Bakken formation in1988 and fracking.

[Rizzo]

Liberty, Schlumberger, and Halliburton have the lions share of frac in ND

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Liberty, Schlumberger, and Halliburton have the lions share of frac in ND

 

[eyexer]

Last frac I was on there was 18 frac hands 4 wireline hands 2 flowback hands 3 water transfer hands 1 water hauler 8-10 sand haulers plus myself

exactly. and a safety guy, company man, mechanics, I&E techs, crane operator, PIC, etc. etc. It ads up in a hell of a hurry.

 

[dragoneyes]

Looks like there's a lot of support. Someone has to have a lot of resources to pay big bucks for all the services that are provided. I heard the average yearly salary is around 100,000.00 would that be a true statement. I am sure it still hard work and the environment can be brutal.

 

[Rizzo]

There are guys making 100k a year that are less than qualified to be a walmart door greeter. As I said before, most hands on location are just dead weight.

 

[tikkalover]

It would suck donkey balls to be out there with a forecast like this.


Tonight
Patchy blowing snow between 2am and 4am. Partly cloudy, with a low around -15. Wind chill values as low as -35. West wind 15 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
Christmas Day
Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near -7. Wind chill values as low as -40. West wind 15 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around -18. Wind chill values as low as -35. West wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Tuesday
Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near -5. West wind 8 to 10 mph.

Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around -19. West wind 5 to 8 mph.

 

[dragoneyes]

Takes one tough son of a gun to work out in those elements. What kept me going out there was knowing the quality of life i could provide for my family. Definitely could not do that work now. Reading the upcoming forecast made me turn the heat up a few degrees. All of you in the patch or not. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

 

[Fracman]

exactly. and a safety guy, company man, mechanics, I&E techs, crane operator, PIC, etc. etc. It ads up in a hell of a hurry.

That was everyone on location I was the consultant and PIC

 

[eyexer]

That was everyone on location I was the consultant and PIC

by PIC I mean the dude signing you in at the entrance lol. some call em PIC some call em the walmart greeter like Rizzo said lol. There is a lot of dead weight there. But that's not unusual in the patch.

 

[Velva_zv21]

Ya you make 100,000 a year but some people don't realize the hours you put in to make that money and the schedule you have, when I was part of a frac crew it was 100 hours in 5 days and then 2 days off.... and switched between 5 days of nights and then 5 days of day shift..... So your first day off was literally sleeping for 24 hours straight and then getting your body transitioned for the next week wether it be day or night shift..... most every week we hit overtime on our 3rd day of the week about 3 hours into the shift.....I started out on sand and then went into chems after a week of sand and did that for a year.... reason I quit was it was getting way too unsafe for me and a couple of my buddies followed after me.... it's a good way to make allot of money really fast but not a lifestyle for me....I quit frac and drove redi- mix truck for strata for 6 years before getting the job I have now and i like my current lifestyle.... only way I'd go back to frac is if I got laid off and it was the last job I had to choose from

 

[Fracman]

by PIC I mean the dude signing you in at the entrance lol. some call em PIC some call em the walmart greeter like Rizzo said lol. There is a lot of dead weight there. But that's not unusual in the patch.

PIC = person in charge is what it means where I work