Post: #1

https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/d3e9...-oil-boom?

Post: #2

Wow, Jet, 100k in Texas???!! If only I had been given this information before! This forum needs more guys like you, bro.

Post: #3

This is the new Canadian Oil Sands thread, US version. Tired of the cold? Let’s see if you can take the heat! There is a lot of money to be made if you can get your ass to West Texas.

Post: #4

Here is what I would do if I were a young single guy, or even a bit older but single:

I would try to find one of these oil rush jobs, and rent a bedroom while I lived there. I would buy a decent used SUV, nothing too expensive but dependable, OR buy an RV and live in it.

I would work and save as much money as possible. And I would vacation in the Philippines, whilst keeping my shit together and not giving all my money to a Filipina, and with an eye towards moving there one day.

Post: #5

LOL. Scotian’s thread is better. Please stop giving shitty advice OP.

Post: #6

This thread is for someone willing to be bold, step outside their comfort zone, and change their life.

Post: #7

Yet OP gives advice about something he hasn’t done and a place he’s never been to.

There are better places to work than the Permian. Just stop bro.

Post: #8

My contribution: Where to find a six figure job in the United States, and where to vacation and find chicks when off duty.

Your contribution: Less than zero. A bunch of dick comments count as a negative.

Post: #9

The whole place is a dump. Expensive to live there and things are frequently Are out of stock.

God forbid they send you down 285 to Orla or pecos because you’ll probably die in a wreck, or shit your pants at least. Ultimate sausage fest, girls aren’t easily impressed and usually have a family member who Is a foreman or company man of some sort.

No need to rent or get an RV when most jobs will provide accommodation at a man camp. It gets cold In the winter and it’s flat.

Fuck the Philippines.

P.S - Have fun with the snakes.

Post: #10

^^^Listen to that guy and you will stay poor and lonely. Listen to me and you will be up to your ears in money and poon.

Post: #11

I'm pretty sure cattle rustler works in the industry and knows what he's talking about.

Post: #12

This thread is relevant especially considering work is opening up to Canadians there....
And who wants to work in fucking -40 .....

Post: #13

I gotta agree with castle rustler on this,scotian has actually proved the thread he started works...

Post: #14

(08-23-2018 09:13 PM)Jet Wrote:  ^^^Listen to that guy and you will stay poor and lonely. Listen to me and you will be up to your ears in money and poon.

Yeah... Because those oil rush towns are just overflowing with hot, feminine girls who wanna go down on sweaty, oily men. There certainly are no prostitutes, criminals, drug addicts/dealers that follow that sort of disposable income.

Just "drowning in money and poon..." Not to mention, it's really easy and safe work in a controlled environment with short hours and no one expects you to know a trade, nor pull your own weight. Just handing out the money and poon to everyone that bothers to show up.

Post: #15

(08-23-2018 09:13 PM)Jet Wrote:  ^^^Listen to that guy and you will stay poor and lonely. Listen to me and you will be up to your ears in money and poon.

Post: #16

This thread did not get off to a great start. The OP links a Vice video, gives advice on something he has not done, then criticizes reputable members with experience in the industry.

That being said, the Permian is the fucking mecca of oil and gas right now. If anyone has experience in the industry or is finishing up their studies focused on the industry there is gold to be had.

As Cattle Rustler stated, the Permian is overpriced, miserably hot in the summer, flat/barren ugly scenery, and has shitty ratios of men to attractive women. But that can be said for almost every oil patch, flip the weather extremes for ND and Canada.

I do not work in the industry but my work brings me to the region and I work with people in the industry. I have been here since spring 2014 so I have a decent perspective on the boom bust cycle. What we are seeing right now in the Permian is the biggest boom in decades and that is with oil in the $60/bbl range, not $100+/bbl like we saw before the last crash.

There is a billion dollar merger/acquisition every week in the Permian and a projected $300 billion investment over the next 5 years. A combination of technological advances (fracking and horizontal drilling) and new discoveries of plays that are richer than anything ever seen in the lower 48 mean that the Permian is the place to be.

