Roustabout Jobs

Roustabout jobs and 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 perform roustabout jobs 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 rig site 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.

Roustabouts work conditions

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

Roustabout jobs - duties and tasks

The roustabout jobs may include 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 help obtain drilling core samples
• The roustabout mix and test drilling fluids, chemicals and grout
• The roustabout 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 able to meet these requirements and you are motivated to be part of highly motivated team of people please, apply for roustabout jobs by clicking the link below:

Wilkes Barre Times-Leader

Roustabouts wanted as companies rush to drill for gas Tribune Review And about 20 percent will be entry-level roustabout jobs, Boston said. The drilling of one well can require almost 400 people working in almost 150 ... What They're Saying: Safe, Responsible Marcellus Development Continues to ...NorthcentralPa.com all 396 news articles »

Takin' Care of Business NorthcentralPa.com (Times-Leader, 8/10/10) Roustabout training offered. “Information on free training for workers seeking jobs as roustabouts in the natural gas drilling and ... and more »

Workers looking for jobs in the region's booming natural gas industry may try their hand as a "roustabouts" -- general laborers who work physically demanding 12-hour shifts for 14 consecutive days in all kinds of weather.
 
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