In your position, given the choice I would deffinatly rule out service rigs. I've done some time on both drilling and service rigs and service rigging was harder by far. I cant say for all service rigs but working heavy oil on the particular rig I worked on the the work was harder, the pace was faster, the crews were rougher, the shifts were often longer, and the rotation when it existed at all was 21 days on and 3 days off. Some of the pushes and drillers treated their crews worse than most people treat their dogs. Some of the stuff they did to guys I would rather go to jail then let happen to me so untill I started getting some respect I discreatly carried a switchblade that I thankfully never had to use, and I used to be such a nice guy. We once had our water jug spill on the way to work, despite the fact that we were only 20 minuits away from a plant gas plant that had water neither the push nor the consultant would go get us any. We worked in 25 degree weather for 14 hourse that day with no water, if you did that to an animal you'd probably be charged.
Stupid thing is that if I ever went rigging again I'd probably go back to the service rigs. If you can hack it it realy does have a way of getting into your blood. The trick is to react badly enough to abuse that guys think twice about trying it again without starting a fight, a fight is probably not going to go very well for you.
Last edited by Cal; 04-19-2011 at 07:10 PM.
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