The only red flags are pipeline capacity, but the big players already have that locked up and the additional pipelines necessary are scheduled to come on board late 2019 and 2020.

I am sure there are eggheads in DC or cubicles in Houston who will throw shade on the Permian, but based on investment from the supermajors (Exxon, Chevron, Shell and BP have all dumped billions here after having barely a presence 5 years ago) and boots on the ground activity this place is a fucking money tree.

Hopefully there are some guys in the industry here who can chime in with specific advice for people looking to cash in. There is probably a 5 year run (or until Trump leaves office) of stupid money here.

Post: #17

Agreed with what LaFleir said. The next hotspot is the Powder River Basin in Wyoming. Cheap and under the radar for the moment. The early shale Mavericks are there now, Devon, Chesapeake, EOG.

Also, bought a shit ton of DVN stock.

Post: #18

I don't understand the hate for the OP, 100k in West Texas instead of a colder region doing similar work sounds like a pretty good thing.

Sure, there's drawbacks, major drawbacks, but if you're smart and lucky enough to not get hurt, you could work for a couple of years at this, buy some real estate, and be set for life.

Most guys won't, they'll use the money on big trucks, prostitutes, and drugs. The rest, they'll waste, as the saying goes.

The two guys I know that worked in the oilfields in Texas both quit after a few years due to safety concerns and used the money they saved to try to earn an engineering degree. It didn't work out for one guy and the other guy is on his way to graduating.

Post: #19

I work for a oil and gas super major. The problem with the Permian is the high cost of living and lack of housing options. Sure you can make $100k but you will spend most of that on housing. You might be able to live in a man camp but is it really worth it to live that kind of lifestyle.

You can make $100k in any major city selling cars, bartending, selling insurance etc. There’s a ton of ways to make money in the US.

Post: #20

http://www.oilfieldjobshop.com

Post: #21

(08-23-2018 09:13 PM)Jet Wrote:  ^^^Listen to that guy and you will stay poor and lonely. Listen to me and you will be up to your ears in money and poon.

Dunno brahsef, just came back from putting in 200+hours these past two weeks. I'll be working most of my days off, save the weekend. So another 202hr fat check.

Have fun with that gubbmint jobs of yours.

(08-24-2018 06:48 PM)Dulceácido Wrote:  Yeah... Because those oil rush towns are just overflowing with hot, feminine girls who wanna go down on sweaty, oily men. There certainly are no prostitutes, criminals, drug addicts/dealers that follow that sort of disposable income.

Just "drowning in money and poon..." Not to mention, it's really easy and safe work in a controlled environment with short hours and no one expects you to know a trade, nor pull your own weight. Just handing out the money and poon to everyone that bothers to show up.

In a weird way, urban girls (Dallas/Houston) get tingles when they see what I do. It's a masculine job BUT I also rake in cash, unlike a construction worker. It's like when you show up suited up to Zanesville, bitches see you as an outlier and out of the ordinary. Currently rotating between bitches working in finance, white shoe attorney, and some college girls....all positive reactions when I send them work pics. Well at first bitches be like "OMG, I'm against fracking, it's so bad..." then they're getting pressure pumped (fraced) by me an hour later, and added to the rotation.

(08-28-2018 03:09 AM)LaFleur Wrote:  Hopefully there are some guys in the industry here who can chime in with specific advice for people looking to cash in. There is probably a 5 year run (or until Trump leaves office) of stupid money here.

5 years. Even Obama was for it since it provided jobs during the recession and was a FU to Saudi Arabia (Trump's closet lover).

(08-28-2018 10:09 PM)Spaniard88 Wrote:  I don't understand the hate for the OP, 100k in West Texas instead of a colder region doing similar work sounds like a pretty good thing.

Sure, there's drawbacks, major drawbacks, but if you're smart and lucky enough to not get hurt, you could work for a couple of years at this, buy some real estate, and be set for life.

