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re: U.S. Oil & Gas Jobs are Disappearing Despite Record Production
Posted on 8/1/24 at 9:00 am to ragincajun03
Posted on 8/1/24 at 9:00 am to ragincajun03
Automation is a big part if this. Where before you needed a directional crew of 4 people on each rig you will have 2 people who can cover 3-5 rigs in the field and 1 person at the remote operating center who covers 3-5 rigs.
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Posted on 8/1/24 at 9:05 am to JusTrollin
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I’ve never seen any boomer roughnecks and maybe 1 boomer driller.
Maybe bc they're Tool-pushers and OIM's by now?
Posted on 8/1/24 at 9:34 am to ragincajun03
One of the reasons O&G hasn't come back in Louisiana like the way it was is automation (in addition to other things of course). I've seen land rigs that needed a 12 man crew in 2011 to the same size rig only needing 8.
Posted on 8/1/24 at 9:49 am to Nado Jenkins83
The horseshoes no doubt improve initial economics with the capital reductions. I wonder how the wells will hold on to their decline curves when they get to rods. That’s a lot of friction and slugging to deal with.
Posted on 8/1/24 at 9:56 am to Loup
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younger folks are more productive and as the older generation (boomers) retire companies are able to accomplish more with fewer employees.
Nope, the equipment is better and their are using larger diameter drill pipe which can take more torque. The price of crude oil means drill as fast as you can even if drill pipe becomes useless after two wells.
Posted on 8/1/24 at 10:30 am to ragincajun03
That oil is being exported anyway, decent for blending, not for refining as is at all.
Posted on 8/1/24 at 10:33 am to Homesick Tiger
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Less experience would mean less productivity would it not?
Depends on the task
Some things are just busy work. Boomers are slow AF at any busy work that involved using a computer for the most part. Some 28 year old kid could out work 3 of them combined if they have their head on straight. I see it happen all the time.
Posted on 8/1/24 at 10:34 am to 225Tyga
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Workers are just changing industries. No big deal
Yep. These are the guys on the right side of history. Once ol Oakland kam wins she’s gonna make the baws trade their f250s for an ev and learn to solar or carbon capture
Posted on 8/1/24 at 10:34 am to Limitlesstigers
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One of the reasons O&G hasn't come back in Louisiana like the way it was is automation (in addition to other things of course). I've seen land rigs that needed a 12 man crew in 2011 to the same size rig only needing 8.
One of the other reasons is the Permian basin isn't in Louisiana
Posted on 8/1/24 at 10:35 am to Powerman
We are drilling deepwater GoM all day everyday
Posted on 8/1/24 at 10:35 am to ragincajun03
those outside of the industry have no idea that drilling and production are two different jobs entirely. It should be explained like construction then operation.
Posted on 8/1/24 at 10:36 am to ragincajun03
There were a TON of docked chouest boats in Fourchon last weekend. More than I’d seen before.
Posted on 8/1/24 at 10:39 am to PetroAg
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That’s a lot of friction and slugging to deal with.
Better slug control P&ID loops and pump/compressor speed control.
Posted on 8/1/24 at 10:41 am to VetteGuy
Correct. I was at NOV technology center between Conroe and Navasota and they have a drilling system that will be operated
Like a drone. Driller could be in an office in Houston. Everything is basically automated.
The rig “crew” would be almost entirely a maintenance crew for robotics and machine/equipment.
Like a drone. Driller could be in an office in Houston. Everything is basically automated.
The rig “crew” would be almost entirely a maintenance crew for robotics and machine/equipment.
Posted on 8/1/24 at 10:47 am to Limitlesstigers
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One of the reasons O&G hasn't come back in Louisiana
The biggest reason is because all of the O in O&G isn't in Louisiana.
Posted on 8/1/24 at 11:15 am to Nado Jenkins83
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We did some horseshoe wells recently.
Those are cool. Industry is always evolving, and it's fun to see.
Posted on 8/1/24 at 11:20 am to Tridentds
Nabors has an automated rig they built a few years back. Technology still has a ways to go but it is coming.
Posted on 8/1/24 at 11:20 am to PetroAg
Yeah instead of one well pads they are drilling 3 to 12 wells without a rig move.
Posted on 8/1/24 at 11:23 am to offshoretrash
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Yeah instead of one well pads they are drilling 3 to 12 wells without a rig move.
The rigs today can do even more. I was on a 32 well pad 10 years ago. They are using the same substructure design as on the rigs we were using.
This post was edited on 8/1/24 at 11:27 am
Posted on 8/1/24 at 11:27 am to Gee Grenouille
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those outside of the industry have no idea that drilling and production are two different jobs entirely. It should be explained like construction then operation.
Simple, dumbed down way I look at it:
Construction builds the pad and any needed roads to the pad.
Drilling is when the rig and its support is showing up on the pad, and then obviously, the drill bit is turning.
Completions crew shows up to run those evil fracking operations.
It this is an efficient operation and in an area like the Permian, the pipeline from the wellhead to the production facility will be hooked up, ready to go, and after initial "flowback" from the combination of initial production and the rush of the return frack water has subsided, then that completions operation, or the larger Drilling and Completions operation, is done.
Production team then takes over to monitor and handle the well production through its life cycle.
Sometimes completions then production take place after drilling, other times, the drilling team may finish their job but the well remains uncompleted for a while.
Again, just a simple way I look at it. Lots of details and various moving part, especially during the handoffs.
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