[NoUCantDriveIt]

Originally Posted by SSE 4 2SS

there are three primary groups of people on the rig... Co-reps, Petrobras employees, they make sure the job is following proper,(their plan) and that we are actually working, the rig crew, the employees of the drilling company... us, and the service hands... these are representatives from other companies the do jobs like MWD, measuring while drilling, mud logging, wireline, coil tubing and tool hands... Everyone has a job to do....

The service hands credo is that they eat until they are sleepy, and sleep until they are hungry... the rest of us work 12-16 hours a day for as much as 28 days straight... or 35 days if we work over a week...

It's really a good life, but as I mentioned before, it's not for everyone... if there is a problem at the house, we can't just drop and run... We miss birthdays, Christmas's, anniversaries, births, deaths, etc... The rigs work 24/7/365 non stop.... At 2 or 3 hundred thousand dollars a day from the oil companies, they do not let us take breaks so to speak.... the rig is working or we go on down time...

Wow... Def not an environment that would fit well with most people.