Most guys won't, they'll use the money on big trucks, prostitutes, and drugs. The rest, they'll waste, as the saying goes.

The two guys I know that worked in the oilfields in Texas both quit after a few years due to safety concerns and used the money they saved to try to earn an engineering degree. It didn't work out for one guy and the other guy is on his way to graduating.

He gives bad advice and doesn't know what he's talking about. Do you just show up to Midland and get job offers thrown at you? Which job offers do you take?

For starters, a job in that region should have housing covered....if not, don't take it because another company will provide housing. There's no point in making money when a 1/1 apartment is going for $1200+ with a long ass waiting list. There are other regions where you can make the same amount of money/benefits but the expenses are lower, or at least the city is better to live in.

Oklahoma City and Pittsburgh have yards nearby, offer about the same pay and have a better quality of live than Midland. Liberty/Halliburton/SLB have frac yards near Denver and San Antonio, within 30 minutes. It doesn't have to be either West Texas or North Dakota. Vernal Utah has some yards as well, if you prefer that side of the country or want to be near Salt Lake City. Halliburton and Slumberger usually stay at Mariott hotels when traveling. Saw some at a Motel 6 the other day. Patterson is usually a Best Western.

Personally, I'm making the same per hour as the guys in Midland yet if I want to go out to eat...I don't have to sell my arm for a meal. They probably get a couple more hours per check tho. My city has a couple of bookstores, a downtown area, not everyone is in O&G, and don't have to worry about getting ran off the road by water haulers or drunk drivers. WTX is #1 for drunk driving accidents.



Some jobs like cleaning porta potties or dropping safety equipment are meh. I mean you'll make like 60K, but where the fun in that? Water transfer or mudlogging jobs only get days off between jobs. WT is meh as well, 50-70K paid to flip a switch and watch over a pump. If you're going to join the patch, might as well try to go make the most before it drops and you get laid off. Frac EOs, Wireline/Coil Operators, and roughnecking is what you should go for....pays at least 95K and doesn't require more brain cells than the 60K jobs, you just get more dirty and labor intensive. Plus those are the jobs that provide housing and some provide food or a stipend....along with scheduled days off.

There's some dudes that fuel trucks, they get paid 12-15 an hour and only work like 4 hours a day but paid 12 hours. It's easy, but why be in BFE for that money?

Most of the established companies will tell you to apply online but I know guys who dropped by and got the job at the medium sized firms, even for engineers.

(08-28-2018 11:02 PM)Oilrig Wrote:  I work for a oil and gas super major. The problem with the Permian is the high cost of living and lack of housing options. Sure you can make $100k but you will spend most of that on housing. You might be able to live in a man camp but is it really worth it to live that kind of lifestyle.

You can make $100k in any major city selling cars, bartending, selling insurance etc. There’s a ton of ways to make money in the US.

You can make 100K by being the best in selling anything or bartending. Even then, it's hard and takes time. The bartenders at Anvil only rake in like 80K and it's one of the best bars in Houston. The difference is that anyone with a pulse can make 100K+ in Pecos/Midland.

Literally some of the fucks we hire have no business in the oilfield. Last year Frac was flooded by Nigerians from Houston trying to get in. We made jokes about how we were gonna have to sing Kumbaya soon. Most were shit bags and quit or were changed crews often. Companies realized they're lazy fuckers who only came to collect a paycheck with zero work ethic and stopped hiring Nigerians. Out of the 50+ of them, only two made it to the Data-van in a year.

Sometimes I help two Sandbox drivers with directions since they don't speak much English (Mostly Spanish)...make six figs. One dude I used to work with was living in a homeless shelter after being released from prison, work with us, got a CDL, and keeps getting job offers thrown at him. There's some kids who decided to work during their summer college break, decided to stay because staying in school meant paying $$$ to end up with a 50K job.

Not bashing on West Texas, just saying it's not the absolute place to be...there's options.

Post: #22

Either way, fuck this thread. Scotian's all the way.