A sneak peak into the life of the men that keep the wheels turning in the South Texas oilfield. Doing our part to reduce the United States dependency on foreign oil, c'mon!
I have been around extreme kinetic energies in aerospace for 40 years, and I wouldn't last 10 minutes in the job you men do. The amount of unpredictable energy, heavy weights, bad weather and hidden deterioration in machinery make it mind boggling to me at my age. Yet you are out in inclement weather 24/7 getting the oil and gas for the rest of us to have heat and transportation. Know that you are appreciated, and may He protect and guide you in your work!
Bad ass Big Moose. We might quit a hundred times a day but we persevere. ALWAYS finish what we start or get run off. Lol. Thank you for your compliment. Btw whoever made this video. “Awesome”
To all the frac guys out there in West Texas my hat off you guys no matter what company you work for. I drove water truck 2018 to 2020 and nothing like being around a frac at full horsepower. Hard work is a understatement for you guys.
I did this for years. My kids wanted to be in the oilfield. To do what i did. I showed them this video. Its dead on. They decided to go another route. This sepereate the men from the boys. Sacrifices dont come cheap. God bless all oilfield hands
Well I'm a former Baker Hughes Alice elite employee and man all i can say is this video was kick ass. I miss frac having with drawls watching this video. If y'all r still working balls to the wall is all i can say. God Bless
I remember my first day like it was yesterday even though it was nearly 7 years ago. The first thing they said was “this sh*t ain’t for everyone. You’ll either be bit and won’t ever leave, or you won’t last more than a few days.” I spent 5 years fracin and I loved every minute of it. I’m still in the oilfield just come home every night… wife finally said it’s time to come home so I did but I couldn’t completely let go.. idk if I’ll ever be able to. I miss runnin my line or calling the job every single time I’m out there and hear the fleet fire up for a stage.. perfect depiction on the thoughts of a hand.
Oilfield work is a lifestyle i been on a rig drilling to pressure testing i love everything about the fields i am now back into a shop keeping trucks on the road we are a service company hauling production water after you wear your first pair of boots out your stuck here bakken Williston ND !
I was a part of that group that month when we done all those stages! I was the wireline engineer out of Alice tx,my cousin dingo and wolf and rest of guys were great with the frac.man I miss those days when Weatherford was a competitive outfit!!
anybody remember the view of working overnight. working on the sandkings watching the sun coming up thinking life is awesome. and thankful we made it through another day. Our family was truly our crew.
Worked for Halliburton for a long time cementing. My experience with the Frac guys taught me that 2" iron is a lot lighter than the 3" iron you guys have to deal with. Good video.
Ahh yes this takes me back. I worked on a Halliburton Frac crew out of Enid, OK in 81-82. They guaranteed us pay for 60 hours a week, on call 24x7, 4 on 3 off then 5 on 2 off. However, this would usually work out to be more like 90+ hours per week. No sleeper cabs, no porta potties, we did get catered though. If you had to take a crap, you got up under you pump truck, peeled off the layers of coverall and go. Only sleep you got was when the riggers were pulling pipe, maybe a couple hours at most. You generally slept in your truck on a home made bed, basically a board with some carpet nailed to it. I was unfortunate to have the only pump truck that didn't have a cab. Those were some cold Oklahoma winter nights, the wind constantly blowing with temperatures in the teens. Long hours, long days, not for the weak to be sure.
Yeah it takes me back too to Pratt Kansas 78 to 83. As you say long days and nights many times. 90 to 100 hours per week were common. Worst days were working all day and half the night and go back to the yard and pack pumps the rest of the night.
@@MrDynafxdc UUuugh packing pumps. Gawd I really hated that. And that was after 3+ hours in the truck wash line waiting for the blender driver to finish.
I really wish people look at the numbers of how many U.S. Military Veterans work for the oilfield, maybe that would make people more supporting the oilfield jobs
Elizabeth Octubre That's true, there are countless vets I've come across in the 5 years I've been in the oilfield. Hell, over half of my department are veterans! Lol
Makes perfect sense. They go fight some fat politicians oil war then come home and drill for it so those same politicians can sell it right back to them and foriegn countries. Before you say it no im not a liberal... so stop typing.
once we had gasoline wars in the years of 1960 to 1970 .the prices was .15 to .25 a gallon in houston TEXAS.. not now.. everything is going up in prices year after years. I am proud of the men who provide for there families. thank you. the show was good and i like it.no ??????
