So a little about me...

I'm Jeff and I'm from Western Canada...the good part, Northern BC and Alberta. I'm just normal oilfield trash that got interested in blogging. Can't say I am the most prolific or timely, but if I have something to say I usually will...So anyway this is just a look through my eyes once in a while...I don't claim to be right, but I'll never be left.

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"Everyones' gotta be something
Me I'm stupid,
It's all I ever wanted to be,

Shock me again and I'll say,
Anything you want me to"

~Matthew Good Band, from the song Rico
Reach me by email: tachwell@telusplanet.net

Saturday, December 15, 2012

Slammed...

I am going to make a call soon...like this afternoon. I will be phoning my Drilling Manager and putting forth a case for me to take the 16th and 17th of December off. I will need to find a replacement. I will need to pay the replacement out of my own pocket (How many jobs require that?).

Need the time off to attend the Little One's dance performance and a show that her choir group will be putting on. I promised and promises are hard to keep in this business, but this one will be kept.

This last run has been very busy. Since I came back almost a month ago the oil company has decided to bring in another drilling rig. We have to keep ahead of two again. Not so easy when the average drill time is around 25 to 28 days. Every month a new site must be ready for each rig. Thankfully the build we finished last week will have 2 wells drilled consecutively on the same pad. This will give a bit of breathing room. Unfortunately the other rig we brought in last month will need a home before Christmas. I am scrambling now and have just started the build today...right when I thought I would be done and homeward bound.

In addition to lease site preparation the oil company has thrown a bunch of new survey requests out. (this  is adding to the backlog of sites that we already have plans for). I have been up to Red Earth and down here in Edson with survey crews trying to get them all completed (That reminds me that I did not submit a construction cost estimate for the Red Earth job yet, I normally refuse to estimate without a survey plan in hand, but the plan came in on Friday). I wish I had my tracks on the quad but the dealer put installation off until the 17th, I have a friend that will take the quad in that morning. Tracks would have been very useful this week. Did I mention I rolled the darn thing off my pickup while unloading? No? Well my Facebook friends were treated to the shin injury photo. I will save the details and the picture for there. Will be nice to bring my ramps down when I come back in 3 days, the borrowed ones shit out on me which is why the quad rolled. They will need modification. The tracks will make it a lot longer...have to figure that out another day