Roughnecks at Work in HD - Drilling Rig Pipe Connection
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- Roughnecks at work smoothly running a kelly drive drilling rig exploring for oil. They're making a connection or "pipe stab" to continue drilling downward. You can see why this job is high risk and requires concentration and skill.
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What's even more impressive is that they don't have to tell each other what's going on. They know exactly whats happening without saying a word. That's a proper team right there :)
heofz well when you do that 70 times a day repitittion its not rocket science.
heofz I imagine it takes at least 10 days for a greenhorn to catch on.
Rinse and repeat.
Well a trip lasts a few hours and there are many trips and it is always the same ... except maybe the mud bucket - trip is not often wet
@Methamphetameme I make 10-20 k a month and am a highly skilled professional lineman.i could do thier job,they could never do mine. These guys are laborers that work sometimes over 16 hrs a day.low skilled,a dime a dozen
I spent 42 years working rigs. And seen the whole world doing it.
You look strong
Those are the guys who keeping the world moving with their hard and dangerous work, it is really amazing 🤩!
I've worked as a groundworker, scaffolder and now civils on the railways and they're all physically hard jobs... but this is next level!! Mad respect to these and iron workers!
You know what a really hard job is ? I guess it's part of the ironworking trade , but doing reinforcing work. ( rebar) that's not an easy job at all !
@@jasper2114 facts
@@jasper2114 bro they have a tool to tie rebar now and setting it is done with a team it's not that hard anymore
Scaffolding is probably more physically demanding than this but less dangerous in my opinion
This is a Kelly rig. Very old school equipment and technology. The rig I work on in Midland, is much more sophisticated. These guys deserve respect, they do a hell of a lot more work than I have to do on a daily basis.
Is there any videos on the new equipment??
How are the new rigs?
New rigs are a lot more automated and a lot less dangerous work
@@JesusisLord78 look up top drive rigs
This is probably up in western Kansas. Most of the rigs up there are timber rigs. Some are substructures but mist are in timbers. Old school chain throwers and heavy ass tongs.
This brings back happy memories of my childhood when my dad (a geologist) would take me out to these rigs he was sitting on. I was always amazed at the spinning chains and the pipes. Even back in the 60's these men knew what they were doing and worked together.
Ok boomer
@@anderstermansen130 behave please
@Anders Termansen no dumbass this is still how oil is produced today. Soft snowflake gen z not even knowing what makes your little world go Around.
@@anderstermansen130have some respect you little puke
I started helping my dad move rigs when I was 12. He was a truck driver. The day I turned 18 I started roughnecking.
I work in the North Sea, I cannot believe how dangerous and basic land drilling is in the US. I'm honestly amazed.
What's that like ? Always been interested in rigs
@@jamsstar2010 it's like the worst 3 week holiday imaginable, but well paid.
@@jamsstar2010 a lot safer than this vid.
still doing it? How did you got in to it?
@@user-jap84tlv24sq yeah, still offshore, got into it by paying to do a few courses at survivex then joining an agency.
I don't know how much they are paid, but it should be more. This is highly technical, extremely dangerous work, and physically demanding. They're in the elements...I can't even imagine the heat, or the smells...I mean very few people would be cut out for this job. My entire respect.
Good Lord, that's some hard and dangerous work there. These guys deserve much respect !!
IronClad292 yes it is
IronClad292 much money
@@jah881 how much?
@@d3arb0rns They can make from $5,000 to $7,000 a week, and make from $100,000 to $350,000 a year.
@@spockb1186 im about to apply!
I did this for awhile in east Texas. I was a floorhand, worst job I've ever had. Working nights usually 15 hours a day two weeks straight. Working with some of the most back country hicks and felons from the deep swamps and rural parts of the south. Sleeping in bunks with all men 6 to a room. Back breaking work. While I was there we did a rig moves which was taking an entire drilling rig apart piece by piece and moving it to another location a mile a way. Drilling rigs are fucking gigantic and there's a ton to move. I would use a sledge hammer and bang open connections for hours on end. The actual tripping pipe and rolling casing was ok. Makes the time go by faster. I've never felt that level of exhaustion, I would get off, shower and pass out within 5 minutes. Make no doubt, i'm talking shit but these guys work hard as fuck and they are some of the most mechanically inclined people on this earth. It's no joke. It started being a rig move per hitch I just came to a point that there are a lot of better ways to earn a living than spending half month at a time in these hell holes. It's a tough living.
Respect man, might mean nothing but, thank you for your service.
u forgot to mention the part where u made a shit load of money tho
@@coolbian513 It's 68k a year.... That barely makes the national average.
