Over The Hill Gang , Old Farts with Young Cars

[NoUCantDriveIt]

Originally Posted by Dave_O

Congrats on heading home...Sucks that they are trying to make you stay though... Hope they don't screw you over... Even with your position being in high demand, don't wanna see ya leaving a place you are already with!

Oh I have complete trust in SSE working this out juuuuuuuuust fine!

So where do we send the Prep-H donations for your boss SSE?

[Dave_O]

Originally Posted by NoUCantDriveIt

Oh I have complete trust in SSE working this out juuuuuuuuust fine!
I do too, but still, him being put in the situation sucks
So where do we send the Prep-H donations for your boss SSE?

LOL

[NoUCantDriveIt]

Originally Posted by SSE 4 2SS

Ok, what I do... I'm a subsea engineer... In way simplified terms, i take care of all the mechanical and hydraulic equipment used to control the formation pressures as we drill a well.... We are poking holes in mother nature, and sometimes she don't like it... so she gives us stuff back, gas, oil, salt water etc... kinda like poking Deb and she throws stuff back at us... expletives, lewd comments etc...Well, that stuff comes back at seriously high pressures... anywhere from 50 to 15,000 psi... We don't like getting seriously kilt, so we close the well in using my equipment...

BOP, (blow out preventer) Stack... 65 feet tall, weights 650,000 lbs, we lower it to the sea floor and attach it to the well head...

Riser, used to return drilling mud to the rig without any of it leaking to the sea...

Diverters, used to direct fluids and gas if we do take a kick...

Koomey Unit, provides the hydraulic fluid to operate everything...

Tensioners, X 12, used to support the weight of the riser from the rig to the sea floor... in our case, well over a mile in depth... They are big air over hydraulic cylinders that allow for ship heave and movement...

DSC, (drill string compensator) does the same thing as the tensioners but on the drill string... the long pipe used to turn the drill bit... We do not want the bit bouncing off the bottom, we want a constant weight on it, so the compensator allows for rig heave and movement in the drill string...

Per SSE... he explains it better

[Blackhawk6]

[BOETIE]

[BOETIE]

Originally Posted by SSE 4 2SS

going home tomorrow ...la lah la lahh... going home tomorrow...:(

But they are talking about me having to come back on Sunday... I don't get home until Friday, and now may have to leave on sunday to come back for four more weeks... My supervisor in houston said they don't have anyone else available... so... I'll prove him wrong if I have to come back sunday... they will have to find someone else... cause I will quit, and I told him so... My position as a Sub Sea Engineer is in very high demand and there are several companies looking for people with my training and knowledge...

You guys are my witnesses... stay tuned...

Sounds like a typical beancounter philosophy ...work yur assoff and not pay an extra health insurance and bennies....I hate um !

[NoUCantDriveIt]

Originally Posted by coolman

Wow! That is a fricken cool and dangerous job.

Yep! Our SSE's impotant.. ermm... I mean important (in his own mind).

[BOETIE]

Originally Posted by coolman

Wow! That is a fricken cool and dangerous job.

Hi Bugs

[SSE 4 2SS]

Originally Posted by coolman

Wow! That is a fricken cool and dangerous job.

It isn't dangerous if you pay attention...It has cost the lives of many though...

Originally Posted by BOETIE

Sounds like a typical beancounter philosophy ...work yur assoff and not pay an extra health insurance and bennies....I hate um !

In this case it has nothing to do with bean counting... it has to do with scheduling and availability... They say they do not have anyone else available, so.... if they force the issue, I'm calling

Originally Posted by NoUCantDriveIt

Yep! Our SSE's impotant.. ermm... I mean important (in his own mind).

It's impotent... and you wern't supposed to tell anyone... Did you find the toy box ... gotta stop leaving it where others can find it...

[NoUCantDriveIt]

Originally Posted by SSE 4 2SS

It's impotent... and you wern't supposed to tell anyone... Did you find the toy box ... gotta stop leaving it where others can find it...

Ummmm... That doesn't look like my toybox SSE. Mine has a couple packages of spare batteries.

Originally Posted by coolman

I have a job that can be somewhat dangerous at times also

Mine is so dangerous I could break a nail if I'm not careful.

[SSE 4 2SS]

Originally Posted by NoUCantDriveIt

Ummmm... That doesn't look like my toybox SSE. Mine has a couple packages of spare batteries.

The batteries are in the bottom... under the feather boa's leather restraints and other assorted items...


Mine is so dangerous I could break a nail if I'm not careful.

Hey... gotta watch out for those paper cuts to... If you worked out here, you would have to code butts with gloves on...

Originally Posted by coolman

HI, Boetie


I have a job that can be somewhat dangerous at times also and I tell my men the same thing. Your's sounds very interesting.

It is very interesting and extremely challenging... Physically and mentally... We dont have any one that works with or for us... We get help from the crane crew or if wer're lucky, a couple of roughnecks from time to time...I work nights right now, and my relief works days...We work 13-16 hour days for 28 days straight... Lots of overtime and damn good money... My average week is over a hundred hours... and all of it over 40 is overtime...

[NoUCantDriveIt]

Originally Posted by coolman

Hey don't knock yourself down. That really hurts.

Originally Posted by SSE 4 2SS

Hey... gotta watch out for those paper cuts to... If you worked out here, you would have to code butts with gloves on...

I don't handle much for paper, but "code butt gloves" I think I'll ask my boss tomorrow to fed-ex a pair to me. I just love confusing the poor man.

[BOETIE]

Originally Posted by SSE 4 2SS

Hey... gotta watch out for those paper cuts to... If you worked out here, you would have to code butts with gloves on...



It is very interesting and extremely challenging... Physically and mentally... We dont have any one that works with or for us... We get help from the crane crew or if wer're lucky, a couple of roughnecks from time to time...I work nights right now, and my relief works days...We work 13-16 hour days for 28 days straight... Lots of overtime and damn good money... My average week is over a hundred hours... and all of it over 40 is overtime...

Thats good money my friend,but how long can you keep this up...thats is very demanding on your person....do you have a wifey and kids ?

[BOETIE]

Originally Posted by coolman

I can see you don't sleep much then. It's funny reading about what you do because just the other day my guys were giving me a rough time about working on a roof in the cold and snow. I told them to be happy they got a job right now and that there are a lot of people with tougher jobs than we got.
I might have to get you to give them a talking to. They also get like that in the winter.

Roofs and snow and ice.....thats what I did till I retard back in Feb/09....I worked on heavy commercial HVAC...when it was broke I had to go...no matter what....glad its over!