Thanks for bringing back the memories man! Rod Tongs! Feelin' a little nostalgic today and takin' a trip down the roughneckin' days, mostly in Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, mainly in the Mid West. For Triad, Hickman, Parker, Speedway. Been a long time, what I miss is the comradery the some fellas can have within' an awesome crew! And it's obvious y'all fella's know what time it is! Keep 'er online and pumpin' boys and stay safe out there!
I'm from Xinjiang, China. I have the same job as you. It's hard work, but oil workers are real men, staying in the desert for their families. I want to race you, operate the workover rig, see which of us is fast. My English is computer translated hahaha
I LOVE THIS! I bet many Americans may taunt you, but most don’t work in the desert miles from a running faucet. Sometimes, we’d be maybe an hour from the nearest gas station in 115 degree heat (near the pole), but I can’t imagine the fields in the Far East.
@@rube4935 In China, many people don't like oil jobs. But the wages are high, and there are medical, housing and old-age subsidies. So a lot of people are also going to be oil workers and I want to ask you a question, how much does this job cost per month in America?
I'm from Algeria. I was a drilling and oil work-over intern in the fields of Hassi Messaoud (Algerian Sahara). Our devices are huge. The depth of the wells varies between 3400 and 3800 meters. The production casing is 4 inches. Please, the casing you are extracting is of a small diameter, 3/4", correct? The well is not very deep and does not have much pressure at the wellhead ( given the presence of the horse pump).
That’s either an old vertical or a shallow horizontal. Not like the 2 or 3 mile laterals that we see now. Probably seeing 400 or less surface pressure unless you got a kick.
nice white ladder i'd use clean gloves to climb then change for working .also i'd do something about that mess on the transfer cable at least tape it together.
So what tasks are they performing here? The first section of the video is obvious, they're dismantling the iron dinosaur. I don't know much of anything about oil/gas rig work, but I find it fascinating.
Long story short, you have the well casing, which is generally 7" outside diameter in the vertical section of the well if it's a horizontal.. to produce the well, there is tubing inside, usually 2 7/8 diameter, and on the inside, there are what's called sucker rods, and they're hooked to a pump at the bottom of the tubing, horse's head goes up and down, strokes the pump, bringing everything up.. in this video, they're changing the pump, because they do wear out, corrode, etc, and the tubing and well casing itself can have numerous problems, so workover rigs fix all the problems on a completed well..
@@stanleykendziorski7964 Thanks for the explanation Stan. I had read your response when it was new, but apparently I was distracted before I thanked or even acknowledge you. Cruising Along's response brought it to my attention again.
I just scream at the hands until they learn that they need to look up. I've only seen 1 transfer get parted and it was because we were coming out of the hole after a back off, we were going normal pace, the second connection was broke and the blocks coasted up just far enough the Derrick hand could get his transfer on and the operator started coming down to tighten the connect and she snapped. If I'm tripping at night and can't see all that well ill have the derrickhand smack the transfer to let everyone know it's off and out of the way. My first week in the patch the company I was at parted a transfer and the manager lost his sh.t and said "parted transfer lines are the floorhands responsibility, it's up to the floor hand to pull the elevator at the right time, if you can't be bothered to look up then I can't be bothered keeping you employeed" after that I've always beat it into the hands heads look up and live
Its surprising those old af franks are still running. I worked in wy and there was a few franks kicking around, i think all of them in nd got sent to the weeds, i broke out on a 78 franks 4. God i hated those hydromatics, either all on or all off and all on was slow af. Disk brakes are the only way to go
I was hit by the transfer case on morning going back in the hole the derrick man didn't take it off on time when the operator came down with the stream of rods it busted the cable and here came down that transfer case a hit me on top of my hard hat was in ICU for 9 days fractured my skull broke my sinus and eye sockets f##k that work over rig
@@cruisingalongproductions That's the dead-line he's grabbing so the blocks don't swivel and clip the working board he's standing on. The dead-line is anchored down by the cable spool, it's never in motion is why it's called the dead-line. I worked in the oil-patch in New Mexico, Texas and Bakersfield California area many years ago.
Not really, everything might be lighter, but it's a completely different pace all the time.. I've had a lot of drilling rig hands say it's harder because of that constant faster pace.. workover is all I know though, so i can only go by the guys that have done both
stanley kendziorski It impresses me at the pace they work. Rig up on it early morning. Bust their tail with minimal down time, out and back in the hole, and ready to be back into production by evening/night. Props for that.
Pump unit should be on down stroke before rigging up , too dangerous laying rig back down while scoping up puts too much pressure on main cylinder or cylinders
I remember 1 inch rods. Lol We has to torque each connection with a snipe. Spun each one by hand and the rods were rusty. What a miserable long day that was. Lol 😂 Nice.video brought back some memories
Lol I've only seen two rigs with outriggers or whatever you call em. One was a precision rig (from canada) and the other was a local company that builds rigs. Id say 50% of rigs here are on 40 foot base beams the other are guided. The precision rig was set up like a re entry drilling rig doing rod and tubing work, they ended up getting released because everything took twice as long because of their set up, company policies, and lackluster crews. It was a pretty cool rig and set up nicely, it just too slow for work in north dakota. It's surprising people run them I'd be nervous working Derricks on them, I've pulled rods without lines pulled and it's night and day difference on how rigid the Derrick feels, a lot less swaying around
So is this what goes on? I’ll find out here soon when I start but had a buddy tell me to apply for his company and they’re a service rig. Small independent company. Just North of where this is at in Kansas. My county got approved to drill 9-12 wells here can’t remember but not sure what I’d be doing as a floorhand on this. Crews about 7 people already.
That's awesome man the view of from the rod basket was badass..that's the only place I havent worked at on our rig is up there...currently training for relief driller now
@@outdooradventures1836 all I can say is if you get back into the rigs, learn the basket.. because if you operate, and your hand has problems, how can you tell him how to remedy the situation? The basket is easy to do, but hard to master where you're good at it, each pedal is different in how the cylinder is..finesse is the key, and especially making that big yellow hammer go up and down, learn smooth and speed will come with experience.. This is my advice after working on a dam grease stick for 3/4 of a decade..
Did you work for pool in Signal Hill California? I worked for CPS back in 80-81-82 at the Compton/ Rancho Dominguez yard, broke- out in West Texas Permian Basin just turned 17 back then those were the good old days working on bulshit rigs ha ha
Been at it about 6 months. Starting pay $17 an hour. 180+/- a few hours. Paid every 2 weeks. Overtime after 40. Solid paychecks. Hard dirty work. Better learn Spanish. Bring lots of food drinks and buy some good boots. You'll be alright as long as you're prepared to WORK. ( I'm a floorhand)
Do you know if i can get an opportunity i have experience as a floorhand in a normal oil rig and services for frac also so driving in lease roads and living in desert its normal for me. Let me know here if you know something and i speak spanish very good so that will not be a problem
@@yoshixx1238 always an opportunity for an individual with good work ethic who's knowledgeable. West Texas oil is booming right now. Everyone is hiring. Good luck 👍
Just like the Military the Roughnecks should have a brotherhood for all who’s served in the Patch . It’s a dying breed. Especially with this alternative energy. People don’t understand how dangerous this job is.
There are levels of “earning your stripes” in the oil patch and working Workover rigs is definitely one where you know a guy can work if he’s done it for a bit running a crew!