@@nielsnielsen9013 that’s a lot of money if you’re not in cali or New York. 60k salary here in Michigan is good money. Super good money.
@@coolbian513 Yeah and forgot the lay offs too! Dont forget that dumbass
My first day on the job I caught my little finger in the slips and nearly lost it. It swelled up to twice its normal size. Months later a guy I was working alongside caught his finger in the slips and got a compound fracture with the bone sticking through the flesh. That was when I decided to move back to my home city and study electronics.
These cats earn every cent they make. When I was a kid in south Louisiana back in the 60's a fellow down the street used to be the chain man on the rig floor. He was missing 3 fingers off of his left hand and still working.
I last the tip of 2 fingers on my left hand while on a rig was back at work within a month
This is my old rig. It's Energy Drilling Rig No. 7 in Casper Wyoming. Not my crew but that's Travis on the brake, Andy on the chain and Taylor in the corner.. not sure who that greasy motorhand is tho.. I have a lot more videos of things like this if anyone is interested
I think the oil rig videos are cool to watch. These men are some hard working pros! Much respect to them! Especially nowadays. Younger generations are clueless on knowing what real, hard work is. God I sound old and I'm 33.
Post em' on your channel if you think they're any good! I think this stuff is really interesting.
As far as I know this rig is still operational. This video was took in 2013 I believe
Tony Thies hey man can i see some more videos bro? this looks interesting and woulsnt mind at all oil rigging for a career. thanks man
@DanielMorpenis, oh shit.. I better watch out.. he sounds gay..
Watching this, I think my testosterone level just jumped 10 points...
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That’s what you call Working Men right there. Dangerous as all get out. Coordination has to be spot on. Horrible accidents staring them in the eyes 360° around. Pure love & respect for these types.
It amazes me how men can do this kind of work! Idk what we would be with men in this world! I appreciate y’all
My respects to these men. They are certainly earning their money....and the dignity of a hard days work.
Yeah and it's not snowing or raining blowing up their ass!!
They are being explored by the capitalist system
@@edimarjake These are real men in control of their own destiny, vs some lazy piss ant, socialist whiner that is being exploited by the new woke
@@cchmlfa couldn't have said it any better
@@cchmlfa Or maybe our society has been brainwashed to be content in serving our capitalist masters without realizing it. Has it ever occured to you that maybe the whole idea of "working hard for hard work's sake because it builds character" is propaganda fed to us from birth by the elite to serve their interests, drilled into us by our schools, our media, our movies? A little too convenient for them, don't you think? To keep us docile and "in our place"? Why SHOULD we have to work hard to survive? Why SHOULD we have to struggle for food, shelter, and medicine? Why SHOULD we have to forfeit our TRUE FREEDOMS -- the freedom to pursue our hobbies, spend time with family and friends, and just live life in peace -- be contingent upon an income that can barely afford us basic necessities?
Make no mistake. This isn't to say that hard work isn't admirable. It certainly is, and people like these fine men should be recognized, praised, and, at least in our current system, emulated. But why should things have to stay that way? Why should we have to "work hard" to eat? To give our children proper education? To treat disease? This whole talk of "you have to overcome obstacles to make you a better person" is age-old propaganda intended to make us content in our struggle, to gaslight us and guilt us for questioning the system, to put us down as "lazy" or "entitled" whenever we speak up. Well, I dare say we ARE entitled to food and shelter. We ARE entitled to basic medicine and the highest level of education. It is only humane that we all have these things.
Wow. All I can see are about 1000 different ways for me to lose an arm or a leg.
rtrThanos once ur out yhere and know what ur doing its not so scary, always keep respect for ur iron
rtrThanos my friend was unfortunate a week ago in working on an oil rigg out in Cali. Old cable snapped, ripped through his stomach, tore his abdominal muscles. His intestines and colon fell out. Dirty company, otherwise, that company should have followed protocol by changing out old cables. He's not dead, he's in multiple surgeries right now.
In the oil/gas industry the Roughnecks have a saying - quick hands or no hands.
Some guys are naturals at it, others should be flipping burgers. It's not as hard as it looks, and the guys all look out for each other.
This is a mans job that’s why.
I lived in Montana in the 70's . This was always known as one of the difficult ,most dangerous and one of the highest paying jobs in the state , not much fat on those boys !
Montana? Where in Europe is that located
@@anderstermansen130 state in the northwest US ,borders Canada
@@danielspector4890 what?
@@danielspector4890 what?
