What you do for a Living ?


Hey Guys..

I work in the offshore oil industry - on a floating semi-submersible drilling platform. We drill oil wells for major companys like Shell and Bp.. My job is Pump Room Drilling Fluids Specialist lol or in short derrickman.

Simply explained when we are drilling wells exeeding the depths of 18,000ft etc the earths core doesnt like it very much so it tries to throw back vast ammounts of hydrostatic gaseous pressure back to surface ( oil rig ).. My job is to produce and monitor the right weight - viscoity and MBS's for us to pump down hole. I am also solely responsible for the service and maintenence of 3 Continental Emsco pumps which pump the drilling fluid down hole at roughly 4500 psi each.

Its quite a detailed job, could spend all day writing what my whole job intails but thats it roughly in a nut shell. Basicaly if I started to get things wrong in the pub room I am risking the lives of everyone on board the instalation, a kick may occur - or blowout as they sometimes get called - this is where a huge ammount of gas explodes down hole and forces all our drilling fluid back to the rig - along with all the drill pipe, formation cuttings..

Exiting Huh !! haha..

Cheers, Andy
 
Mattharvey12 said:
what does this job entale?
and how did you break the rules?
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basically i was working with a lorry driver with a hi-ab i'd dissconect the live service on the street light we where going to pull out then dig up the service and dig a new hole for the new street light install the new colloum reconnect the service (join a 25mm/4mm service to the existing depending on what was already there ie a lead cable or 4mm or 25mm sometime was s.w.a which is a bitch to work on live!!) then we'd re-instate the pavement/verge then move onto the next one which most of the time was'nt in the same road or area!! this was all live work.

so i broke the rules by carring out a live re-connection alone and leaving a service taped up in a colloum that was being removed - not the write way but we all done it and saves digging up the bloody thing!!

sorry bout the essay folks :)
 
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Haribo1187 said:
Hey Guys..

I work in the offshore oil industry - on a floating semi-submersible drilling platform. We drill oil wells for major companys like Shell and Bp.. My job is Pump Room Drilling Fluids Specialist lol or in short derrickman.

Simply explained when we are drilling wells exeeding the depths of 18,000ft etc the earths core doesnt like it very much so it tries to throw back vast ammounts of hydrostatic gaseous pressure back to surface ( oil rig ).. My job is to produce and monitor the right weight - viscoity and MBS's for us to pump down hole. I am also solely responsible for the service and maintenence of 3 Continental Emsco pumps which pump the drilling fluid down hole at roughly 4500 psi each.

Its quite a detailed job, could spend all day writing what my whole job intails but thats it roughly in a nut shell. Basicaly if I started to get things wrong in the pub room I am risking the lives of everyone on board the instalation, a kick may occur - or blowout as they sometimes get called - this is where a huge ammount of gas explodes down hole and forces all our drilling fluid back to the rig - along with all the drill pipe, formation cuttings..

Exiting Huh !! haha..

Cheers, Andy
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im guessing your on a fat wedge then? isnt it like 3 months on 1 month off?

im a bum at the minute with no job :( its ****
 
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ProjectJDM said:
I'm a Parts advisor for a BMW dealership...

Also Currently trainin as a fitness instructer/personal trainer which I luv...:nice:

And of coarse, work on Hondas in my spare time which I also luv:nice:
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