I LIKE CHEAP GAS AS MUCH AS EVERYONE ELSE. PROBABLY MORE BECAUSE OF THE 100 -125 MILES A DAY WE DRIVE EVERY STINKING DAY. WE HAVE TO FILL UP OUR TRUCK EVERY 3RD DAY. WHO WOULDNT LIKE TO FILL UP FOR $40 INSTEAD OF 80. HOWEVER, WE HAVE LOWER GAS PRICES BECAUSE THE PRICE PER BARREL OF OIL HAS FALLEN SO LOW. WHAT WAS UP TO $140 AT ONE TIME IS NOW CLOSE TO $40. IN THIS COUNTRY, WE HAVE SHALE OIL. IN JUST THE PAST 2 YEARS WE HAVE HAD SUCH A BOOM, OIL COMPANIES ARE BUYING EQUIPMENT, DRILLING OIL ON EVER 1/4 SECTION IN SOME AREAS. TO DO THIS EMPLOYS MANY PEOPLE AND COMPANIES. BEFORE THEY CAN DRILL, THEY HAVE TO HAVE COMPANIES COME IN AND PREPARE THE DRILLING SIGHT. THIS INVOLVES PEOPLE TO DRIVE THE BIG EQUIPMENT TO DO THAT, COMPANIES THAT PROVIDE THE ROCK, DIRT AND THEIR EQUIPMENT AND THE PEOPLE WHO DO THAT. THESE COMPANIES BECAUSE OF THE HIGH DEMAND, HAVE BOUGHT MORE EQUIPMENT AND HIRED MORE PEOPLE. IT TAKES ELECTRICITY. THERE ARE MORE ELECTRIC COMPANIES THAT HAVE BEEN , HIRED PEOPLE , BOUGHT EQUIPMENT TO MEET THIS DEMAND THEN YOUVE GOT ALL THOSE COMPANIES THAT COME TO DO ALL THOSE THINGS TO THE WELL, THE CEMENT TRUCKS, THE SAND TRUCKS, THE WATER TRUCKS WHO HAVE HIRED MORE PEOPLE AND BOUGHT MORE EQUIPMENT TO MEET THOSE DEMANDS. YOUVE GOT YOUR FRACS, THE WATER HAULERS, THE EQUIPMENT AND MEN THAT HAVE TO MEET THOSE DEMANDS. WHEN THE WELL IS ALL DONE, THIS BUNCH MOVES ON TO DRILL ANOTHER WELL, ONCE THE WELL IS DONE, YOU HAVE A PUMPER, THATS MY HUSBAND, HE GOES AROUND EVERY DAY TO CHECK THAT WELL, TO MAKE SURE THAT WELL OPERATES CORRECTLY, DOESNT GET ANY OIL ON THE GROUND, OR SALT WATER, AND ALL THE GAS IT MAKES GETS SOLD. IT TAKES ALOT OF EQUIPMENT ON THAT TANK BATTERY TO KEEP IT OPERATING EFFICENTLY AND SMOOTHLY. IT TAKES PEOPLE TO MAKE ALL THAT EQUIPMENT. IT TAKES OIL HAULERS WHO COME AND TEST THE OIL, IF ITS UP TO STANDARDS, THEY LOAD IT UP IN BIG TANKERS AND HAUL IT TO OIL COMPANIES. WE HAVE ONE RIGHT IN THIS AREA. THEY HIRE PEOPLE TO OPERATE ALL THAT EQUIPMENT IN THE REFINERIES, AND ON THE ROAD. IF ITS NOT UP TO STANDARD, THERE ARE HOT OILERS. THEY COME IN AND HEAT THAT OIL UP, OR TAKE THE BS BOTTOMS OF, THAT WOULD BE TRASH OR SALT WATER. AND THEY PUT IT IN THE WATER TANKS OR IF ITS REAL NASTY, THEY HAUL IT TO DISPOSAL SITES. IT TAKES PEOPLE TO MAINTAIN THOSE SITES AND OPERATE THOSE BIG TRUCKS. COMPANIES HAVE HIRED MORE PEOPLE AND BOUGHT MORE EQUIPMENT TO MEET THOSE DEMANDS. WHEN SOMETHING GOES WRONG WITH THE EQUIPMENT, THE WATER PUMPS, THE