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Where to find real oil jobs?

Where can I look to find jobs working on an oil rig?

  • I've recently moved to Houston. I'm trying to pay off some debt and put away some money. I have a little experience in a lot of different areas, but nothing that will pay well. I've heard that rig hands can make $70k or more for a one year contract. Where can I find jobs to work on oil rigs? Everything that I find when I search wants you to pay to see jobs.

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    Since you're living in Houston, you've reached the Oz of the oil and gas industry in the U.S. There are many entry level well paying jobs in the industry, and they are not all confined to working on rigs. Three immediate places I can think of contacting are given below. If you're interested in working on a rig the entry level position is called a "roustabout". If these don't provide you any leads as to who to call, try searching for "oil industry services" + Houston, or "rig hands wanted" + Houston. Another source that many people seem to forget is the old-fashioned yellow pages. Bear in mind that the reason people are paid well is because the jobs are very demanding physically and emotionally. ExxonMobil Exploration and Producing Operations 800 Bell Street Houston, Texas 77002 (713) 656-3636 Texas Energy Alliance Houston Office 3701 Kirby Dr., Ste 962 Houston, TX 77098 (713) 529-6707 (713) 529-6855 Fax mailto:[email protected] www.oiltrash.com Note: that's oil trash, not oil rash

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have you tried all the big companies? i work for baker hughes and I know they make waaaaaay more than 70k. some younger 30 something guys are pulling in 160k for 6months worth of work. I think the schedule was like 4 months on 1 off, but can't say for sure. more non degreed engineers come up the ranks through field work than just taking on more MS degrees to management. If you are really interested, I work for Baker Hughes Inteq and I support our R&D mechanical acoustic department. Contact me directly and I can put your resume in our internal database.

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