Brief description of flowback operations.
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Its 2023 and this video is one of the first in my foundational bases of knowledge for a better future.
I'm starting a job as a flowback operator here soon. This video helped me understand exactly what it is I'll be doing! Looking forward to those 12 hour days honestly haha
Wait till you hit those 32 hour days ...shits hard
@@jrq9466 why so many?
you still in this job , Comrade?
@@_AndromedaGalaxy_ Cause rules and regulations don't mean shit lol. Just worked 2 18 hour days in a row, shit was grueling. Pays good tho lol.
@@jrq9466 32? Pffff! My longest was 43. I started seeing stuff and ducking from things that weren't even real. I even saw a random skeleton! No joke!! 🤣
Out of all the videos on youtube about flowback operations yours is the best. Makes the process understandable. Thanks.
techsan20 I appreciate that, I wanted to do one on test separators but never got around to it
I have an interview tomorrow for well testing job and you helped me. Thanks
HKIW I am glad this video helped. I wanted to put one together on Test Separators and drillouts but never got around to it
HKIW How did the interview go? Looking to make a move into good back myself. Thanks
I'm sitting outside a flowback company waiting to interview for flowback rig up so this definitely helped lol. I knew some of it but definitely not all. Thanks!
Jolly CoOperator glad the video helped and I hope you got the job.
@@TxGoon It did and yeah I did Thanks!
LACT, Lease Automated Custody Transfer. Nice video learned a lot.
Thanks. There's some big $ to be made in flowback.
Dude thank you so much for this. Im about to be going on my first hitch ever and im trying to get an idea of what im walking into and this helps MAJORLY.
No problem, glad it helped. Good luck in your career and stay safe out there.
I watched this probably 6 months ago with no experience before I went to Wyoming to break out and didn’t understand a single thing about the video. The crazy thing is I got on in west Texas about 3 months after I finished the Wyoming hitch and guess who I worked for? Oil patch group. I just read the comments and found out the OP worked there. Crazy how small the oilfield world really is.
It is a small community once you’ve worked in the oilfield for awhile. I myself have gotten back into it after spending four years out. Hope you’re staying safe out there brother.
Great job Sir! very informative thank you.
Thank u ! I have an interview tomorrow this video helped me a lot thanks again be safe out there.
Dude what a great video and explanTion!!! Well done bubba
Thanks, I still wish I would’ve done one on separators and also one on drill outs before leaving the industry.
Very descriptive and helpful video. Thank you for post.
job interview flow back operator / well tech FMC Monday in ode$$a TX can't wait to start making real money again I also did tank building with matrix metal serv and worked with rock water before glad to hear my oil field friends starting to work in the fields after a lot of guys got unemployed
Great video, thank you sir stay safe out there.
I remember watching this video before I got hired as a tester 6 months ago, didn’t know what any of it meant. Crazy how much you learn in a short amount of time!
Can you explain the roles and responsiblities of testing operator??? Please
worth it?
Flow line is a lot easier to hammer if it's on blocks.
I used just carry a block with me on the rig out 🤣 and a crescent. Always have a crescent
@@bryanpac7789 u aint testin if u dont have the trusty Ukrainian metric 🤣
Fuck yeah puro flowback south texas pa delante bro puro valley tx
Joker Garza what company you working for Are they looking for hands
Great video - really helped me out. Thank you!
This is such a great video!
Ha ha
No line heaters, plug catchers and sandtraps? Sign me up hahaha
Alan Minton yessir, that’s the reason I was able to put together the video haha. If you’re still flowing wells stay safe out there brother.
Awesome video ! You'd make a great Supervisor if you aren't one already. Great at teaching
You explained it a lot better than anybody else on TH-cam. Appreciate it. Are you an operator or supervisor?
Colton Dry I'm an Operator
Nice explanation bro, hoping to get back to oil and gas after taking a 4 year break to get BSc degree and had an interview for well test, fingers crossed.
Hello sir
We always use a sand can to help from washing seats and stems
Great amount of information 👍
I’m 18 going to start flow back in about 5 months. Thanks for the video!!! Please keep posting more like this to educate people like me.
