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Question for Drill Site Supervisors
Posted on 11/24/13 at 9:49 pm
Posted on 11/24/13 at 9:49 pm
Sorry if this is too broad a question, someone was mentioning drill site supervising for possible employment.... I know very little about the profession but am curious, does anyone have information on salaries/experience? I checked BLS but didn't see too much. Thanks.
Has there ever been a job board on TD.com?
Has there ever been a job board on TD.com?
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Posted on 11/24/13 at 10:42 pm to charles_p_bacon
The company man is paid a day rate until the job is done. $1500/day ish. No Benefits. Usually work as much as you want.
Requires lots of experience and is not a job you will be able to obtain without proving yourself in a field position. You don't need a degree but you will need to work your way up.
They have a lot of responsibility and are liable for any mishaps during the drilling process.
They are a representative of the operator (the lease holder) of the well and supervise the drilling contractors and service companies that are involved in the well development process.
Requires lots of experience and is not a job you will be able to obtain without proving yourself in a field position. You don't need a degree but you will need to work your way up.
They have a lot of responsibility and are liable for any mishaps during the drilling process.
They are a representative of the operator (the lease holder) of the well and supervise the drilling contractors and service companies that are involved in the well development process.
Posted on 11/24/13 at 10:56 pm to Dooshay
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The company man is paid a day rate until the job is done. $1500/day ish.
Thats extreme upper echelon pay rate.
Posted on 11/25/13 at 5:24 am to Dooshay
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The company man is paid a day rate until the job is done. $1500/day ish
About right, could be a few hundred more for a major operator offshore. Also they remain on the rig in between wells offshore.
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No Benefits. Usually work as much as you want.
Not always true, not all Company men are contracted, some work for the operator and have benefits through that company. Pretty much a 14/14 or similar set schedule though.
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Requires lots of experience and is not a job you will be able to obtain without proving yourself in a field position. You don't need a degree but you will need to work your way up.
They have a lot of responsibility and are liable for any mishaps during the drilling process.
They are a representative of the operator (the lease holder) of the well and supervise the drilling contractors and service companies that are involved in the well development process.
Troof
Posted on 11/25/13 at 7:12 am to charles_p_bacon
it's not a job you walk right into
Posted on 11/25/13 at 7:13 am to charles_p_bacon
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charles_p_bacon
If you don't have any oilfield experience you might want to look elsewhere. Unless you can get into an apprentice program with a major, your odds of becoming a CoMan are slim to none. Most Co. men I come in contact with either have Sr.toolpusher/OIM level experience with a drilling contractor, or come up through the ranks out of college via some sort of apprentice program.
Are you currently enrolled in P.E or P tech program?
Posted on 11/25/13 at 8:03 am to charles_p_bacon
Now depending on your degree, Chevron does have a shelf (maybe deepwater) drilling program where they train you to be a DSM (drillsite manager). I have a few friends that are doing this out of school. they work a 14/14 and are salaried w/ benefits.
Posted on 11/25/13 at 9:33 am to barry
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Thats extreme upper echelon pay rate.
Our Bakken companymen make $1,700/day
Posted on 11/25/13 at 9:38 am to barry
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The company man is paid a day rate until the job is done. $1500/day ish.
Thats extreme upper echelon pay rate.
Agree. 900 to 1200 is closer to the mark these days. Also, if you currently aren't in the oilfield, this isn't a position you just walk into. It'll take years of experience before you'd get the shot.
Posted on 11/25/13 at 10:44 am to Redacted
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Not always true, not all Company men are contracted, some work for the operator and have benefits through that company. Pretty much a 14/14 or similar set schedule though.
This is true, but these company men lose that high day rate in the process. Ballpark 150k/year for early level company men who are direct employees of the operator.
Posted on 11/25/13 at 10:47 am to charles_p_bacon
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I know very little about the profession but am curious, does anyone have information on salaries/experience
Most company men have worked their way all the way up the totem pole. Ie roustabout, roughneck, driller->toolpusher and/or directional driller->company man. If you can somehow circumnavigate some (or all?) of this process, it's due to having a very, very close connection.
Posted on 11/25/13 at 10:51 am to PetreauxCat
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Our Bakken companymen make $1,700/day
Working half the year would equate to 300k a year. No way a company man in the bakken is making that.
Posted on 11/25/13 at 10:59 am to barry
They make that all over the country all day.
It's highly dependent on the company and a lot of other stuff of course, but I've seen much higher than that as well.
It's highly dependent on the company and a lot of other stuff of course, but I've seen much higher than that as well.
Posted on 11/25/13 at 11:27 am to barry
Keep in mind, they have to give some of the money (~20%) back to the consulting firm. Assuming the 1700/day is before that, of course.
Posted on 11/25/13 at 11:30 am to barry
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Working half the year would equate to 300k a year. No way a company man in the bakken is making that.
This is correct and yes they do make that. I sign their invoices.
Posted on 11/25/13 at 11:33 am to TheIndulger
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Question for Drill Site Supervisors
Keep in mind, they have to give some of the money (~20%) back to the consulting firm. Assuming the 1700/day is before that, of course.
I'm told it's 10-15%. Some of our consultants that have been on board for several years just started their own LLC and don't have to cough up the 15%. Of course the day rates change with their experience level. $1700/day is what we pay our most qualified companymen, but we have quite a few making that number.
Posted on 11/25/13 at 11:36 am to PetreauxCat
and if they do start they're own LLC, they have to pay insurance out the arse..
Posted on 11/25/13 at 12:10 pm to b-rab2
Ok this makes more sense these aren't internal employees. You are signing the ticket but they don't get all of it. We charge 2700/day for our hands in deepwater but they only get a fraction of that.
This post was edited on 11/25/13 at 12:11 pm
Posted on 11/25/13 at 1:08 pm to BIGDAB
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Are you currently enrolled in P.E or P tech program?
Not enrolled in either of these.
All posters: lots of good information and much appreciated.
Posted on 11/25/13 at 1:22 pm to charles_p_bacon
I interviewed for one such position with Chevron. I know I probably won't get a call back, but thanks for all of the info.
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