Anyone here oilfield trash ?
That's what they called us back in the 70s. I worked out of Golden Meadow, La and lived at the Theriot hotel between stints in the gulf oilfields. "Oilfield Trash" was a putdown name back then, but I'm kind of proud to have been called that. I worked in my late teens and early 20s. That was a wild time. Ten days of long hours on the rigs, then ten very wild days at the Theriot. We called it " The Riot". Lots of fights, drugs, alcohol fueled fun. No locks on the doors. We kept our seabags in the lobby. Think it cost $20.00 a week. Morgan City, La was REALLY wild then. Ah those were the days....
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Roustabout???? Roughneck???? Oil patch trash????
Never heard of them![;)][:D]
I'll point out your post to rcrx_mike when he gets back. Sounds like you two should have a beer together!0 -
My dad was the recorder for an oil exploration company back in the 50's and early 60's.
My uncle worked offshore as a welder and got me a job between my sophomore and junior years of college (1965) working out of Morgan City, La. I worked as a roustabout and quickly decided that even though I could make more money on the rig platform I didn't want to work up there because everyone was missing fingers.0 -
quote:Originally posted by Old-Colts
My dad was the recorder for an oil exploration company back in the 50's and early 60's.
My uncle worked offshore as a welder and got me a job between my sophomore and junior years of college (1965) working out of Morgan City, La. I worked as a roustabout and quickly decided that even though I could make more money on the rig platform I didn't want to work up there because everyone was missing fingers.
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Yup. Meet lotsa guys named "Lefty or "Stump" or some variation working the rigs.0 -
I ended up working on the boats. Less pay, but the fishing was better. Saw a roustabout get his leg caught between some casing on a tolling deck. Think he was 16 years old. Our boat's engineer had his arm mangled when a line snapped. The good old days... 0 -
In the 70's, I worked first in supply for Bovaird's and later for Dowell doing cementing, acidizing and fracing. The money was good until the bust. Don 0 -
Probably the most dangerous time we had as roustabouts was when they would pull drill stems out of the well and we would have to stack it on the rig floor. With all the drilling mud covering the rig floor it was very slippery and with one false step you could easily be crushed or have mangled body parts. 0 -
WAS A DRILLER FOR APMC.
was in the offshore/inland barge patch for 13 years0 -
"Oilfield trash," in one way or another, have been putting food on our table and a roof over our heads for years. No disgrace in being called thus. Hardworking, uncompromising, independent. Men are not afraid to get dirty, bust their azzes, or to put themselves in harms way to make a buck, and produce a product they can be proud of. 0 -
Otis Engineering and Halliburton for the last 30 years. 0 -
I'm current oilfield trash. I spent 4 years offshore working slickline. Now I'm working calibrating gyros. Alot less money in the shop, but I don't have to stay up for days on end until the jobs done at least. I spent 300 or more days offshore a year. [xx(]
I still love the oilfield though it's been a saviour to me. [:D]0 -
HAIL YEAH: RAISED IN WEST TEXAS AND EASTERN NEW MEXICO. FATHER WAS DRILLING SUPT. FOR SHELL OIL COMPANY IN THAT AREA. WAS GOOD MONEY FOR A WHILE. I HAD SOME MUD TRUCKS AND RENTAL TOOLS IN EASTERN NEW MEXICO. FATHER DIED AND I WENT IN LAW ENFORCEMENT UNTIL I RETIRED. I ATE,SLEPT AND DRANK OILFIELD. 0 -
Interviewed for Zapata, the interviewer had an eye missing, and only two fingers left on his right hand.....
Didn't take the job - went deep sea instead.0 -
i had a friend that lost an arm on a aircraft carrier, we called him "uno", it was missing right above the elbow, i once watched him get a guy in a headlock with his good arm, and beat the crap out of him with his stump, and he was a hell of a one armed pool player 0 -
At one time I had a bumper sticker that read
I work in the oil patch
Don't tell my mother
She thinks I'm a piano
Player in a hore House0 -
quote:Originally posted by Johnnylikesguns
At one time I had a bumper sticker that read
I work in the oil patch
Don't tell my mother
She thinks I'm a piano
Player in a hore House
LOL[:D][:D][:D]0 -
worked all over on the land rigs in the 70's and early 80's,,I was working for transcontinintal jet when they went bankrupt,,made us trip out of the hole,close the BOP's and they welded the dog house door shut,,never did get paid for that last 7 days,I used to love working south Texas back then,was single wild and a pocket full of money,get off tour and head to Mexico,spend the next 6 days in Boys Town and head back to sober up [:D] 0 -
Ruffnecked the overthrust, Wyoming and Utah, in the 80's. 7 on 7 off, or 5 and 5, couple of "driving" jobs, but mostly camps. Wonder if that is where some of these aches and pains come from .... 0 -
Yep, and after 30 years of chasing rigs all over the world still proud to be called such ! 0 -
Worked the pepper patch (Venice, Golden Meadow, Leesville) in my late teens and early 20's. Some of the best times in my life and always had a pocket full of cash. We mostly lived on the rigs like Mike structure the "hotel" Freeport Sulpher rig and Otis jack-up rigs. Some weeks we would put in 120+ hours. Too old for that now! 0 -
Johnny,
I had the same bumper sticker, hauled pipe to the slope for Kapps out of Fairbanks, hauled drilling machinery all over the western States. Used to party with some girls that worked on a "sisemo" crew in Wyo & Colo. I still miss them.
W.D.0 -
Does Refinery Trash count - going on 13 years as welder, foreman now.. 0
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