[QUOTE=Nickt87;737026]Yea, that's what it was. Demand was excruciatingly high and supply was at a staggering low for a High School educated 20 year old male to go work 14 days a month and make $100k/year.
yep it was tough finding young men that could write a sentence, read and understand a procedure, perform simple math, pass a drug test, and have a work ethic needed to do the quality work in a safe manner. That coupled with the fast increase in drilling, it was tough to keep the good guys because competition for their technical expertise. Service companies didn't drive the price of oil up. The large number of small operators starting up to get into the business, and even the more established companies leasing as many rigs they could caused a shortage of workers. I sit on several industry committees, including API, COS, and OOC, and lack of the number of quality workers has been a hot topic for the past 5-6 years. I just can't believe the annomosity I see on here for the blue collar guys finally getting ahead. And I'm not a blue collar guy. I just respect the h3ll out of them.
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