tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8693614218792476252.post4724902697746518371..comments2024-03-09T08:06:26.066-08:00Comments on Looking For Detachment: Rig Sitting in GeneralSilver Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03131032620978696727noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8693614218792476252.post-16478267230638622862010-04-23T04:48:18.132-07:002010-04-23T04:48:18.132-07:00That's a neat setup - I added the link to &quo...That's a neat setup - I added the link to "Questions about Drilling."Silver Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03131032620978696727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8693614218792476252.post-50965760301011169352010-04-22T20:07:55.235-07:002010-04-22T20:07:55.235-07:00Here's a link to my back-of-the-truck logging ...Here's a link to my back-of-the-truck logging setup that I posted a year ago:<br />http://lablemminglounge.blogspot.com/2009/04/geology-action-heroes.htmlC W Mageehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09706100504739548720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8693614218792476252.post-83309730396646049752010-04-17T20:15:08.157-07:002010-04-17T20:15:08.157-07:00Quiet is good! Warmth is good! Too much warmth, fo...Quiet is good! Warmth is good! Too much warmth, for me, is less preferable to very cold with a nice heater (which we have). For field work in general, I like medium temps and quiet except for birds and breezes and maybe a coyote or two. :)Silver Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03131032620978696727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8693614218792476252.post-56744767972095059752010-04-17T14:21:29.406-07:002010-04-17T14:21:29.406-07:00All of this kind of depends on what a company want...All of this kind of depends on what a company wants, and what kind of drilling is being done. I don't usually have to "sit" an RC rig, though sometimes being outdoors while drilling is in progress and checking the rig more than once a day is needed depending on the depth of holes. And it could depend on whether one can get cell phone service or not.<br /><br />Core rigs don't really require babysitting unless the drillers are having problems of some sort and you are getting ready to get rid of them and get someone new. Environmental or similar drilling can require a full-time onsite geologist, and can require checking the samples as they come out of the hole (constant presence). I haven't done that sort of thing more than twice in my entire career.<br /><br />I've often been inside an onsite or offsite core shed or office for chip or core logging, with occasional (or no) drill checking. Because of the particular form of drilling in this instance, I'm out in the weather while they drill. A truck cab would be welcome! :)<br /><br />I've only once (one project) had to be present past the end of a 12 hour daytime shift, but rarely even then did we need to go to the rig at night - for down-hole probing/logging when a hole was completed. Usually they reached E.O.H. during the day. In fact, it's usually possible to arrange for the hole to T.D. during the day. The post-midnight probe/logging was done when I was pretty young. That particular project was way before cell phones, and radio phones would not have worked in the area (and probably still don't - central Nevada is an everything dead zone). We didn't have to be at the rig during the day all the time - in fact that would have been impossible: we had 3 core rigs and 2 conventional rotary rigs running at once, and we had me and my field assistant.<br /><br />Nowadays, most rigs run 2 12-hour shifts. Sometimes, like right now, I've seen rigs run 1 10-hour shift. I've never slept in the cab of my truck after dark - maybe I've taken a nap or two during the day, but if drilling is that slow, then it's nice to go look at some rocks (walk around, drive around).<br /><br />Sorry to be so vague. Maybe I should describe a few drilling programs from the past!<br /><br />And thanks - I cropped a better photo to cut out the context (location).Silver Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03131032620978696727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8693614218792476252.post-14802805112564623182010-04-17T10:52:29.648-07:002010-04-17T10:52:29.648-07:00BTW: nice photo of the dope pail! ;-)
--HowardBTW: nice photo of the dope pail! ;-)<br /><br />--HowardAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8693614218792476252.post-51542873972872964252010-04-17T10:47:54.714-07:002010-04-17T10:47:54.714-07:00Yikes! Am I ever glad I went into oil & gas! I...Yikes! Am I ever glad I went into oil & gas! I've been sitting rigs, too, for 28 years, but it's always been in relatively comfortable onsite accommodations. If I had to sit in my truck and do my work, I'd have lasted 0.28 years (maybe; I actually did supervise an operation from my truck, once, for half a day--that was plenty). You have my respect and sympathy. I guess these are 12-hour-a-day operations? Surely you don't sleep in the cab of your truck, too, while they drill all night?<br /><br />Cheers,<br />Howard (Calgary, Canada)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com