Drill Rig Jobs Roughneck

The drill rig jobs roughneck nature of work

The drill rig jobs roughneck or floorman is a member of the oil drilling crew.

The drill rig jobs roughneck carry out a variety of general laboring duties and operate equipment to assist in the drilling and servicing of oil and gas wells. The drill rig jobs roughneck are employed by drilling and well servicing contractors and by petroleum producing companies.

Drill rig jobs roughneck work conditions

The drill rig jobs roughneck usually work long hours in all weather conditions on extended roster systems, usually as member of a drilling crew. The drill rig jobs roughneck usually performs semiskilled and unskilled manual labor that requires continual hard work in difficult conditions for many hours.

Drill rig jobs roughneck duties and tasks

The drill rig jobs roughneck perform some or all of the following duties:

• The drill rig jobs roughneck assist in setting up, taking down and transporting drilling and service rigs and service equipment
• The drill rig jobs roughneck clean up drill rig area
• The drill rig jobs roughneck handle, sort and move drill tools, pipe, cement and other materials
• The drill rig jobs roughneck maintain drilling equipment on the drill floor
• The drill rig jobs roughneck manipulate sections of pipe or drill stem at the rig floor during drilling and during the removal and replacement of strings of pipe or drill stem and drill bit
• The drill rig jobs roughneck may drive truck to transport materials and well service equipment

If you are able to meet these requirements and you are motivated to be part of highly motivated team of people please, apply for the drill rig jobs roughneck through one of the links below:

Offshore Rig Workers Call the Shots Wall Street Journal - 9 Nov 2008 An experienced "roughneck," the nickname for rig workers, can make $100000 a year, and top white-collar engineers can make as much as $500000 a year, ...

The Associated Press

Once-dying ND town sits on potential oil jackpot The Associated Press - 9 Nov 2008 Next year, a rig will likely drill directly beneath the town, he said. "We've never drilled anything like this," he said. "Every time we drill, ...

First gas-drilling sites around the Southern Tier show promise ... Press & Sun-Bulletin, NY - 8 Nov 2008 Cabot Oil & Gas, of Houston, is spending more than $100 million on drilling rigs and pipelines to tap the Marcellus Shale, with more than 15 wells completed ...

Who Knows What Evil Lurks In The Hearts Of Men? Captain Spectre Knows! Comixtalk, AZ - 16 Nov 2008 I am an ex-soldier, and I have been a demolitions man, roustabout, roughneck, and mechanic on everything from drilling rigs, and generators to bulldozers ...