Paul Crabtree ⋅ Mason, OH Procter & Gamble ⋅ 38 years experience

Abraham,

First - thank you for your service.

My brother has been in the Oil drilling industry for more than 35 years and has agreed to help you if you contact him at crabtreem01@gmail.com.

He did have some perspective that I felt I should share:

The corporate/Human Resources offices of most of the drilling companies are in Texas and Louisiana. Applicants would probably need to visit these offices to be hired. Several of the drilling companies offer "new hire" training for the starting positions.

If you would, refer interested individuals to me. I'll make contacts within the major companies as a starting point. One question that each applicant would need to answer in advance as a self-assessment is whether he/she wants to work onshore or offshore. Land drilling jobs are different than offshore drilling jobs, including differences in work schedules, accommodations and actual tasks. There is a great deal of difference in pay scales, as well, with offshore jobs the much better compensated.

The industry utilizes a broad range of technical disciplines such as mechanics, hydraulic systems specialists, electricians, IT, industrial safety, and even inventory management. My son is a specialist in Safety. He is studying on his time off to get a degree in Industrial Safety. His tuition and curricula costs are being reimbursed by his employer. In the meantime, at age 26, his annual base salary is probably $80,000+. Since he is currently working overseas (out of Romania) on 28/28 on/off schedule, his overseas pay is probably $130k. He owns a house in Texas as a rental property and he and his wife own their home in Maryland. His company pays for his transportation to and from work every month. Not bad for a young man!

I hope this helps!

Paul

Jerry Welsh ⋅ Middleville, MI Master Military Transition Advisor/HPS GPO ⋅ 30 years experience

As a TAP facilitator reach out to the airman readiness centers in Minot and Grand Forks. Both have large bulletin boards for oil field work. They also have contacts w/in the centers. Not a lot of airman want to stick around.

James McBride ⋅ San Diego, CA U.S. Army National Guard, Chief Warrant Officer ⋅ 14 years served

Hi, here's an answer from a contact who owns a oil company in Oklahoma.

The Saudi's have started a oil price war to try and kill the U.S. oil shale production which threatens their future control of oil. There has been a large drop in drilling as a result by most companies in the U.S..

Based on the Saudi issue above I would expect employment on the drilling side of the oil industry to be somewhat erratic for the next one or two years???
I would probably recommend that he evaluate other job areas for a more stable career in the near term.
If he wishes to proceed with an oil career then the company to apply to is: Continental Resources - based in Okla. City

David Canady ⋅ Emmaus, PA U.S. Army, Staff Sergeant ⋅ 17 years served

There is a program I was looking at on LinkedIn last night here is the link http://www.getskillstowork.org/ I don't know if this is what you are looking for but hope it helps. You can always reach me on LinkedIn.

Dana Bobko ⋅ Jupiter, FL AT&T ⋅ 25 years experience

I have a friend that works on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. Have you considered breaking in from that angle? If that's an option, I can gather some information for you. Some folks have family commitments or physical limitations that do not allow them to be on a ship so I wanted to ask first.
Thanks,
Dana