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| Area | Last Count | Count | Change from Prior Count | Date of Prior Count | Change from Last Year | Date of Last Year's Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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U.S. |
02 |
928 |
+11 |
from 26 Jun 09 |
-993 |
from 03 July 08 |
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Canada |
02 |
165 |
+17 |
from 26 Jun 09 |
-223 |
from 03 July 08 |
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International |
May 2009 |
993 |
+7 |
April 2009 |
-82 |
May 2008 |
Rig count updated each Friday afternoon
Lifeboat Drill Results In Death-June 2009
Details & Safety Alert In Our HSE Group
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Drilling Ahead-The Oil & Gas Space
If you are looking for some Art Quality photography for home or office we have what you are looking for!
We have a selection of vibrant color oilfield photography as well as a collection of original black & white negatives that we still have photographs produced from today!
Photographs are available in 8X10s all the way up to 16x24 and we can make many of them bigger with our high resolution scans without distorting the work.If you would like to view our gallery or a slides show of our collection,please visit
Classic Oilfield Photography
You have come to the right place! We have almost 100 original oilfield songs on our MP3 player that you can listen to entirely. We even sell a few of the albums from the same page. From the old days of Johnny Cash to the new stuff by Wes St. Jon,we have it all.Hear Wes sing -
Oilfield Cowboy
Oilfield Hands
Oilfield Trash & Proud Of It
The Story Of The Derrickman,Toolpusher,Driller & The Companyman
Oilfield Outlaw
I'm A Roughneck
Roustabout
Oilfield Class
Oilfield Trucker
Patch Pride
Bein' A Worm
The Ballad Of Sadie McGuinn
The Hellfighters
Or enjoy some old Buddy Parmon singing Oilfield Trash
Homegrown
Roughneck Paycheck Blues!
All these and more free to listen to here!
Oilfield Music
Use our Oilfield Safety Meetings
to train and protect your drilling crew!
Topics Include
Air Hoist/Tugger Safety
Cutting The Drilling Line
Tong Safety
Lock Out/Tag Out
Derrickhand Safety
Lightning Safety On The Drilling Rig
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Oilfield Safety Meetings
Free here
This is for The Worm thats been Roughnecking 6 months as well as The Driller who thinks he knows it all! Its Time To Play VIRTUAL OILWELL! Thats right, if you have been second guessing The Companymans call, then its time to bring your game and show your skills!
This interactive realistic game is sure to put you in your place!
Lost Circulation Drains Lake
A small rig drilling in a shallow lake in Louisiana loses circulation,
the resulting whirlpool swallows the rig,as the chasm widens, several Barges with loaded trucks are sucked under, the entire lake is drained, a huge waterfall is formed as the Gulf of Mexico is forced to run backwards for several days until pressure equalizes! Geysers spout
from the ground,shooting 400 feet into the air!
The fear factor in safety
So, in much of our work to help people work more safely, I try to show them that 80% of our fears are not real - we only think someone will be upset! For the other 20% we teach people to be more courageous and assertive in dealing with supervisors and workmates who may want to go ahead even if its unsafe.
I'd like to hear from anyone who has experienced the fear factor in a safety setting.
Bill
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Come see our collection of jewelry that features 14 Kt gold or sterling silver drill bit pendants, Hammer bits also available. The finest quality available with roller cones that actually turn!
You will find direct links to
Formulas & Calculations for Drilling,Production & Workover
Petroleum Engineering Handbook
Advanced Blowout & Well Control
Shale Shakers Handbook
Understanding Centrifugal Pumps
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Free Baker Hughes Tech Facts Books
Baker Hughes has a new "Baker Hughes Tech Facts Book" but its much bigger than the paperback and with a lot more information, in fact in comes in a 3 ring binder. I have auctioned a few I have had on ebay and they brought between $200-$300 dollars! Baker gives them away free, the trick is to have a name and number to call (They even pay shipping)
Its been a year since my last request but they filled it and were great to deal with,they arrived here in just over a week...Here is the info ,call Baker Hughes Literature dept @ 713-625-6947 and ask for Shelia. Tell her you are looking for a copy of Baker Hughes Tech facts and that you are a consultant,thats all it took! They are great people to deal with...but pls dont tell them I sent ya!
Happy Fishing!
Sedco 700 Blowout
Roughneck Singer-Needs A Job
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Obama-Nomics & The Climate Bill
I have received several messages from members who oppose the current Climate Bill that’s now before the Senate. Some have asked me to broadcast a message to all members encouraging them to call their Senator, others have asked that I post the information on the main page of the site. I have done neither but encourage each of you to come to your own conclusions on this important legislation and act accordingly.
My opinions are that the Climate Bill is a tax in disguise on all Americans-It will be the largest tax increase in my lifetime and I am told the largest ever. It is also a very unfair tax, as the majority of the burden will be cast upon working class Americans.
All the costs of carbon emissions will be passed on to consumers, from the gas you burn to get to the rig, the fuel for your camping lantern, the gas for your 4 wheeler-if the climate bill passes ,anything that requires energy to make or operate is going to get more expensive.
What does this mean to you and I?
Well, first of it means we pay more for everything we purchase or operate. In America, 50% of our electricity is generated by burning coal, the dirtiest of fossil fuels. Natural gas currently accounts for 30% of electrical generation in this country & is the cleanest burning of our fossil fuels No matter how many propellers the Democrats want to dot the American countryside with, the majority of our electrical generation needs will be met with fossil fuels. The sun does not always shine and the wind does not always blow and I don’t know anyone, Democrat or Republican , that’s going to sit in the dark and wait on it.
I can remember several times up until last July, at the gas pumps, spending $70 to fill up and thinking to myself that I am fortunate to be a Driller, fortunate to make the wage I did so that I could even afford to fill up, while I wondered how others that made much less, were getting by! As long as natural gas was @ $13 and gasoline @ $4 I knew I would have a job to afford these expenses
That is how I am looking at this Cap and Trade Climate Bill. It’s going to hurt in the short term to all of us and continue to hurt many in the long term as well. But what does it mean to me as an oilfield hand? Well, it means that some of that 50% of electricity that is currently generated by burning coal will be switched to cleaner burning natural gas. Increased natural gas use means job security to me and allows me to take care of my family.
We all know we are sitting on an ocean of natural gas that was once unrecoverable. We all know Solar/Wind cannot meet this nation’s energy needs .We know natural gas is cleaner than both coal and oil. Without doubt , under the Climate Bill, the consumption of natural gas in this country is about to increase-Despite Obama-nomic’s attempts to bankrupt the industry.
The Bill, as sent to the Senate has no chance of passing in its present form. The votes to pass it are not there. For passage ,the bill will need the support of several mid-western Senators. Here in Oklahoma, one of those Senators has just co-authored a bill to increase CNG use as a transportation fuel. I plan to contact him and say look, ”These greenies need your vote to pass this Climate Bill-if you have to support it please make sure that it contains provisions to convert our transportation fuel to natural gas”
Each of us has to make these decisions for ourselves ,our families and our country.
Is this climate bill going to be good for America? I say no. is it going to be good for those of us that make a living drilling for natural gas? In the long term, I believe it will. It will be interesting to see what changes are made to the bill before being voted on in the Senate, but I feel the changes will be radical.
I encourage each of you to decide for yourselves what’s right for you and lend your support in that direction
How do I contact my elected officals?