I’m no longer testing wells. I’ve started a delivery company similar to doordash or uber eats. I wanted to put together a video on separators but didn’t get around to it before leaving the patch. Thanks for the view and comment. I hope you have a great career!
@@TxGoon much appreciated! And congratulations on the company it’s gonna be huge one day brother! Great to see more local businesses
What company did you hire in for? Are they still hiring over there in that area I have pipeline experience
@@Idciydhmb I worked for Oil Patch Group. I do not still work there and I am not sure who would be hiring right now.
@@TxGoon if you were going to recommend a job position in this industry for a noob to apply for what would that be? im moving to wyoming soon and saw flowback assistant starting at 60k plus 40k in per diem tax free and sounded like something i might qualify for. just not sure about the super long hours and at sub zero temps.
FUCK YEA BRO!!!!! KILLED IT!!!! I run gas and thread pipe for plumbing (not the same but similar) and I love this explanation and process!!!! Hope ur kids are proud!
Nice video Sir. Pretty enlightening.
I'm breaking out old school. We are the automation lol. Which is how an old school derrick hand prefers to learn so that when i get to automation i know what it all means a little more and how to figure things out without it if necessary
Great video!
You guys don’t need a sand trap/ sand separator before your manifold and separator? Or don’t have that much coming out? I never worked as operator the company has operator or we call them flow hand that they work the jobs, we do the rig up rig down part and service all the equipment for flow back, we rig’s up different packages of flow back equipment, we rig up for Frac manual drill and hydraulic drill outs and we do the final one like the one that you are doing we call it production or well testing, learning one day at the time something new every day 👍
Really nice video
Just got hired on for flow back. I've been watching these guys up here on pad last 4 hitches as a vac hand and our iron is 15,000 pounds of pressure
cory burton how do you like it
Patrick Vargas love it up in Ohio working right now
thats cool man. whats your pay looking like. my buddy is in nd gonna be doing same. n i was thinkn of going too.
Patrick Vargas just saw this just finished rigging down yesterday. It's looking at about 6 figures with falcon.
Nice Vid!!! Good Job!
You can tell this is an older video. 5000 horizontal is 2012. We drill 20k + laterals now.
Sweet vid hombre
Great video
Awesome video thx. I live near the Wilmington oil fields why do they have tall two cylinder compressor pumps with 3 hp motors next to tank batteries?
Good video sir. Thank you!
Thanks! Stay safe out there
Great video. DRILL BABY DRILL!
Oooohhhhllll,gotta love the accent, Oil! ....oyyyy ell.
8 grand wellhead pressure? That’s crazy. 8k is high even for circulating pressure.
New wells in South Texas run that high or even higher
Great explanation
You should explain the drillout process as well. Good video and explanation nonetheless.
Chris Wells, I am not currently in the industry any longer but yes I wanted to do a video on separators as well as drill outs. Glad you enjoyed this one.
nice vid bro....I'm too scared to mess with gas I'll just stick with water lol #watertransfer😎
Best video still thanks
Max thanks, I just wish I’d done one for drillouts and one for operating a test separator before leaving the oilfield.
On a job today with condensate spewing out of the flair stack
Vinnie Romano sounds like y’all need a scrubber
And gift a lift on that little guy. Be safe
Хорошее оборудование, было бы удачей с ним поработать. Жаль в России нет возможности с таким поработать. Хороший обзор. Безопасной работы вам парни!!!)))
Спасибо за ваш комментарий, брат. Я думаю, что это потрясающее видео, которое достигло людей во всем мире. Я надеюсь, что вы все время будете в безопасности, спасибо за просмотр и комментирование.
I worked the Rigs years ago and I went to school and chose a different career path but I'm thinking of coming back to the oil field. Is your company hiring ?
Nice
Excellent video!!! I'm lookin to buy some cheap frac tanks. Do you know where can i get it?
hello, i am dealing with nitrogen business in turkey, we have a team of experts who do the same job as the one in the video, what is the probability of finding a job in the usa?
Sure looks like the Salado draw feild
Can anyone explain me about Testing operator profile???
I hear u talking about hanesville im from jonesboro yall he aint lieing there is wells there 15000+
Thanks.
