Roustabout Jobs Oil Industry

Oil industry nature of work

A roustabout may be part of the oil drilling teams or crews, or may be on location temporarily for special operations. The roustabout is 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.

Roustabouts are employed by oil and gas drilling and well servicing contractors and by petroleum producing companies.

Roustabout jobs conditions

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

Roustabout duties and tasks

The roustabout may perform some or all of the following tasks:

• The roustabout assemble or repair oil field equipment using hand and power tools
• The roustabout assist in slotting, welding and inserting casing screens
• The roustabout assist with well development and pumping tests
• The roustabout carry out minor maintenance and repairs, including lubrication
• The roustabout clean equipment, drill and camp sites
• The roustabout dig and clean mud pits and drains
• The roustabout 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 roustabout in oil industry help obtain drilling core samples
• The roustabout jobs oil industry mix and test drilling fluids, chemicals and grout
• The roustabout in oil industry 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 roustabout 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 a roustabout jobs oil industry through one of the links below:

Oil rig workers make nearly $100000 a year CNNMoney With a little planning it's even easier to get a job on a rig right away. Several trade schools offer classes in oil field work, and the military offers training for those exiting the armed forces which could lead directly to work as a roustabout on a ... and more »

Eagle Ford impact pegged at $25 billion in 2011 San Antonio Express The Rio Grande Valley resident took a job on a roustabout crew. The job is one of the lowest in the oil business and entails digging trenches, washing pits and moving rigs. Together with roommate and fellow worker, Juan Garcia, they earn $13 an hour ... and more »

FuelFix (blog)

Oil boom resurrects North Dakota ghost town FuelFix (blog) The Rio Grande Valley resident took a job on a roustabout crew. The job is one of the lowest in the oil business and entails digging trenches, washing pits and moving rigs. Together with roommate and fellow worker, Juan Garcia, they earn $13 an hour ... and more »

Gas drilling job-training programs developing The News Journal "It's tough work but it pays well, for someone willing to work 14-hour days for three-week stretches." The median salary for a roustabout is $38000 but overtime can drive it higher. Geologists, who must have at least a four-year degree, start around ... and more »

KOMO News

Gas drilling job-training programs pop up in NY Utica Observer Dispatch A 350-ton crane owned by Payne's Cranes of Bainbridge, NY, and used on gas-drilling rigs is displayed outside a gas industry job fair at Broome Community College in Binghamton. By Anonymous The Associated Press Rick Allen moved to upstate New York to ... Marcellus Shale gas drilling spurs new job-training programs in NY, where ...Washington Post all 161 news articles »