Ask a guy sitting in the north of alaska on a drilling rig anything

[aussie_iron86]

go...

[ABCT]

Why would you go to Alaska and drill when you could go to Central QLD (or Roma) or Western Australia and earn 50% more to drill?


Are you a tradie? If not then what is your working background?
How much are you paid in Alaska?
What is your roster/schedule?
How often do you get back to Australia?
Do you have accomodation in dongas or do you have to rent your own house/apt/hotel?
How much of your income do you save?
Are you married or have a gf?
If not when was the last time you managed to meet a bish?
What is the temperature?
What does your job involve?
Ever seen a girzzly bear?
Ever gone for a skinny dip in ice (no homo)?
Are you an alcoholic like most Alaskans?
Would you bang Sarah Palin?

[Moullla]

why are you a ******* OP?

come back to sunny aus

[Huberus]

Got your legs dangling over the edge brah? I would dangle my legs off the edge.

[aussie_iron86]

Got a job as an engineer with a company and they offered to move me to the us so i said hell yeah!

[aussie_iron86]

Got your legs dangling over the edge brah? I would dangle my legs off the edge.

too cold mate, its -35

[aussie_iron86]

Why would you go to Alaska and drill when you could go to Central QLD (or Roma) or Western Australia and earn 50% more to drill?


Are you a tradie? If not then what is your working background?
How much are you paid in Alaska?
What is your roster/schedule?
How often do you get back to Australia?
Do you have accomodation in dongas or do you have to rent your own house/apt/hotel?
How much of your income do you save?
Are you married or have a gf?
If not when was the last time you managed to meet a bish?

Engineer
a lot
roster changed right now its 2 and 2, will be 4 and 2 soon
havent been back to aus since i left in may
i live on site when im at work, and work pay for my apartment in anchorage, but i spend my days off in houston
save about 40% of my income
and i have a gf in houston

[ABCT]

Engineer
a lot
roster changed right now its 2 and 2, will be 4 and 2 soon
havent been back to aus since i left in may
i live on site when im at work, and work pay for my apartment in anchorage, but i spend my days off in houston
save about 40% of my income
and i have a gf in houston

2 months on 2 off?

Obviously you aren't doing project management or any long term soft of engineering then, are you merely supervising/coordinating ongoing drilling? What activities would your job entail in a typical month?



Do you earn more or less than someone back home drilling for oil in Roma QLD or minerals in WA?

[Aryan7]

come work 2 on 4 off here bro

[Huberus]

come work 2 on 4 off here bro

F*ck..... That.

[Aryan7]

believe it or not i'm scared of heights..

[aussie_iron86]

2 months on 2 off?

Obviously you aren't doing project management or any long term soft of engineering then, are you merely supervising/coordinating ongoing drilling? What activities would your job entail in a typical month?



Do you earn more or less than someone back home drilling for oil in Roma QLD or minerals in WA?

Weeks not months.

no im essentially supervising the logging of the formations, ensuring we are where we are supposed to be, and i co-ordinate with the directional driller, over the course of the hitch ill do things like, right reports and make morning logs, program our tools, dump the memory, set up our equipment and sensors on the rig and ensure our data is correct

the money is a little more, however the cost of living is the US is a lot cheaper, i was shocked when i got here.

[Aryan7]

i want to move to the us.. sux that the company i work for don't operate there.

[aussie_iron86]

come work 2 on 4 off here bro

i would love to get to the north sea, looks like we are on the same shifts buddy, how was the rest of your christmas? we had lobster for lunch!

at least the weather doesnt get to 70 below where you are, it does here!!!

[ahatch133]

why dont u provide pics?

[icfpny]

the money is a little more, however the cost of living is the US is a lot cheaper, i was shocked when i got here.

Especially where you're spending much of your time. I could go to Houston and buy multiple nice houses tomorrow, cash. Crazy.

[ABCT]

come work 2 on 4 off here bro

Norway...

90% tax rate.
Butter shortage.
Weird language.
Mass murderers like Anders Breivik get no jail and instead rome free.
Working in scary ass North Sea as opposed to on hard land.
Expensive.


On the flip side there is many hot blonde women.

[aussie_iron86]

i want to move to the us.. sux that the company i work for don't operate there.

you said you were a slickline operator didnt you?

slb and haliburton do that over here

[aussie_iron86]

Norway...

90% tax rate.
Butter shortage.
Weird language.
Mass murderers like Anders Breivik get no jail and instead rome free.
Working in scary ass North Sea as opposed to on hard land.
Expensive.


