually does the drilling or working over wells to repair problems downhole. Most rigs are not permanate on a location they are movable, either semi submersible or jackups. Many other styles, platform rigs which are like land rigs which are disassembled to be moved, snubbing unit which is basically z big hydraulic jack that pulls pipe, and coil tubing which is a spool of continuous pipe used in workover operations. Production job is exactly what it says, monitor all equipment on the platform that process the produced hydrocarbons from a well or wells. Platforms are a structure that stays on location after a rig is finished drilling with equipment that processes oil, gas and water. Tired of typing..... Drilling= hard work
Production= gravy job

With that pay seems like it would be more advantageous for someone young to try to get into operations in a refinery or chemical plant than go offshore.

That is the position I am in.....24 hour call with no schedule. Fin sucks but the money is good. Gunna stick it out untill something better comes up.

Starting pay is low but only work 6 months out of the year. Free food for 6 months out of the year, only drive to work 1 or 2 trips a month if you get a set schedule not 24 hr call. Figure food and gas cost if you have to commute every day. I doubt if I worked at a plant or a refinery I'd get as much couch time as I do now :grinpimp:

I probably have more time to spend with my kids being gone 6 months a year than if I were home every night. To each his own but I wouldn't change it for the world. The kids love it when I miss Christmas, they get to celebrate it twice, when I'm home and Santa passes again on Christmas eve. You'd think Santa would wisen up and knock it all out in one night.

I did lot of platform rigs in my time working offshore and all that i see the production operations do is check on gauges and do alot off paperwork, and i seen some fly to different platforms to check on them. Sometimes they have to work on the tree and lines if they need att., you maybe have to shut a well in but thats not hard to do just turn a value. I ready guess u have to know what to do if something happens. Hope i help out.

Lot more to being an Operator offshore. then just openning and closing valves. LOL

If you can get on with a major offshore you can make over 80K the first year. I know because I went offshore 12 years ago an did it. I work overseas now for the same company working 28 and 28.

Sounds like you are calling him a liar! ;)

And you had no oilfield experience prior to be hired 12 years ago?

Production Opp probably one of the lowest paid in the gulf due your knowledge
If you get Hired on with a Major you will make 70k-90k starting off green but any contract you will start off cheap

Production Green Hand starting out -45-55K
Production Experienced 65-90K

other Trades like
Wireline
Electrician
Mechanic
75-100K

You can make 6 figure salary once you put in some time offshore.......

Plus most companies give you a bonus or some kind of extra pay insensitive during the year
Ex..Stock options or cash

I guess there are pros and cons each way. I'm not an operator, but I do work shift work, so I only work six months out of the year also, unless I work overtime. I wouldn't have minded going offshore as much before I had a kid, but now I wouldn't do it unless I had to.

You guys give me a contact number if they are hiring green hands at 80K. I'll take a demotion from Lead Operator to C operator and get a raise.

send your Resume to a Major....they are all hiring right now..

I worked off shore for about 8 months when I turned 18 and I started out at $10 for a roustabout and when I was layed off I was up to $13 an hour. I worked for neighbors on I think it was called a jack up work over rig. D-106 the biggest rust bucket in the gulf but I loved it and would still be out there if I didn't get layed off.