@@anderstermansen130 Stop baiting boomers
Holy shit that spinning chain business is no joke. Wonder how many teeth have been lost to that. I salute you boys for the hard work that allows many in the world to experience luxuries.
this is by far the most american, manly, thing ive ever seen on the internet
not enough guns
Trump voters, hardcore men
You do know America isn’t the only country that does driller work, right?
They look Canadian to me
some white privileged folks right there LOL
These guys work fast and smooth. Highly skilled
No question of equal pay here 😂
This is what you called team work, very precise on timing on every move. Thumb Up!
Любо дорого смотреть, как настоящие мужики работают. Крепкие, сильные, чумазые! Им и депрессией страдать некогда.
That looks like magnificent teamwork where everyone knows their role and they are looking out for each other. I've just watched an oil rig video from Russia with accidents. It's nice to see how it should be done with well maintained safe equipment
I think i just came here from that video did it have a rock soundtrack to it?
+SiiKLiiD II it was from linking park
+Alex Thorne I also came from the russian accident vid too. Awesome to see this stuff done with teamwork. They seem proud of themselves too. I could never do it. Too damn clumsy.
Same here. The difference between free market cap and failed socialism in the context of oil drilling, like night and day.
you are so right....
Good ole Kelly rig with a spinning chain . Some of the best years of my life were spent on a rig just like this one !!!
Thank y’all for keeping America running.
My kindred brethren. A hardworking man is a dying breed. Kudos to you.
These guys a part of the fabric of America.
Prayers that they can get back to work as soon as possible.
+corbin m this is filmed in Alberta, Canada
+James T : He meant North America.
@@FiatTastic hes meant USA be real with yourself
@@isoccerpluse thats wyoming
James T no it’s in Wyoming, just saying Alberta has oil *sands* they don’t need these type of rigs that much.
I wish someone would narrate one of these videos and explain what and why each different task is preformed.
I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW IN A COMMENT
@alexambriz8754 and yet here 6mo later you haven't. So its probably safe to say you're just a keyboard badass
One wrong move, and there goes a body piece. Mad respect to you guys.
That job is a great example of the saying my granddad always told me. “IF YOU MAKE IT THROUGH LIFE WITH ALL YOUR FINGERS AND TOWS YOU REALLY ACCOMPLISHED SOOTHING”. Nice work fellas.
I've done landscaping (aeration/lawn mowing), welding (acetylene/stick welding), and plumbing (moving 200/lb water heaters). I once moved a 20 year old water heater, about 8 years past it's due date, which meant the inside was FILLED with rust, nearly added 100 pounds to it. Felt like I was moving a marble statue. And to think that's hard, I can only imagine the physical work these guys endure. Son of a gun.
You're a bitch
@@devon9249
Your a pussy
@@devon9249 lmfaooo
Don’t know of anyone that can carry 200lb objects especially with the added rust like that by themselves. You’re either lying or had help
@@user-ig8vm1ns4t it’s certainly possible after working for many many years. Your myonuclei banking would different than a normal person and you could almost certainly do it with the right grip and rest position on your body.
Damn, they're like a pit stop crew. I can imagine myself jumpiing in to help and just getting in the way XD
Dying breed of hard workers most men these days could never work this hard or be this dirty. Salute to the real ones still putting in hard work
The work culture is simply breath taking! Wow!
And there's me complaining about how many phone calls I had to take in my comfy office job...I had it easy.
2:08 that was the slickest move I’ve ever seen
Slingin Chain my man, best way to tighten the shafts and you look bad ass while doing in 😉
I worked on the rigs in Alberta , British Columbia ,and the NWT in the 1970’s . When we went on short change , off at 4Pm and back at midnight everyone went to the bar . We were back at midnight pretty well hammered . We did this every time .
I worked on the rigs as a spark for a short while and these boys are proper grafters. Unbelievable what they do day in, day out.
Killing it. That chain move at 2:09 was magical.
It was aight
2:38
Awsome team effort 👍
Without these people the world don't go around😁
This type of work is on another level straight up!!!! Amazing!!!
Incredible witnessing these guys work almost like an orchestra. Each person does there own task and nothing is verbally communicated. Amazing.
Nothing but respect for the coordination & grit it takes to work a rig
Deep respect.
I got a hernia from just watching. This is really hard work for the tough men, much respect from me.
Men are fabulous at what they do. They can do it all. Husbands, fathers, sons to parents. So many good men.
Before Instagram became all sensitive, I used to come across graphic videos of accidents on oil rigs. Much respect to those who work under these dangerous conditions just so we can fuel up our cars on a regular basis.