Hes not wrong they set there stuff an sleep till 3rd party gets done roughnecks and casing hands have it harder but thats just me saying. After there doing there thing we rig down n head to a other rig 😊 on call 24/7 but props to them for being able to always have a clean coverall
@@chriscaldwell2806 On one convoy we stopped at a sh** & get for some snacks when this one guy comes up to us asking if we wanted to buy some qualudes. What on earth would we want something like that for? We were already dead on our feet.
Halliburton whipped our asses in Saudi Arabia with the heat of the sun OMG man that is was really hard work . God blessed those whom working in the frack !
I respect these guys. Hard freaken work becomes easy when you have good confidants on your side doing the same. We would work through the heat, rain and sand storms. It didn't matter. Had to get er done. Much respect gentlemen
You’re missing the point, this was a video about a band of brothers who worked at Weatherford in Alice Tx. We had a brotherhood like no other and so much pride in our work.
Trican frac'ed 252 stages July 2014 in a month. 10k 4" iron at 22m³/min (140ish bbl/min). 24 hour operations. 331 stages the year before but that was ~40 days.
But I love the video. Its very much a sacrifice that we do everyday to make sure we have food on the table for our families and decrease our dependency on foreign oil (even if it is only at $40ish dollars a barrel right now).
I work for FTSI been there done that wish my wife could see this video and know what I go through and how much I sacrifice for a good living btw I'm a mechanic making sure pumps and equipment are working 100% for my brothers out there
My dad worked in the oilfield. 12 years for upham. My mom said she was leaving with the 4 of us if he didn't find something less dangerous because wells kept exploding and killing rough necks like him pretty much every other day. Worst decision he ever made. He lost everything because he listened to her.
Roughneck..from compounds to F-rigs,can say, its a LIFE that truly gets in your blood..knew a few hands better than my brothers..seen alot..if i could come back..id come back as a Roughneck agian..stay safe out there!!!
@@jollycooperator2876 were they U.S Army? That's not impressive. I wouldn't go around telling people that I beat up a group of army sissies.. just saying.
Keep calm and frac on guys. I know Ur Pain I do torque and test and hold backside. It will come back. YELLOW JACKET PROUD. Drill them deep and pump them hard
Watch this video for motivation when days don't just set right with me i haul water for frac water bottles sand boxes frac hands we are all brothers out there in the badlands sure we have our social groups dillers drivers frac hands product team but we stand as one if your in the dakota west texas or out here with me chasing that PA OH WV boom we stand as one keep up the work brothers god speed stay safe
I Watched this inspired video in college and decided to be a petroleum enginner to work outside and travel. Graduated with honors but cant land a job anywhere because no experience and no connection. So sad
My man you still loking for a job? Halliburton will take fresh engineers. They rather have guys with ni experience so they can teach them how they need to
@Tyler B nah, I been doing thi for a while and in every wel site you get a bunch of guys asleep in their trucks, no joke. They sleep over 4 unless they do laundry daily hahaha and they do not travel 3hrs daily. They are provided with a hotel room by their employer. Look I talk to these guys daily as I offload the sand. Ain't no lies, all facts. I'm not saying they dont work, it's just that their work ain't all hard. They've told me it's hard in the summer but only due to heat.
The money may be good but damn its hard you miss out on so much and we miss you like crazy as a wife i am with worry when that phone call is late with the fear it may never come again
+andrew steve no shit sherlock. Average person works 8 hours a day. for e.g 8am- 5 pm. by the time you come home you cook dinner, clean and sit down it is alredy 8pm - 8:30. go to bed at 9-10 ? 2 hrs to spend with family right there.
Ho al hash working Frac you make 3to 4 times as much as some one it pays well and we bust ass for it . I'd rather work hard for 10 years and make what people do in 30 years. I'll pay my house off in 5 -7 years vs ppl like you being a slavr for 30-40 years to people that take the time to work hard for the pay off.
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