GAS COMPRESSORS, THE HEATER TREATERS, THERES LEAKS IN THE LINES AND OTHER STUFF HAPPENING DAILY THE ROUSTABOUTS ARE CALLED IN. THESE MEN DO ALL KINDS OF NASTY, WORK. COMPANIES HAVE HIRED MORE MEN, AND BOUGHT MORE EQUIPMENT TO MEET ALL THOSE DEMANDS. . . HOT OILERS ALSO MAKE SURE NO PARRAFIN IS BLOCKING ANY OIL LINES ACROSS THE LAND FROM THE WELL TO THE TANK BATTERY. THEY HEAT UP OIL TAKEN FROM THE BATTERY AND PUMP IT UNDER ALOT OF PRESSURE DOWN THE BACK SIDE OF THE WELL. LEASE ROADS ARE MAINTAINED. PEOPLE ARE HIRED TO MOW AND MAINTAIN THOSE TANK BATTERIES. WHEN THE PRICE OF OIL GOES TO THIS KIND OF LOW, DRILLING COMPANIES STACK THEIR RIGS IN THE YARDS. THEY CANT AFFORD TO DRILL NEW WELLS. ALL THOSE PEOPLE I HAVE TALKED ABOUT HAVE TO WORK, THEY ARE LAID OFF BECAUSE THE COMPANIES HAVE NO WORK. YOU MAY NOT BE EMPLOYED IN THE OIL FIELD INDUSTRY AND YOU MAY THINK THIS DOES NOT AFFECT ME. THE REALITY IS, IT DOES. YES YOUR GAS IS CHEAPER. ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOW JOBLESS HAVE NOW QUIT GOING TO WALMART. THEY CANT AFFORD TO EAT OUT. THEY BUY ONLY WHAT THEY CAN AFFORD WITH LIMITED INCOME. NO NEW TRUCKS. NO MOVIES. NO ANYTHING UNTIL THEY FIND A JOB. ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN STOPPING AT THE QUICK TRIPS FOR THEIR EARLY MORNING COFFEE AND BREAKFAST ARE NO LONGER COMING IN. ALL THOSE COMPANIES WHO HAVE PROVIDED PIPELINES, ALL THOSE WELDERS AND ALL THE BUSINESS THEY BROUGHT HAVE NOW GONE HOME. PEOPLE IN YOUR AREA ARE NOW JOBLESS BECAUSE THE DEMAND IS GONE, AND IT WONT BE JUST OILFIELD WORKERS, IT WILL BE THOSE OF YOU IN OTHER JOBS. THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE EMPLOYED AT THE QUICK TRIP, THE GROCERY STORE, THE WALMARTS, THE BURGER KINGS. THE CAR LOTS. PRETTY SOON, BECAUSE WE ARE NO LONGER DRILLING OIL IN THIS COUNTRY, BECAUSE ALL THE COMPANIES HAVE GONE BUST, AND WE ARE BUYING ALL OUR OIL FROM OPEC AGAIN, AND YOU ARE PAYING $5 GALLON AGAIN, CAUSE IT WILL HAPPEN, THAT IS THEIR PLAN, REMEMBER HOW IT HAPPENED. MEN AND WOMEN WHO WORK IN THE OILFIELD INDUSTRY, ARE HARD WORKERS. THE WORK IS HARD. IT HAPPENS DAILY IN THE MOST EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS. ITS OFTEN DANGEROUS WORK AND MANY HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES. GOD BLESS THIS GREAT NATION, THE USA AND THE OILFIELD NATION.
Posted on: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 00:26:28 +0000
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