We just found this video and that one in the white that does the piece sigh is my dad and is at my house, this very cool to see him working like , when was gone for about 2 week every time he had to go work there
Adriel Vigil he’s a hero.
Be proud of your dad, not everyone can do work like this or willing to even.
How much hours does he put and does he tia e a break ?
Bruh 532
It’s usually a 12hr a day shift and depending on your pay schedule, you can hit overtime halfway through your first weeks hitch. Now throw in a rig move and it’s easy to get 100hrs of total overtime!
I grew up in the So Ill oil basin.
West Ky side. When oil is Boom. Save every penny. Cause it'll go Bust at some point.
It’s amazing what you guys do. I would surely know that you’d have to be exhausted by time you get done in a day
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I was a chain hand on a rig for NG in N.Cali back in '82. Great bunch of guys, we trusted each other with our lives
Man.... that was super impressive. Those guys must have been working together for years.
Big hug and respect for such a fantastic workers. My admiration for your hard work.
Damn, with all the technical innovations happening all around us, that (adding segments to the drill shaft thingie) is still done like that. I am absolutely mesmerized watching these guys do their thing!
I had no idea what the hell was going on but what you said makes sense. Thanks
Not sure what's going on here but I'm extremely impressed with the work and the fact that they all have four limbs. The part where the chain was spinning around the metal casing looked like it would be super easy to get a finger caught or god forbid an arm or something, either way, hats off fellas
Indeed.. there's been many lost fingers , hands, and arms to those chains and clamps. Crazy job
Drilling for oil
it is easy to lose a finger, arm or even a leg on this job
Incredible teamwork!
now thats what u call "men at work"
Gay
@Random Stuffs found the snowflake
Back issues, all types of medications and multiple must have surgery’s at 40 😬 just to make under 80k a year meanwhile they’re corporate counterparts make over 120k easily and won’t require to be a punching bag 🤷🏻♂️😂
Man, these guys don’t get paid enough got this dangerous work. Day in out, this must take a severe toll on them.
And the oil comes from down under.
Wow! The harmony between them are excellent 🤯
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A young mans job.
I think he also meant it figuratively.
i'm 55, i have been at it since i was 21 ... i still pull 12hr tours day in day out .. its no joke, i'm battered and broken, but there is no life like rig life!
You're mistaken there's 50+ year old that can move like butter through it.
@islanti it's not so much about the money, yea the cash is real nice ... but it's more of a addiction to the job .. i can't stop till i'm planted
islanti wow. Where abouts?
I feel manly just watching this......
You must be a group ...l
Fool as man ..make a crew man...xompany man..overseas 1000.000 year
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My balls dropped watching this.
Hell yeah it's all worth it 💪
World would literally stop if women were asked to do this job 😂😂😂
There we go. Old school chain throwing. My favorite position.
huge respect for you guys!! manly work!
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Hard work, not manly work
@@phonymex3340both, cuz i see no women
@@kessler682 You see no women yeah, doesnt mean its only limited to men. Its Hars Work. Toxic masculinity is everything that is in the name itself, toxic
Amazing how the steel sustains the torsion, even with hundreds of metres of drill pipes to rotate.
+Union Française Also the pipe is curved downhole (90degrees) and the pipe is under great tension ( 4km of pipe that weights 70lbs/meter).
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I was a roughneck in the early 80s and after watching many videos today I was shocked how some videos said world fastest blank and I seen the opposite. thought I seen faster these guy impressed me because they did more than others. great job guy's it's nice to know that some younger people still know how to work.
Yea these jokers ain't even short handed
Haha these dudes love it, but you could never get me to go on the drilling side. Love the thought of production side a lot more lol
casing is the way to go if you enjoy pointing at things
Looks like a well organized dance going on. Takes timing and skill
Real nice setup you have there! Just add a Kelly spinner and you would have a real Cadillac. I spent almost 20 yrs on jacknive rigs. It's nice to still see some crews take some pride in the iron. A great crew can "make" a rig great but not the other way around. Keep up the good work!
My thoughts exactly about Kelly spinner. We had pipe spinner for tripping pipe back in the day but let the tool pusher go to bed and hello spinning chain.
Dangerous ballet! Good crew!
Respect to these roughnecks!
I just think of how much trust it must take with others to do this kind of thing as a team.
Someone should show this video to the feminists and ask them about that wage gap.
if there was a female working on the rig, doing the exact same thing those guys are doing, I'd want her to get the same pay.
