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?
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!
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
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
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..
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.
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!
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
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.
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
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 👍
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.
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
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
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.
@@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.
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'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
Ready, set, go....💪
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?
How many times did you comment this?
我有时也考虑过这个问题。应该有钻机工作的竞赛。沙漠工作会很辛苦，但你在 -50° 的温度下做过吗？这项工作肯定有一种竞争精神。在外面保持安全。我来自加拿大，我的翻译来自互联网，所以如果词错了你会明白的。
I have never seen a pulling unit that clean.
That crew has been together a long time. Lot of pride.
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!
Glad the vid brought back some memories
Badass. That guy in the rod basket is a real stud.
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I have my first day as a rig hand trainee tomorrow . Amazing video brother !
Hope it was a good one! Thanks for checking the channel
wow its been dam near 20 yrs since I've seen an anchored rig, all the rigs here in Canada are free standing now.
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
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
Doesn’t sound fun at all but made for a good story
I hated wrenching rusted rods we had rod tongs but for some of the rods we'd have to break them by hand with the rod wrenches
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Bring back memory's damn that 32 yrs ago. exciting times and dangerous times. too many stories.
Awesome! Thanks for checking out the vid
I love this job!
Hope these souls make big $ doing this incredible dangerous work.
When the oilfield is good, it’s really good. When it’s not, it’s not.
Great video, really enjoy seeing the entire process for worker over rigs, what was the scope for this well?
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
OutdoorAdventures Hope you’re hanging in there and on your way to being a driller!
@@cruisingalongproductions wish I could have but this bust had pay cuts and layoffs all through our company pay wasnt working out
Been too much of that going on. Not the best time for the patch
@@cruisingalongproductions nosir not at all hope it works out for yall
@@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..
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.
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!
Facts man
Whenever I worked the pickle board I would always bang the pickle on side of derek/mass to let floorhand know I was off the string of rods.
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
اووووف سرعه عاليه مشاء الله هاذا العمل الي يخليك تحبه عمل انجاز سرعه. عاليه 💪💪👍👍👍
Crazy two man rod tongs. Lol 3 man crew 18 years
I miss that work I. The Derrick
I worked the Derrick for 13 years! yall be safe out there🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
I know nothing about rod tongs. I do know that's a clean rig though.
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.
Sound like a safety guy 👌
I hated working the rod basket and bonnet.
Had the cable pulled out a few times and crowned out twice.
Operator liked to daydream.
Can’t have an operator in La-La-land when people’s lives are on the line!
Thanks for sharing
Very welcome
I enjoyed watching the workover guys work but it scared the kaboodle out of me. I sure miss that life.
Ya that’s a totally different ballgame
Good video way to represent
That was a good crew out there.
@@cruisingalongproductions I see that. They flow
Amazing
Thanks
Hell of a lot easier with the rod tongs. I did a lot of pipe testing before I was on a pulling unit
For sure
I miss it
Can not believe I lived.
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..
Good answer! Thanks for explaining to him
@@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.
@@stanleykendziorski7964 Well said sir!
An oil well is much like a bicycle pump and when the pump wears out it can't push the oil up. Just as a worn out bike pump won't push air
I love Franks rigs. I’m currently operating one now. Ours isn’t that nice looking tho lol. I’m guessing that one has been refurbished
Ghost Eleven Not sure. I do know that crew worked together well and made a hand!
I miss the first crew i worked with we could trip some pipe lol
Heck ya 💪🏼
@@cruisingalongproductionswas a 1984 Skytop workover with a 4 line block that thing could haul tail when the throttle was wide open
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
This was taken back in 2016 or 17
@@cruisingalongproductions I just worked on a couple franks last year, they're still out there running
Ada job florrman
I know that is Right. God Bless C.W.S. my budd
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 👍
Im about to return to the floorhand life after 5 months of not doing it
Why wouldn't they rotate the jack so that the head is lower?
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Who’s crew was this? One of our trucks are in the background dropping the BOP, trying to figure if it my dad, grandpa or uncle
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.
Good luck and go make a hand!
@@cruisingalongproductions appreciate it.
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
Could have been worse. Glad you’re ok!
Thank you I have pictures but I don't know how I can load them
Ciekawie odstawiane druty. Pozdrawiam✌
Да, у вас бы работать. И зарплата, и условия. Я 18 лет работаю в этой профессии. Дальше только хуже.
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Be there done that back in the days with pool well services . ......💪💪💪
Get it
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
Yes sir good old times .
I work for Pool in the Long Beach Harbor in 1975
Pool tough to be 💪.
What is this song?
Oilfield Cowboy by Wes St John
Song?
Oilfield Cowboy by Wes St John
Wes St Jon
Oilfield Cowboy
How can I get a job and work in your company if I am from Russia and have 6 years of experience in this field?
Apply
Where you located
@@romeost4426 I live in Russia, the city of Surgut. I work as a foreman in the overhaul of oil wells
Alberta but North Dakota alot like Russia is busy cold and short workers
So is cold
Frank's are solid rigs, but the dogs need to be flagged off every rig up
Safety man gig in your future
Where is this at ? North Dakota ?
Oklahoma
Wats the song called at the start of the video
Oilfield Cowboy by Wes St John
Man, this looks like gravy compared to water well drilling. 🤔🤔🤔
j mar or cathodic protection
This isnt drilling
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.
Why he grabbing the line though not necessary. Guess to make the video more interesting/dangerous 🧐😂
Yes they are just trying to be movie stars for this major production and make it more interesting. Thanks for the input hand
@@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.
Alot of goofy shit going on in this video..
If they only had you as a pusher then I’m sure they would be the best crew in the patch
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
You worked in the field or read a book? Not saying you’re wrong though lol
Worked in Andrews TX n atascosa co so. Of SA Tx 25 years
Graduated in Andrews TX in 1973
That's funny I worked on drilling rigs to make money to pay rodeo entry fees where I rode actual broncs and bulls.
This is your f’n theme song!