Which oil fields are hiring? Which companies?

[breakingcontact]

Friend of an Army friend is wanting to get into the oil field work. I think he would be new to it with no experience. He said he cant find anyone hiring. I asked him and he said he will pass any drug test.

So whos hiring and where?

Thanks!

 

[Vaquero]

CDL license with tanker and hazmat endorsements.
He'll be hired before the license is in the mail.
Lay out about 4k upfront for the school. The school will damn sure get him hired.

Friend of mine retired USAF last fall.
Took the course. Schlumberger hired him through the school.
6 months later and he's working for a local supply house. Local runs only and home every night plus a decent path to move up the internal ladder.

 

[breakingcontact]

Thanks Vaq. Ill let him know.

 

[Tejano Scott]

Here in Houston a lot of those jobs post to a site called "rig zone dot com". I've heard a few friends discuss it. If he's coming to Houston to do this, I can recommend a great support/networking group that's pretty much guaranteed to generate leads.

 

[ByrdMan]

Drilling companies are always hiring if he's interested in going offshore. Diamond, Transocean, Ensco, Noble....<------and those are just some of the deepwater ones that pay the best.

 

[Texasgordo]

Search in the Eagle Ford Shale for jobs. I see a lot that don't require experience that even I have thought about applying for. Plus it is not far from Austin.

 

[breakingcontact]

Thanks everyone. Im relaying all the info to him.

 

[kyletxria1911a1]

CDL license with tanker and hazmat endorsements.
He'll be hired before the license is in the mail.
Lay out about 4k upfront for the school. The school will damn sure get him hired.

Friend of mine retired USAF last fall.
Took the course. Schlumberger hired him through the school.
6 months later and he's working for a local supply house. Local runs only and home every night plus a decent path to move up the internal ladder.

This but if he's close to Austin there is a school on 290 that charges 1k for the license.
And don't forget the tanker endorsement. That is a must

 

[Kaos]

Point Thomson is the rage up on the North Slope, Alaska right now. Main player is Exxon Mobile. Main hiring company is CHM2Hill. ASRC is the subcontractor along with ICE Services.

 

[Vaquero]

Or, Patterson Drilling out in Midland/Odessa.
Ain't enough "hands" to keep those rigs running.

 

[breakingcontact]

Point Thomson is the rage up on the North Slope, Alaska right now. Main player is Exxon Mobile. Main hiring company is CHM2Hill. ASRC is the subcontractor along with ICE Services.

Have a friend working up there. The scenery is...stark.

 

[mosin]

Friend of an Army friend is wanting to get into the oil field work. I think he would be new to it with no experience. He said he cant find anyone hiring. I asked him and he said he will pass any drug test.

So whos hiring and where?

Thanks!

Military experience, tell him to put in with haliburton and schlumberger both as a field technician. No exp. needed mid-six fig income rather quickly. They'll give him choices on where he can move when he's hired.

 

[Byrd666]

Big Dawg rig movers out in Midland Odessa was hiring last I was out there, December of '13. Petro was as well. Quite a few others out there I can't think of right now. Mostly grunt work and long assed days with decent pay when starting at the bottom. But if he get's his foot in the door...

If you want, I still have a few contacts I can call. Just let me know.

 

[breakingcontact]

Big Dawg rig movers out in Midland Odessa was hiring last I was out there, December of '13. Petro was as well. Quite a few others out there I can't think of right now. Mostly grunt work and long assed days with decent pay when starting at the bottom. But if he get's his foot in the door...

If you want, I still have a few contacts I can call. Just let me know.

Cool man. This is a friend of a friend. I dont really know the guy. Cant vouch for him but appreciate the info.

 

[Kaos]

Have a friend working up there. The scenery is...stark.

They are delusional....lol... Whats not to like... Summertime (if you wanna call it a summertime)...no breeze equals mosquitos the size of birds..no darkness.. muskox, caribou, bears, polor bears...oh and the occasional snow shower off and on throughout the summer. and winter..lol....its cold and white and lots of snow. Barely if any daylight for 3-4mnths....Glad im only here 2 wks on..2 wks back in Texas

 

[Byrd666]

Cool man. This is a friend of a friend. I dont really know the guy. Cant vouch for him but appreciate the info.

No problem. I'll make a call or three on Thurs. Like you, I'm just passing along some info. It's all up to him what he does with it

 

[Byrd666]

Got a few company names from one gal I know still out there. The guy I knew that worked on one of the rigs quit after a nasty accident, car wreck, not rig, and fund out due to injuries, his oil days are over. He was still a bit doped up too, so nothing worthwhile there.

Big Dawg

Petro

Brazos Rock

Apache - rig movers I think

Pioneer Natural Resources

Schlumberger

Halliburton

Baker Hughes

Good start for him is to get his CDL with Tanker AND HAZMAT endorsements. Almost all companies need CDL drivers and those two endorsements make for a very nice paycheck. Included is also a Manta link from google with some oilfield companies in the Basin.

Oil Field Services in Midland, Texas - Manta

 

[rn4j0r]

Try PEQ out of Lafayette, LA if thats not too far from you. They work off the same coast!

 

[jordanmills]

The bakken fields are HOT right now. But you don't want to be there over the winter, lol. Eagleford shale is hot too. Marathon runs a few rigs there, but almost everything is subcontracted out from what I know. You can hardly throw a hat and not hit people trying to find hands for oil field work.