There's nothing wrong with equal work equal pay...unless you don't think that's a fair way to go about things
I’ve seen a couple, but they’re far and few between. Those few outliers who are built more like men anyway.
flowbrandz316 well put
and...
because there are no women
working on the platform ??
@@beenn15 that's not the way the pay gap works anyway. If there was a female on the rig doing the same job she would be getting the same pay.
I bet these guys could beat some fucking ass.
Lol hell yeah
Definitely
rofl I'm watching all these derrickhand videos like holy fuck, these guys have brass balls.
This reminds me when I was a freshman in high school, watching the varsity guys play.
you never had the makings of a varsity athlete tho
These guys know what the hell they are doing! So many ways you could get really fucked up especially the chains, I had a chain break on me and if you are in the wrong place at the wrong time it'll leave a mark!
Just curious to see what my man does at work 💕
So who’s piping you while he’s gone ?
@@elvisteran494 me
The sweetest part is everybody knows exactly what ti do and when he slings that chain biting that pipe
Of course all are important but that is the part you cannot afford to mess up on has to be timed
I pray for these men.. this job looks so dangerous.. ❤
Hats off to you brave guys.
Huge respect to you.
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I’m stuck on a top drive walking rig with an st80 now takes all the fun out of it
Some I wish I could have roughnecked on a Kelly rig, sometimes I'm glad I didn't have to lol.
Back in the day, we were the "iron roughnecks" 😉👍
I drink your milkshake!
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Respect to field workers in O&G industry....
looks confusing as all fuck
Nah, they're just connecting lines
imagine a bunch of women working together and in unison like this, u just can't
Iron Mangetter lmao. U right
Girls can do ANNIE SUPPORT !!!! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!1!!
You clearly haven't met a real woman or an entire team of real women. We do exist.
There's just certain things women don't need to do to feel equal or empowered, this is one them women don't need to be police officers, fire fighters or even military there's just certain things that only require men to do period!!!
I can't stand working with other women. People ain't raising their daughters right...
You know the guy working the chain has seen some bad days... can’t imagine it going that smoothly every time.
holy shit. these guys are badasses.
Keep going boys ! It's only three hundred more days left until labor day....;)))))
Lol
I remember getting hit by the spinning chain when the tail broke off, ouch.
But I still have all ten fingers!
Hit the floor!
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Wow! That’s very impressive! I bet it’s even more impressive in person. Wow! Good old fashioned hard work by real men.
I roughnecked for 5 years offshore. I remember the first time I tried to set tongues, made a complete tit of myself. They seemed like they weighed a ton (which they do) but I quickly realised handling them was all about technique.
All in the hips bby
@@alexambriz8754 Yep.
gee i hope all the girls working on that rig earn as much as the dudes
What a beautiful site to watch. Pure black gold lads!
I done lost the tip of my toe on an oil chain in Wisconsin, was back in work withun 2 weeks, hard work and much respect.
This makes me really want to learn what all that is for. Changing a drill bit? What do those hanging clamps do? Whats the chain do? Im so curious but not suicidal enough to actually work a rig.
Dave Kelowna because im NOT suicidal. Well yea, not dumb enough to risk my life for for $5 an hour more than I make now. and don't even bother trying to tell me how much they make, I know how much I make and an average rigger makes. Kinda sounds like your salty about something but not man enough to say anything but some passive agressive comment.
Dave Kelowna listen kid, go watch some more professor puppet. Your soooooooo salty.
No one bothered to answer your question in 5 years ? wow Hanging clamps are tongs. Works kind of like a oil filter wrench. Tongs and chains tighten or loosen the threaded pipe connections. Always stay curious and try to learn as much you can. I respect that and apologize to you FOR the trolls still living with mommy. F T !
Can someone make a vid explaining in detail exactly what they’re doing. That would be great, thanks!
I mean really what they’re doing is drilling down and connecting the pipes and drilling down and connecting the pipes. They’ll be doing this for miles into the earth mostly.
Doing? Really. They're feeding their family without an extra card. Turning, burning, and earning. That's outside kids playing. This is the real world
@@rustykimble5945 I mean like what’s the chain for and what’s the pipe that’s what I mean by exactly what they’re doing
@@rustykimble5945 man your slow as fuck, he’s just asking what they’re working on
@@rustykimble5945 wtf?
I was oilfield trash and proud of back in the early 80’s . Making connections hasn’t changed much .
I'm 51 now but dam that brought back memories from when I got my first drilling job here in West Texas at the young tender age 19. My where does the time go. Hats off fellows