New Years Eve- How Late?

**drew_goring** · 01-01-2009, 12:52 PM

I started back at work on New Years eve. Found out we had to go out and perforate drill pipe on a blown out well either late that night, or early the next morning. Got a call and left at 6pm. The rig camp was full, so me and my crew grabbed a room in a nearby town. Got a call at 11pm that they were ready for us, so we headed out...about an hour away. On the logging road we stopped and chained up one of the trucks. I got to spend my new year's chaining up a logging truck (no, not tree logging...well logging). Got out there and found out they actually weren't ready for us...the company man was just assuming their testing would go according to plan. We headed back to our hotel, arrived at 230am and I got some sleep, expecting a call at 5am or so to come back out and do our job. Call never came and I woke up at 9am sort of confused. Made a call and apparently they don't need us now until this afternoon at the earliest.

Gotta love the oil biz.

**basil** · 01-01-2009, 12:57 PM

Originally Posted by drew_goring

I started back at work on New Years eve. Found out we had to go out and perforate drill pipe on a blown out well either late that night, or early the next morning. Got a call and left at 6pm. The rig camp was full, so me and my crew grabbed a room in a nearby town. Got a call at 11pm that they were ready for us, so we headed out...about an hour away. On the logging road we stopped and chained up one of the trucks. I got to spend my new year's chaining up a logging truck (no, not tree logging...well logging). Got out there and found out they actually weren't ready for us...the company man was just assuming their testing would go according to plan. We headed back to our hotel, arrived at 230am and I got some sleep, expecting a call at 5am or so to come back out and do our job. Call never came and I woke up at 9am sort of confused. Made a call and apparently they don't need us now until this afternoon at the earliest.

Gotta love the oil biz.

lol - pretty typical. I'm in safety for a drilling company. Largest in the the lower 48 - Patterson-UTI? And, spent several years roughnecking as well. Where is this well - what field?

**JFellows** · 01-01-2009, 01:14 PM

Despite the best efforts of a bottle of single malt, I managed to stay awake long enough to party with my friends and babysit the Wench, who had had a bit too much champagne earlier in the night.

**logan37** · 01-01-2009, 01:27 PM

My wife and I stayed in, but stayed up to about 2am Eastern time. HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

**drew_goring** · 01-01-2009, 01:30 PM

Originally Posted by basil

lol - pretty typical. I'm in safety for a drilling company. Largest in the the lower 48 - Patterson-UTI? And, spent several years roughnecking as well. Where is this well - what field?

It is near Dawson Creek, Alberta in the Brassey field. They took a sour kick at 4000m and burned the rig down. I am sure some heads rolled after that. Now what I think they are doing is abandoning the 1000m horizontal section and possibly are going to kick off in a different direction. I am a field specialist for one of the largest oilfield service companies...Schlum...

What is the rig forecast looking like down there? We are supposed to be a bit down for the winter, but most of the drilling here is for gas, so we aren't affected as much as if it was oil.

**cigarsarge** · 01-01-2009, 03:43 PM

I made it to midnight with my grandaughter...Everyone else crashed early. We toasted with Mello Yello and she went to bed. I then had a sip of Zaya and went to bed.

**slcraiders** · 01-01-2009, 04:40 PM

Well shit. I started the poll thingy to make myself feel better for being such a tired soul. Looks like I am the minority here. Happy New Year all!

**basil** · 01-01-2009, 04:52 PM

Originally Posted by drew_goring

It is near Dawson Creek, Alberta in the Brassey field. They took a sour kick at 4000m and burned the rig down....Schlum...

Ouch. Whose rig? Yeah, Schlumberger is everywhere

Originally Posted by drew_goring

What is the rig forecast looking like down there? We are supposed to be a bit down for the winter, but most of the drilling here is for gas, so we aren't affected as much as if it was oil.

Everyone is kinda holding their collective breath. At these prices, there's of course industry-wide adjustments - long over-due - being made. We're hoping for something around 50-70 in order to continue to justify recently reduced day rates. Current prices might sustain some contractors, but many will continue to stack their rigs. For the most part, people around here are optimistic though that prices will see an increase, probably after some decline during the first 1/4.

Originally Posted by slcraiders

Well shit. I started the poll thingy to make myself feel better for being such a tired soul. Looks like I am the minority here. Happy New Year all!