Where is a good place to get started in flowback? I've spent a little of a year in frac as an electronic technician. Would like to look into something more interesting to expand my knowledge.
Honestly with the oilfield coming back around in a strong way just talk to some of the hands running frac support. We always worked right along side the frac crews in case of a screen out. Other than that just hope online and find flowback companies. I would always suggest applying in person and then following up roughly once a week until they get tired of you calling and put you to work.
Jeffrey Landreth lol true. Alright thanks
Great vid
Hey Jeff, excellent video and description. I work in ND oilfields. Would be great to get in touch with you. Might have some opportunities available....
feel free to shoot me an email anytime, jlandreth.scott@gmail.com
either of you know anything about razor services? apparently doing Flowback in west texas.
Sorry Bandit, I do not know about them! Try search on Google and LinkedIn maybe?? Sorry!
Do you still have some opportunities available George, I was thinking about coming up to ND for the oilfield work. I was suggested to learn more about this work so that's why I'm checking this video out? Give me holler if so.
Thanks
You know you're shit. Great job. I work for a major oil company,and not very many operators know half what you know.
Gabriel Gutierrez thank you sir, I try to learn as much as I can and have been shocked by the response to this video. I'm considering putting one together just on test separators.
You should.
Wow...thats crazy many operators don’t know this! Thats basic oilfield right there! Great video!
Thank you
Dope
what qualifications do you need to have to work as Flowback Operator? How many people work with you at each time?
Savannah D that varies from company to company. If you just get your foot in the door most companies will train you up pretty quick.
I'd say on average from 0 experience it takes typically 6-12 months to become a lead operator. Some may take longer depending on your learning curve.
My question is is it really worth the work? thank you
It just depends on the person. Flowback or Well Testing is a lifestyle more than a job or career. You live this job, it’s great money but a terrible schedule.
LACT ...
LEASE
AUTOMATIC
CUSTODY
TRANSFER
You drill them out too? Or you a production watch
Keven orr I’ve milled many plugs in my 7 years of well testing. Production watch is the gravy train with biscuit wheels we all look forward to or at least I did when I was still working in the patch.
That kinda looks like some of those concho wells off white city road. How far off am I? didnt see a pit so Im guessing youre just on the other side of the state line.
This was just south of Carlsbad NM
Hi I want some videos about VX and manifold work
Been here..done it...horrible job working around horrible people. Don't care HOW much $$$ is in it, you could never get me to go back.
thats all it takes to ruin a good job is a bunch of idiots with attitudes
How physically demanding is it ?
Doesn't matter how muddy or physically demanding the job is but curious.
Just depends on what stage of the job you’re in. During the rig up it’s extremely physically demanding, especially if you’re running 3” iron. Then during the frac you’re just on standby so there’s a lot of sitting around. Then the drill out is very demanding but the well test or flowback is usually very laid back. Then the rig down is physically demanding as well.
Hi guys! When you do clean up operations after fracking - how do you solve the erosion problem of the choke. I assume it won't live long period of time if there is a sand in the fluid?
Full through choke reduce the speed at which a choke will erode as well as positive chokes will greatly decrease this issue. You can not eliminate this issue, you just have to make sure you’re checking your chokes often enough to avoid damaging your choke “t” and choke saver on your manifold.
Thanks Jeffrey! I work in Russia in well testing (mostly exploration gas wells) as a Geologist. We use these kind of chokes only for well killing operations. For well clean up operations as well as well test (when well is on a stable rates) we use flare pit where end of delivery line is located. That end of delivery line has critical flow diaphragm meter. Using pressure, temperature, critical parameters of natural gas and diameter of diaphragm geologist is able to calculate well output. Also all wastes are collected in that flare pit.
No Name positive chokes will be your best bet, you’ll get the most accurate flow rate and they’re the most durable when it comes to sand erosion.
You would usually have a sand trap before the manifold if you are expecting sand.
I’m in north Texas and wanting to do flowback any suggestions? I have about 5 months oil field experience and have general knowledge of how a pad works I put restraints on all the pump trucks missile ground iron etc. before fracking starts
Chris Holder I’ve been out of The oilfield for nearly a year and a half now. My only suggestion would be to apply with any and all flowback companies you can find. Odds are you’ll find one that’s hiring
I was a Treatment Plant operator for 13 years. Would you recommend a Flowback Operator position as a good entry position for me?
