Oil Rig Roustabouts

Oil rig roustabouts nature of work

An oil rig roustabouts may be part of the oil drilling teams or crews, or may be on location temporarily for special operations. The oil rig roustabouts are commonly hired to ensure that the skilled personnel that run an expensive oil drilling rig are not distracted by peripheral tasks, ranging from any unskilled manual labor on the rigsite like cleaning up location to cleaning threads to digging trenches to scraping and painting rig components.

Oil rig roustabouts are employed by oil and gas drilling and well servicing contractors and by petroleum producing companies.

Oil rig roustabouts work conditions

The oil rig roustabouts usually work long hard days on extended roster systems outdoors in all weather conditions. The oil rig roustabouts work is generally hard and physically demanding. This type of work can lead to more steady employment on a drill rig crew.

Oil rig roustabouts duties and tasks

The oil rig roustabouts may perform some or all of the following tasks:

• The oil rig roustabouts assemble or repair oil field equipment using hand and power tools
• The oil rig roustabouts assist in slotting, welding and inserting casing screens
• The oil rig roustabouts assist with well development and pumping tests
• The oil rig roustabouts carry out minor maintenance and repairs, including lubrication
• The oil rig roustabouts clean equipment, drill and camp sites
• The oil rig roustabouts dig and clean mud pits and drains
• The oil rig roustabouts help move drilling rigs and equipment from site to site, set up in the new site and connect power cables or hoses for water and air supply
• The oil rig roustabouts help obtain drilling core samples
• The oil rig roustabouts mix and test drilling fluids, chemicals and grout
• The oil rig roustabouts operate equipment such as pumps for air, water and mud, and equipment and tools used to correct problems in drilled holes caused by mechanical breakdowns or by harmful natural conditions
• The oil rig roustabouts perform other tasks as needed

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

Gas drilling job-training programs pop up in NY Sarasota Herald-Tribune Janet Hertzog of Broome Community College in Binghamton said the school is ready to start a three-week, intensive program to certify roustabouts, or general laborers on a drilling rig. "It's tough work but it pays well, for someone willing to work ... and more »

Marcellus Shale gas drilling spurs new job-training programs in NY, where ... The Republic Janet Hertzog of Broome Community College in Binghamton said the school is ready to start a three-week, intensive program to certify roustabouts, or general laborers on a drilling rig. "It's tough work but it pays well, for someone willing to work ...