Light weight

**drew_goring** · 01-01-2009, 08:40 PM

Originally Posted by basil

Ouch. Whose rig? Yeah, Schlumberger is everywhere

Everyone is kinda holding their collective breath. At these prices, there's of course industry-wide adjustments - long over-due - being made. We're hoping for something around 50-70 in order to continue to justify recently reduced day rates. Current prices might sustain some contractors, but many will continue to stack their rigs. For the most part, people around here are optimistic though that prices will see an increase, probably after some decline during the first 1/4.

Light weight

They have a Precision rig there right now...I am assuming that is what burned down. Not surprisingly, the oil company is very tight-lipped about any details relating to the blowout.

Things up here are fairly optimistic as well. Day rates have been extremely overinflated in the past few years, so hopefully this adjustment will work out for the best in the end.

**ggiese** · 01-04-2009, 12:26 PM

I was told that there is a group of oil rig people in this thread — I worked up a joke especially for the the oil rig people. Those of you who aren't oil rig people probably won't get this and won't think it's funny, but I think those of you who are oil rig people will really enjoy this.

This rig supervisor was out on a pipe maintenance job, and he started working on a Findlay pipe head with a Langstrom seven-inch gangly wrench. Just then this little apprentice leaned over and said, 'You can't work on a Findlay pipe head with a Langstrom seven-inch wrench.' Well, this infuriated the supervisor, so he went and got Volume 14 of the Kinsley manual, and he reads to him and says, 'The Langstrom seven-inch wrench can be used with the Findlay sprocket.' Just then the little apprentice leaned over and says, 'It says 'sprocket', not 'socket'!'

You two need to get a room...

**Eville** · 01-05-2009, 02:17 AM

I stayed up until 12 at the girlfriend's friend's house. After the ball dropped we went to my friend's house for a few minutes before going back to my house. We ended up ringing in the new year in my room and finally went to sleep at around 6am...and not a drop of alcohol or puff of smoke

Regardless, it was a splendid end to 2008 and beginning to 2009.

**cinda** · 01-05-2009, 06:47 AM

Originally Posted by drew_goring

I started back at work on New Years eve. Found out we had to go out and perforate drill pipe on a blown out well either late that night, or early the next morning. Got a call and left at PM. The rig camp was full, so me and my crew grabbed a room in a nearby town. Got a call at PM that they were ready for us, so we headed out...about an hour away. On the logging road we stopped and chained up one of the trucks. I got to spend my new year's chaining up a logging truck (no, not tree logging...well logging). Got out there and found out they actually weren't ready for us...the company man was just assuming their testing would go according to plan. We headed back to our hotel, arrived at 230am and I got some sleep, expecting a call at 5am or so to come back out and do our job. Call never came and I woke up at 9am sort of confused. Made a call and apparently they don't need us now until this afternoon at the earliest.

Gotta love the oil biz.

Anytime you can get paid for sleeping is a good way to celebrate! We had a bad snow storm that day I worked a 1/2 of day then we ate in and I went to play on the PC. I looked up from reading stuff on the PC and noticed it was 2 am so I was up but I missed it anyhow! Happy New Year.

**Cabaiguan Juan** · 01-05-2009, 08:42 AM

After the ball dropped, the wife and I headed home, it was past our bedtime. There is something about 11PM that makes it hard to get past.

**Diesel Grinch** · 01-05-2009, 10:40 AM

Wife got bored and tired and went to bed around 11:15 when the dvd ended. I stayed up until 12:30. Yahoo!

DG

**FactoredReality** · 01-05-2009, 12:52 PM

I had a group of friends over, we broke in my newly constructed kegerator, the guys went out for a smoke (CAO LX2

) at about 1:30 and the ladies all passed out. we stayed up till about 4am playin cards. I spent the next day holding down the couch w/ a bottle of asprin.

**mrtr33** · 01-05-2009, 01:24 PM

I made it to 1 AM. Didn't go out, though. Bars here don't let old men like me in them. If you are familiar with Louisiana liquor law history, you'll understand what I mean.

**bigwhiteash** · 01-05-2009, 01:52 PM

Stayed up 'till around 1:00am, fired 6 shells from the 12 guage, (into the ground, of course), drank a few more beers with my Shark, and off to bed.

Had to get up early for the last day of deer season.

Friday night? That was a different story

Back to the old days, someone broke out a beer bong, and I had to show them how it works

I think I wandered off to the camper around 5:30am!