coolbikeman1
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We are new to all this and after about 3 days on our first assignment, we are on our 2nd gate while they are attempting to remove a coil tubing and start the fracking process again. Been here almost a month now. This is with Murphy Oil. I guess there are several different companies that drill the well, frack it, and finish the complete process. Those of you that follow a rig, does that mean the drilling rig? Or, are there companies that you stay with to completely finish a well? We would prefer to stay in a spot for a long time versus moving after each drilling process. ![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/scratchead.gif "scratchead")
Our pad is dirt or the caliche? Don't know if there is any difference. We decided we prefer the dust over the mud. Have left the gate open instead of closed while it is still rainy as it is unsafe to try walking with over 1 inch of mud caked to the bottom of our shoes. If my wife fell in this stuff we would probably have to leave for home to the doctor as her back has been very fragile most of her life. Also, we didn't come down here to destroy the interior of our trailer.
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GGup wrote:EOG stands for what Company? Enron Oil Group. Yes, one and the same. This is the remnants of the old Enron that screwed thousands of people and the management is some of the old company people, with the same attitude.
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The Texan wrote:GGup wrote:EOG stands for what Company? Enron Oil Group. Yes, one and the same. This is the remnants of the old Enron that screwed thousands of people and the management is some of the old company people, with the same attitude.
I have a lot of respect for The Texan as he helped us get started gate guarding last year. With respect, I would like to correct the statements made above.
EOG at one time stood for Enron Oil and Gas. in 1999, they split completely from Enron and changed their name to EOG Resources. That total split was two years before the Enron bankruptcy.
While I am sure the reported bad behavior by EOG folks in South Texas is wholly true, our experience has been different. We just concluded a 9 month assignment on an EOG gate in the Barnett Shale up north of Ft Worth. We met EOG folks from the local supervisors all the way up to Senior VP's straight out of the corporate office in Houston. Without fail, they were well mannered and courteous. A common question they asked was "Is there anything we can do for you?"
I appreciated their straight forward business attitude and would go back on one of their gates in a heartbeat.
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Yes, we are year-round gate guards. We took off mid-July thru mid Aug...went back to Tulsa and it was hotter there than it was down here! Down here you usually have a good breeze all day. We have a canopy to sit under, so we sit out early mornings for coffee and late afternoons. When we have just our rig drilling in a site, we have very little traffic unless the rig has a problem.
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I don't think all of EOG higher uppers are bad or have a bad attitude. We only had the one man. We also heard beforing leaving the EOG gate he was going to stay in the office. MY thinking on it was we would try another one of their gates and if turned out the same as the last one, i would be gone shortly. That would be good for gate guards if he went to the office and stayed, i don't know about the office people. Everytime i read on a forum where guards got catered meal, my mouth watered. So today i have bragging rights. Spud meeting today, they delivered 4 lg juicy cook right rib eyes, with mashed pot & green beans. DH, gone today but the dog and i cannot eat it all up. Guess we will have to share with him when he gets back.
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coolbikeman1 wrote:We are new to all this and after about 3 days on our first assignment, we are on our 2nd gate while they are attempting to remove a coil tubing and start the fracking process again. Been here almost a month now. This is with Murphy Oil. I guess there are several different companies that drill the well, frack it, and finish the complete process. Those of you that follow a rig, does that mean the drilling rig? Or, are there companies that you stay with to completely finish a well? We would prefer to stay in a spot for a long time versus moving after each drilling process.
Our pad is dirt or the caliche? Don't know if there is any difference. We decided we prefer the dust over the mud. Have left the gate open instead of closed while it is still rainy as it is unsafe to try walking with over 1 inch of mud caked to the bottom of our shoes. If my wife fell in this stuff we would probably have to leave for home to the doctor as her back has been very fragile most of her life. Also, we didn't come down here to destroy the interior of our trailer.
We've been told to run the gate as we see fit. We always chat with the landowner when we arrive. Point being; especially with an excuse, leaving the gate open in inclement weather is usually no big deal. Also, traditionally, following the rig means the big 'ol derrick thingy that usually has a company logo on it. For us it makes life easier as we know the people and their routines.
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coolbikeman1
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mdbass wrote:coolbikeman1 wrote:We are new to all this and after about 3 days on our first assignment, we are on our 2nd gate while they are attempting to remove a coil tubing and start the fracking process again. Been here almost a month now. This is with Murphy Oil. I guess there are several different companies that drill the well, frack it, and finish the complete process. Those of you that follow a rig, does that mean the drilling rig? Or, are there companies that you stay with to completely finish a well? We would prefer to stay in a spot for a long time versus moving after each drilling process.
Our pad is dirt or the caliche? Don't know if there is any difference. We decided we prefer the dust over the mud. Have left the gate open instead of closed while it is still rainy as it is unsafe to try walking with over 1 inch of mud caked to the bottom of our shoes. If my wife fell in this stuff we would probably have to leave for home to the doctor as her back has been very fragile most of her life. Also, we didn't come down here to destroy the interior of our trailer.
We've been told to run the gate as we see fit. We always chat with the landowner when we arrive. Point being; especially with an excuse, leaving the gate open in inclement weather is usually no big deal. Also, traditionally, following the rig means the big 'ol derrick thingy that usually has a company logo on it. For us it makes life easier as we know the people and their routines.
Thanks for the info. Have not seen any landowners yet nor livestock. We don't have a cattle crossing here so maybe that is why we haven't seen a landowner. I is drying up today, but looks like rain is in the forecast for the next few days again.
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The perfect screw up.....A project manager from MN, who has never done a job in Texas or on caliche, a truck with a part for the gas plant that is a total of 130' long and weighs in at 260,000#. Now add the rain over the past 4 or 5 days and guess what you have........72 wheels buried up to the trailer frame in wet non compacted caliche mud......You talk about a monkey and a football....![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/biggrin.gif "biggrin")
We have 700T and 350T cranes waiting to unload the vessel, if they ever find a way to get it back to them.
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The Texan wrote:The perfect screw up.....A project manager from MN, who has never done a job in Texas or on caliche, a truck with a part for the gas plant that is a total of 130' long and weighs in at 260,000#. Now add the rain over the past 4 or 5 days and guess what you have.... ....72 wheels buried up to the trailer frame in wet non compacted caliche mud......You talk about a monkey and a football....
We have 700T and 350T cranes waiting to unload the vessel, if they ever find a way to get it back to them.
Our caliche road ends at the owners gate where it connects to the county road. Right now from that gate to the state highway is a 2 mile sea of mud-supposedly the county road. The land owner told the oil company they should caliche all the way to the highway; but they decided against it. The county won't do squat. Now we have an ungodly mess-with a dozer dragging semis in. We can't get out for shopping. I don't know what we'll do if it doesn't dry out by the time we have to move the motorhome. What a mess.
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Hey Gate Guards! Are you going to "tip" your service people for Christmas?
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