The Texan
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Just finished a very good catered Thanksgiving dinner, courtesy of the company. Just one of the many perks of working in the oil patch....Happy Thanksgiving to all in the field, working this fine, beautiful Texas day.
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Just finished a very good catered Thanksgiving dinner, courtesy of the company. Just one of the many perks of working in the oil patch....Happy Thanksgiving to all in the field, working this fine, beautiful Texas day.
We also got our meal delivered to our door along with a whole pumpkin pie! Happy Thanksgiving all!
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SlickWillie
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The Texan wrote:Just finished a very good catered Thanksgiving dinner, courtesy of the company. Just one of the many perks of working in the oil patch....Happy Thanksgiving to all in the field, working this fine, beautiful Texas day.
My son is a pumper up in the East TX oil patch. He tells me the oil companies love to spend money. Heck, his company has a safety meeting once a month....always catered with the best foods....all you want to eat. He has also been invited to a Christmas party sponsored by one of the companies he services. They will provide limo service for both him and wife.
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The Texan
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SlickWillie wrote:The Texan wrote:Just finished a very good catered Thanksgiving dinner, courtesy of the company. Just one of the many perks of working in the oil patch....Happy Thanksgiving to all in the field, working this fine, beautiful Texas day.
My son is a pumper up in the East TX oil patch. He tells me the oil companies love to spend money. Heck, his company has a safety meeting once a month....always catered with the best foods....all you want to eat. He has also been invited to a Christmas party sponsored by one of the companies he services. They will provide limo service for both him and wife. Yep, all the companies want to spend their money....LOL. This time of the year, every salesman that comes through the gate, comes bearing gifts.
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GGup
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A long time ago!!! I was a Purchasing Agent for Sinclair Oil in Denver before Atlantic Richfield bought them out. Of all the employment opportunities I have had the Oil Business seemed like a BIG FRATERINTY bigger and better than any other employment. They will treat you right and help you. They use to anyway, and the ones I have met here seem to be no different.
Oh, the Spider was not a Teranchala (SP) was a news item on them and seems they were trap door spiders. Should be gone by now they said. Wife will enjoy that!!!
Foggy this morning and good Internet. I found out that an AIR CARD of AT&T can not be boosted!!! Anyone have other info on this?
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Don/Shar
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Boy what a bad time to start a diet....
Thanksgiving dinner, this morning A person from Longhorn company was going out to get breakfast and asked what we wanted. Man I am about ready to stay fat and kick this diet....so much food passing around.
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The Texan wrote:gktsuda1956 wrote:Please enlighten me: Gate Guards?? What are you guarding?? Is this like Workamping?? PM sent.
I would like to be PM also.
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GGup wrote:A long time ago!!! I was a Purchasing Agent for Sinclair Oil in Denver before Atlantic Richfield bought them out. Of all the employment opportunities I have had the Oil Business seemed like a BIG FRATERINTY bigger and better than any other employment. They will treat you right and help you. They use to anyway, and the ones I have met here seem to be no different.
Oh, the Spider was not a Teranchala (SP) was a news item on them and seems they were trap door spiders. Should be gone by now they said. Wife will enjoy that!!!
Foggy this morning and good Internet. I found out that an AIR CARD of AT&T can not be boosted!!! Anyone have other info on this?
...........I use Virgin mobil wifi , $50 a month with NO contract , and my plugin modem for my laptop has a little port where I plugin my amp , no problemO ! , jf
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coolbikeman1 wrote:Quote:blondie girl wrote: I think you probably replaced us during our move from the Keathley gate on Rd 271. We moved to Rd 252 about 8 mi away. We are now 3 mi from Hwy 72, 14 mi west of Kenedy. We have been with this Conoco rig for a year now and have moved around in a 10 mi square area out here. Our next well will be a longer move. We are going west of 37 about 15 miles. Love our rig..we know everyone and the traffic is light..hardly ever have anyone after 10 at night til 5am or so. ,
I think you are right, it was the Keathley gate we were at. It sure was busy with moving equipment out. Will have to learn a method that works for us to keep track of everyone and everything without slowing down the traffic.
Last friday Jamie told us we might get an assignment next monday(Nov.21). We said if that was the case, we might venture down to the Chorpus Christi area to have a look around on Saturday. We have not been this far south in Texas before. Well, that same day, while we were eating in Three Rivers, he calls to see if we want to go out. Since we need the experience we said yes. We are currently off Hwy 624 around 34 miles southeast of Cotulla. It was approcximately 70+ miles to get here from Whitsett. The company is Murphy Oil. Don't know how long we will be here. They are currently doing the Fracking process. Have been receiving some very good food from the caters here. Haven't seen any salesmen come to the gate yet though. They supply the diesel and water and also provide an additional generator run light for night. Don't know what dirt road we are on but the gate is NMC 688 1-H. It is only about 3 miles off of Hwy 624, but due to the road surface it takes at least 10 minutes to get back to the highway
You are on the same gate as some friends of ours-Bev and Benny. Too bad you didn't make Corpus. We went and had a blast!
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O.K. I can take the dust, the mud, the heat, the traffic, you name it. But this wind is driving me bananas! It's got to be gusting over 40 mph here. Can't hardly get in and out of the RV without the door flying out of your hands. I'm from Oklahoma so I'm used to wind. Here lately it just doesn't seem to stop. I guess I should be grateful for what we do have! BTW-we were given turducken, cake and pie for turkey day!
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