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re: I'm trying to get into the Oilfield industry with no field experience.

Posted on 2/3/14 at 11:55 am to
Posted by voinovich
Member since Nov 2013
42 posts
Posted on 2/3/14 at 11:55 am to
Appreciate the reply. Yeah, I know two (2) people in Louisiana and both of them are transplants who don't work in O&G

Just trying to keep my options open. Would love to get in somehow obviously.
Posted by Corkfather
Houston
Member since Sep 2007
19748 posts
Posted on 2/3/14 at 12:26 pm to
You have a much better chance of getting on doing onshore work as opposed to offshore. Problem is, you have to move to West TX, N. Dakota, etc.

If you're younger, I'd suggest going to work as a hand somewhere like WTX and get some experience and make some connections.

Here's how I broke out... Went to work as a water transfer hand in Midland, TX at a company with a total of 6 field guys. 6 guys became 60 in a matter of months and I made supervisor after 3. Did that for almost a year and then went to South TX and ran completion fluids with a coiled tubing unit for a little while (got that gig from someone I met working in water transfer). While I was doing that I went and got my offshore certs (RigPass, HUET, etc.) and started applying on RigZone. Wound up getting a pretty sweet office job, traveling internationally. All in less than a year and a half.
This post was edited on 2/3/14 at 12:27 pm
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