Cyclone Drilling

Got on with cyclone the other day

Week on/week off

$28/hr...but @ 87.5 hrs/wk, 47.5 hours is at $42/hr ...weekly gross is $3,115....prob take home 25-26

free housing

i'm workin through days off on another rig

You want a cookie?

Unless they are issuing you separate checks one for OT and one for reg 40 hrs you aint taken home that much maybe 21- 2200 if you are claiming like 6 dependents. good luck though.

you fools love to hate, don't you?

no you're wrong...try 24-2500/wk take home

Lol Iv worked darricks for cyclone for 2 years, that hair folical is a bitch huh, you still working after the layoff now ?

I hear it's tough to get and keep a job in the oil fields right now. Is that changing?

Haha if you have no experience I wouldn't hold your breath right now, companies are sloooooowwwwlllyyy starting to hiar every1 they layed off down south, north dakota is still tanking. My superintendents from cyclone are guessing it might be this time next year it starts picking back up.... thats why im taking my happy ass overseas they are hiaring as we speak. But one thing bout the oilfield is you have to know someone and you better have experience.

I don't want a job on a rig; I'm too old for that shit. Respect to those who do it.

I was asking because increased activity in the oilfield means increasing demand, which means economic recovery.

No news is definitely not good news in this case.

Its still slow brother, but slowly creeping back up

I was waiting on a job in a molybdenum mine where I'm at now, with one of the largest mining companies on earth (top 5)...but they're taking forever to get back to me so I accepted a job in a gold mine yesterday (drove to the office to do paperwork and stopped by a clinic or a UA today)


Won't make as much at the gold mine but it starts Monday and should be interesting anyway...was told they might review/bump me up after a few weeks. I gotta find housing though and that's always a b*tch

ttystikk said:

I don't want a job on a rig; I'm too old for that shit. Respect to those who do it.

I was asking because increased activity in the oilfield means increasing demand, which means economic recovery.

No news is definitely not good news in this case.

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Both gold and oil are a bit of a wildcard as geopolitical events could affect the prices of both, gold more so than oil. In contrast, a geopolitical event is not going to cause equities to go up. The oil price does not appear to be getting much traction, and considering the situation in China, that is not a surprise. Unlike the USA, a lot of oil producing countries really have no choice but to keep pumping no matter what the price is as they are essentially one-crop economies.

I'd like to see gold pop into the 1200s...but it could be in for a decline after that as there are plenty of gold-oriented investors piled into it. That gold may need to be converted into cash to pay off other bad investments...and debts. OTOH, a bonafide derivatives crisis could drive it up to unthinkable levels overnight. It is nothing to go short of, that is for certain.

Thanks for your thoughts


I'm really not thinking too deeply about working in the mine. I just think it'll be an interesting stint and have no sights set on a timeline, I just take the best job available where I am (and this is a place I enjoy. I also would like to get into the craftsmanship side of gold/rocks and make jewelry (for personal use mostly, but possibly to sell)

My biggest hesitation with this job was finding housing, which until yesterday I was fretting about. The boss left a message yesterday saying "we had another guy ditch out on us and I need you up here, whatever it takes...I'll put you in a hotel too man"


So far between each interaction with the boss I've felt very appreciated, already...makes me want to dive into this learning experience and work hard as I'm getting those good vibes of loyalty already. He asked via voicemail today if I could start tomorrow but given that they're not working this weekend I said I've got some chores to handle beforehand but I texted him saying "I'm fully committed, be there Sunday to work Monday"

mr lovah said:

you fools love to hate, don't you?

no you're wrong...try 24-2500/wk take home

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Lies, post your check stub.

fuck off you jealous broke loser


oilfield bud just posted a pic of HIS check and it just got deleted. you think nobody saw that?


i don't have shit to prove to your jealous ass

I pooled that down bc I felt like it was bragging, haha alot of ppl talk shut bout oilfield hands, lol but there is definitely a reason most our jacked up trucks and nice rides say " oilfield trash making that oilfield cash" the majority of us are balling out and spoiled to the money, but, it definitely separates the men from the boys. Not many can hang

we had an underground coal miner come work on the rig. he lasted 2 whole days before quitting unannounced



you wanna roll with the boys and make over 2k/week? then trip 20,000 feet of wet pipe & BHA during January when it's -45 (NOT including wind) and each connection broken soaks you in oil-based drill fluids



Doesn't sound like you sunshine? then keep your fucking desk job and let the others do what you wouldn't/couldn't do to keep the world running

I was a rig mover, fuck that noise! Now I sleep late errday and grow the pots

mr lovah said:

fuck off you jealous broke loser


oilfield bud just posted a pic of HIS check and it just got deleted. you think nobody saw that?


i don't have shit to prove to your jealous ass

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I said post one of yours. If it were true you would have posted it. LIE CONFIRMED.

mr lovah said:

I was waiting on a job in a molybdenum mine where I'm at now, with one of the largest mining companies on earth (top 5)...but they're taking forever to get back to me so I accepted a job in a gold mine yesterday (drove to the office to do paperwork and stopped by a clinic or a UA today)


Won't make as much at the gold mine but it starts Monday and should be interesting anyway...was told they might review/bump me up after a few weeks. I gotta find housing though and that's always a b*tch

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Where was the moly mine? I thought there was only one in the US and it was shut down...

mr lovah said:

we had an underground coal miner come work on the rig. he lasted 2 whole days before quitting unannounced



you wanna roll with the boys and make over 2k/week? then trip 20,000 feet of wet pipe & BHA during January when it's -45 (NOT including wind) and each connection broken soaks you in oil-based drill fluids



Doesn't sound like you sunshine? then keep your fucking desk job and let the others do what you wouldn't/couldn't do to keep the world running

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I wouldn't do it for twice that much pay. Mostly because I know I couldn't hang with the work. Respect to those who do!