Oil Roustabouts

Oil roustabouts nature of work

The oil roustabouts may be part of the oil drilling teams or crews, or may be on location temporarily for special operations. The oil 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 roustabouts are employed by oil and gas drilling and well servicing contractors and by petroleum producing companies.

Oil roustabouts work conditions

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

Oil roustabouts duties and tasks

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

• The oil roustabouts assemble or repair oil field equipment using hand and power tools
• The oil roustabouts assist in slotting, welding and inserting casing screens
• The oil roustabouts assist with well development and pumping tests
• The oil roustabouts carry out minor maintenance and repairs, including lubrication
• The oil roustabouts clean equipment, drill and camp sites
• The oil roustabouts dig and clean mud pits and drains
• The oil 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 roustabouts help obtain drilling core samples
• The oil roustabouts mix and test drilling fluids, chemicals and grout
• The oil 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 roustabouts perform other tasks as needed

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

Gas drilling job-training programs developing The News Journal 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 »

New York Post

Gov needs will to drill New York Post Cuomo's promises and produces reasonable regulations on fracking, shale-gas wells and pipeline projects will need hundreds of roustabouts. The median salary for the job is $38000 annually — higher with experience. With a high-school diploma, ... and more »

Gas drilling job-training programs pop up in NY Utica Observer Dispatch 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 »

Young entrepreneurs find opportunities in booming economy Midland Reporter-Telegram His father, Santiago Zubia, is vice president and part owner of WTH Inc., and his uncle, Mauro “Mac” Zubia, owns Top Roustabout. “These two have over 30 years combined experience in the oilfield and have both come from nothing to running ...

FuelFix (blog)

At OTC, some companies arent selling drilling equipment FuelFix (blog) The move hearkens back to OTC's reputation in the 1980s, when the conference was widely known for drawing prostitutes and hard-drinking roustabouts to Houston. Scott Berger, AICHE/CCPS, left, exchanges business cards with Wayne Hale Jr., ... and more »