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MEDIK418 · 09-19-2004, 02:56 PM

My youngest son works one in West Texas. Derrick hand pay is 18.50 daylight pay. Nights get you another dollar an hour. 12 hour shifts, 7 days on and seven off. A two week pay period works out like this. 39 hours straight pay, 41 hours at time and a half. 17 day drill time and if you come in on time it's a $40/day bonus for the 17 days. This is on one of the lower paying areas they have, It goes up the colder the climate or of you go offhore due to the length of time you're out there. Starting out at 40+ a year is pretty much par for the Texas/Oklahoma area.
The nice part is that for a while the oil and gas drilling boo is going to last a while. Most of the rigs are working over old gas wells trying to glean more production or drilling for new wells.
Keep in mind to that some of the companies are drilling 90 day holes 25-30,000 feet deep.and often there arean't any days offbetween rig moves.
Not too good for a married person but if you're single and don't mind living in bunkhouses, it might not be a bad thing.
The down side, at least in our house, is trying to convince a 20 year old he needs to go to college instead of the oilfield.

09-19-2004, 02:56 PM	#23
MEDIK418 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 1999 Location: Amarillo, Texas, USA Posts: 780	My youngest son works one in West Texas. Derrick hand pay is 18.50 daylight pay. Nights get you another dollar an hour. 12 hour shifts, 7 days on and seven off. A two week pay period works out like this. 39 hours straight pay, 41 hours at time and a half. 17 day drill time and if you come in on time it's a $40/day bonus for the 17 days. This is on one of the lower paying areas they have, It goes up the colder the climate or of you go offhore due to the length of time you're out there. Starting out at 40+ a year is pretty much par for the Texas/Oklahoma area. The nice part is that for a while the oil and gas drilling boo is going to last a while. Most of the rigs are working over old gas wells trying to glean more production or drilling for new wells. Keep in mind to that some of the companies are drilling 90 day holes 25-30,000 feet deep.and often there arean't any days offbetween rig moves. Not too good for a married person but if you're single and don't mind living in bunkhouses, it might not be a bad thing. The down side, at least in our house, is trying to convince a 20 year old he needs to go to college instead of the oilfield. __________________ 1986 four-eyed LX coupe, 358 Cleveland, Tremec TKO600/centerforce clutch, dish cut Probe forged pistons, comp cams hyd.roller cam, .579/.588@224/230, Edel.performer, 670 holley street avenger, CPR custom built long tubes, ported and polished 4bbl heads, manley valves, beehive springs, MSD peo-billet dist/MSD6AL, fluidamper, 5 lug conv. with 17x8 bullits there's more but it's still not finished yet. Oh, and the oldest boy is turning his 89 GT into a FFR cobra this next summer.