On the flip side there is many hot blonde women.

area up here is pretty scary, if i get lost in a blizzard ill be dead in 10 minutes.

can reach -100 with windchill, -65 ******t

[aussie_iron86]

Especially where you're spending much of your time. I could go to Houston and buy multiple nice houses tomorrow, cash. Crazy.

it is cheaper everywhere really, but yeah houston is very cheap, and its a pretty sweet place

[Aryan7]

i would love to get to the north sea, looks like we are on the same shifts buddy, how was the rest of your christmas? we had lobster for lunch!

at least the weather doesnt get to 70 below where you are, it does here!!!

i'm out here until 9th of january, 26 days i'll have been out since i put in a nice 12 days of overtime, pay is too good to turn down, srs.

the weather here is wild just now.. we've had 150+ mph winds for the last few weeks.. brb emergency landing position full flight out.

Norway...

90% tax rate.
Butter shortage.
Weird language.
Mass murderers like Anders Breivik get no jail and instead rome free.
Working in scary ass North Sea as opposed to on hard land.
Expensive.


On the flip side there is many hot blonde women.

- tax breaks due to being 'out of country' i.e offshore
- ignorance
- ignorance
- worry about your own country
- paid more, isn't that bad
- earn more to compensate, minimum wage here is roughly ~£14/$22.4 and i earn over double that.

[low blow]

What type of engineering? petroleum?

+ How is texas compared to melbourne..always wanted to visit the southern states.

[ABCT]

believe it or not i'm scared of heights..

Can't be too scary if you've got your harness on and are rigged up correctly.

Weeks not months.

no im essentially supervising the logging of the formations, ensuring we are where we are supposed to be, and i co-ordinate with the directional driller, over the course of the hitch ill do things like, right reports and make morning logs, program our tools, dump the memory, set up our equipment and sensors on the rig and ensure our data is correct

the money is a little more, however the cost of living is the US is a lot cheaper, i was shocked when i got here.

Directional drilling sounds interesting. What sort of engineering did you study, petro engineering isn't big in Australia so I'd say mechanical or geotechnical? Sounds like you've got a pretty good job if you can withstand the isolation and time away from family/friends/girlfriend and the fact that you can save 40% is great.

I thought the cost of living in Alaska was amongst the highest around the world but I suppose you don't have great expenses there.

[Reka22]

Weeks not months.

no im essentially supervising the logging of the formations, ensuring we are where we are supposed to be, and i co-ordinate with the directional driller, over the course of the hitch ill do things like, right reports and make morning logs, program our tools, dump the memory, set up our equipment and sensors on the rig and ensure our data is correct

the money is a little more, however the cost of living is the US is a lot cheaper, i was shocked when i got here.

You're an LWD hand.

What tools are you using? EM or Mud Pulse? Triple combo?
What kind of wells are you drilling there? Size? Design?
Is your DD a god too? We're all gods.
Is your company man French? French company men are all *******s.

Drilling & Measurements reps on recharge.

BTW; I'm a former wireline then MWD then Directional Driller. Now I'm DSV, but miss being a DD.

[Aryan7]

being away from family and partner is tough.. but the pros far outweigh the cons imo

[Belly_007]

What's the biggest pair of stillsons you have used? What's the biggest rod trip you have done?.

[Reka22]

What's the biggest pair of stillsons you have used? What's the biggest rod trip you have done?.

He's oil patch bro
Get back on your UDR!

GET THE 60's!

[aussie_iron86]

You're an LWD hand.

What tools are you using? EM or Mud Pulse? Triple combo?
What kind of wells are you drilling there? Size? Design?
Is your DD a god too? We're all gods.
Is your company man French? French company men are all *******s.

Drilling & Measurements reps on recharge.

BTW; I'm a former wireline then MWD then Directional Driller

I am an MLWD!!! good work!

what is the difference between god and directional driller?


god doesnt think he a directional driller

we use mud pulse, currently on a triple combo job but we do run pentacombos.

what company do you work for, i have a feeling it might be the same as me

all complex wells, look like pretzels!!! around 25000 ft

[aussie_iron86]

Also i am a chemical engineer not mechanical

[ABCT]

- tax breaks due to being 'out of country' i.e offshore
- ignorance
- ignorance
- worry about your own country
- paid more, isn't that bad
- earn more to compensate, minimum wage here is roughly ~£14/$22.4 and i earn over double that.

$45 per hour works out to what, $190k... good but with Norway tax and risk of dying everytime you fly to the platform... **** that.