Flowback and Well Testing Jobs group on FB is a great tool for finding work. Not sure if you’re on FB but hopefully this will help.
Just found this video I'm interested in the flow back assistant and want to know how many years of training and experience are you required to have to achieve that job
Typically no experience is fine. That being said there are a lot of people willing to do the job so when you speak with a manager of a well testing company it is good to reach out to them a couple times a week if you’re not hired on the spot. They want to hire people who show how dedicated they are to working.
Do you know the only difference between flowback hand and water hauler? A D.U.I.
Must not me making much sand, no sand traps?
This was a gas lift well. No sand at all, I just didn’t mention the gas lift in the video.
How can i get a flowback or well testing job with no oilfield experience? Also how much do these jobs usually pay? I’d appreciate your feedback thanks 🙏🏿
Just apply with every company you can and follow up at least weekly until they finally put you to work. A lot of companies hire zero experience but they want to know you really want the job. That’s the purpose of following up with them weekly and be persistent.
Good average depth of vertical my friend 😝
How much do flowback hands make?
Footballer10K it’s a 6 figure career but you live flowback. It’s a lifestyle more than a job
@@TxGoon Do they work a rotation or on call or just get it while you can?
The companies I’ve worked for prefer people to work a location to completion. All companies are different though. I’ve heard of companies offering 3 weeks on 1 week off.
@@TxGoon Thanks for info. work is work and the oil field is very unique. I have been in the offshore industry for 25 years and ready for some land action. DRILL BABY DRILL!
How long have you been I. this career field. I will be starting my career in two weeks a a field assistant in Colorado for Colter Enegry
Gavin Rumph lmao really? what a damn coincidence. I work for them now.
Gavin Rumph I can tell ya how it is down here.
Yep I start in two weeks, I've been a welder for 17 year's building oil tanks for the oil field and I heard of this company right across from my job
Gavin Rumph I'm also starting in a career doing this soon! I'll be working for First Rate.
Comrade Everclear three months now
this is what I wanna do. any locations hiring near eaton, Colorado? maybe someone looking to train someone?
I've been here three months now
Do you work by yourself as a Back flow operator?
DEFAULT-SKIN-2018 I’m no longer in the industry. When I was testing wells however I worked locations that were one day guy and one night guy all the way up to 6 day guys and 6 night guys
What does this pay for helpers or first timers?
Festo that’s a difficult question to answer. Every company is different but you can expect to earn 6 figures a year if you’re a dedicated hard worker.
@@TxGoon
Thanks. I wanted a average for someone looking to move over to oilfield work for the first time.
MericA
Well done. Can you give me a Call. I'm moving into the business.
Thanks
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I'm looking some flow back procedures if anyone has to share
news now fort bend county sorry, just seeing this. What procedures where you looking for?
@@TxGoon I found some. Just looking for some best practices around FB. Thank you for the reply
news now fort bend county no problem, sorry I didn’t see the comment sooner. If you ever have any questions feel free to send them my way. I’d be glad to help if I can
Ur company need any Jr Operators?
Colton Dry no but try RockWater Energy Solutions. I've heard they're hiring
@texasgoon2839 idk if someone has already asked but been looking to get into this my only concern is my shoulders and back aren't what they used to be would that be a problem?
So much wrong with this video....No pipe restraints, 3inch should be used for frac flowback to mitigate velocity, no high-pressure pilots, no upstream Safety Valve/ESD system off wellhead!
70lbs on the well. U wash something out and it will be a garden hose leaking. The most dangerous thing in this video is probably the fact that the grating isnt over the cellar...
70psi on total well volume... its not a volume of 1 bbl....
I'm gonna have to pull my stop work card lol
This was a low pressure gas lift operation. We did have esd set up on the production line as well as all of your basic wellhead shut ins at the production battery.
BS&W
bullshit and water....common
Basic Sediment and Water...correct
Great video brother thank you for the detail
nice vid bro....I'm too scared to mess with gas I'll just stick with water lol #watertransfer😎
Are you still in water transfer?
Great video!
Version 1.0 Thanks
great video