Career at Drilling in

Oklahoma

                 When it comes to your career you must not make a wrong move. In case of growing oil production new investors are coming rapidly along with that old companies are also digging new wells for this, expanded works of industry is in need of massive human recourses that’s why one should look for career in this sector and I think it will be a good response to an opportunity. For joining this sector you must know what job is going to be best for yours there are many kind of job in a drilling sector. Before you try for the drilling industry you must be aware of the difficulties and hurdles. Honestly it’s a hard job and requires plenty of time with heavy weight lifting and some times bad weather can create real hesitations. 

                Employment opportunities for horizontal drilling in Oklahoma is massive. Oklahoma is all about oil and natural gas.  Unemployment rate is way below than national average, and it’s because of this industry. Nearly one-quarter of all jobs in Oklahoma are tied to the energy industry. A recent research of the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board shows us the oil and gas industry was responsible for pouring more then $51 million into the state's economy and created jobs for over 300,000 people.

 MOTORMAN

         A motorman is the person whose operation is to execute routine checkup of the bilge, pump-rooms, tanks and machinery along with the daily maintenance of the machinery. For this post a parson needs a wide range of mechanical knowledge about diesel engines along with he have to ably for trouble shooting, identifying problems and repair minor mechanical hazard that arise.

      The motor man's work is to keep eye on engine and informing the group of maintenance immediately for abnormal instrument readings or failure symptoms detected on critical equipment. He is responsibility to check oil and its pressure, temperature and radiator water level to serve his findings in the daily basis.

YARD HAND

         Yard hand is a very important part of a drilling company they usually keep yard location clean, prepare the place and clear all safety hazards. a yard man is responsible for all equipments , he inspect daily in breakout line, snub lines, and tong dies, excessive wear, fraying oil soaks for damage, etc. This man is used to repair and paint, he keeps eye on every employee and workers for their needs.

        We can call a yard man “all in one person” he is a man with all kind of ability’s. Yard man’s work includes assisting welders, mechanics, or electricians. General assembly of drilling equipment to minor sandblasting, inspecting safety hazards , looking for problems, painting jobs and Driving a Fork Lift too . 

 The driller man

      The driller man is main crew in drilling sector or we can assume him as “crews foreman” .as a driller a man have to be mentally alert and physically active because he have to deal with 100lbs and difficult equipments actual rig operations involve the use of both hands and feet to operate total controls in hoisting Motor Hand along with drilling machine and  he have to identify the safety limits to operate the rig because he is responsible for hole operation  that’s why a driller must be able to see gauges and dials at the distance of 5-10 feet’s and he must not be away of 90 feet from Derrick hand .

For a drilling employee most of his challenges in physical part  because primary duties of this position need extreme level of  physical  activity  in a 12 hour period, he have to tolerate lifting weight of more then 100bls from floor to waist 10-12 times a day , the driller deal with 12 hours of  pushing, climbing , lifting , pulling and rough weather .  

 Floor hands-Lead Tong & Chain hand 

     There are two positions for floor hand those are floor hands and lead tong, they are primarily appointed for assisting the motor man and maintenance of drilling equipments the floor hand also have to deal with chemicals, mud paint and moving the rig up and down the lead tong who is well known as “worm” assist driller for threaded connections of the drill pipe.

    The chain hand deal with retighten and torque the connections and spin chain to screw and connect the threaded connections. Because of the modern technology chain hand don’t actually through the chain for the rig, they operate with spinning motors and now days they are responsible for following proper safety measures. 

YARD HAND

         Yard hand is a very important part of a drilling company they usually keep yard location clean, prepare the place and clear all safety hazards. a yard man is responsible for all equipments , he inspect daily in breakout line, snub lines, and tong dies, excessive wear, fraying oil soaks for damage, etc. This man is used to repair and paint, he keeps eye on every employee and workers for their needs.

        We can call a yard man “all in one person” he is a man with all kind of ability’s. Yard man’s work includes assisting welders, mechanics, or electricians. General assembly of drilling equipment to minor sandblasting, inspecting safety hazards , looking for problems, painting jobs and Driving a Fork Lift too .   

Job opportunity in Oklahoma

Dan beecroft says for drilling, Oklahoma is the most precious place. She is well known for her historical oil and gas reserve This state has shown a hard time in oil production but things have changed and Oklahoma is moving on and now it is 5th greatest producer of crude oil, and has the 2nd-largest number of active drilling rigs. On December  2008  the crude oil production was less then  4,770 thousand barrels  but year next it grew and stood at 5310 , but do you know the  best part , $11.3 billion in tax revenue was collected by the state, over last 12 months of 2009 , $12.6 million higher than the previous record most of it was contribution of drilling industry.  At the January of 2010 the production of crude oil was 4,971 thousand barrels and at the February of 2011 the production reached the number over 6848 thousand which is impressive but the following year was much more impressive because the production reached a new land mark of 7153. According to the last received information at April of 2013 manufacture of crude oil was 9615 thousand barrels. This increased number tells us the silent story of success   

 

 

 

 

 
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