moving from CA to CO,have questions

[boosted4lyf]

Hey guys,I give up on california I have spent my 29yrs here tucked in the foothills of norcal 100 mi. North of scaramento, and I've just had enough.
I am married with a 6yr old boy,and a 4yr old girl,and we are ready for a new start, trying to survive in ca is redicoulous(spelling?)Any way questions are; I have spent the last 7 yrs in the oilfield on a smaller triple drilling rig the last 3yrs have been drilling,everything I've read or heard lately is pointing me to grand junction,was wondering how many of you are in the patch or know of any company need ing hands with experience. Or any service companied that might be looking,I have already spent 2 days googling send resumes applying etc.
And also how is the housing situation there? I have wife 2 kids and 2 american bulldogs.
Any helpful suggestions would be great thanks guys

 

[BILLYGOAT]

Check colorado springs craiglist. I just saw a few adds for oil and gas work within the last two weeks. Grand junction is heavy in oiland gas as well but a third place to consider is durango co,/farmington n.m., there is tons of natty gas down there.

 

[boosted4lyf]

Thanks billygoat, I appreciate the advise, I drill for nothing but nat.gas right now.done a few oil wells as well pretty much the same get down

 

[losikid]

Um, well not many people here in gj get on rcc, some do though. But i do know that there has been quite a few rigs going back up in the last few months, not sure on what companies though. When googleing, use the cites between gj and denver along i-70 as well, like debuqe, rifle, glenwood springs, etc. Because most of the rigs are up through there and i know a few of the main offices are located through those cites. Sorry i can't be much more help maybe someone else can help clue you in somewhere.

 

[Rubbaneck]

Hey Boosted check out these companies. I sell Industrial tools to all these guys on the western slope.

Oxbow Mining, National Oilwell, William Field Services, Gunnison Energy Corporation

Hope this helps your Family out. Natural Gas is really getting big in Western Colorado.

 

[racerx]

Northern Co. is fixing to take off as well... I have a neighbor that says some of the big guys have been buying up land north of Greeley and some are hiring already.


First thing to do when you get here is go get yourself any firearm that take hi cap mags!!

California!

 

[gdhknives]

There may be a few in the GJ area for drilling... Nabors, Hiemriliech and Payne(H&P). For other jobs check Williams, Encana, J&A Services, Marathon. You may have to start as a contract hand with some of them. As far as housing, the rental vacancy is still around 9-10% and homes are still in the 150-200,000 range for a decent one. PM me and I'll try to get you some more info.

 

[70duncan]

I live in Grand Junction and I can try to help you out.
Here is a list of Drilling contractors this could be hiring.
H&P, Paterson, Ensign,
Here some service companies we have here also:
Halliburton, Schlumberger, Weatherford, and there a lot more, I am just not familiar with all of them.

What kind of work would you like to try? Are you wanting to stay drilling or just oil field work in general?

I work for Scientific Drilling out of the Grand Jct. office so I have a quite a few contact in the oil field.

If you want to can PM and we could try to find something for you "thumbsup"

 

[boosted4lyf]

Wow..you CO guys are great!! All the advise and help is GREATLY appreciated, I will be pm'ng a few of ya.I'm just burnt out here and looking for a change not to mention the old ladies best friend lives in fountain her old man is stationed at ft carson

 

[70duncan]

Wow..you CO guys are great!! All the advise and help is GREATLY appreciated, I will be pm'ng a few of ya.I'm just burnt out here and looking for a change not to mention the old ladies best friend lives in fountain her old man is stationed at ft carson

Just remember to not bring any California with you :mrgreen:

 

[boosted4lyf]

Ill burn it all I promise, hey just curious how far is grand junction from albuquerque my ex lives there and it'd be nice to only be a few hrs from my son instead of a full days worth of driving

 

[losikid]

mapquest says 7-8 hours

 

[flapjack]

hey welcomew....co transplant born and raised in so-cal......people here are great......but yeah leave cali in cali lol

 

[boosted4lyf]

Oh I plan too, I'm ready to get out, especially with all the new go-green,hippy ass politicians that just got elected almost all drilling permits where put on hold.I've been laid since a week before thanksgiving and was just told another 3 weeks

 

[boosted4lyf]

I gotta tell ya part of me just wants to come out so I can become part of team ruffnek

 

[spyderwebbcustoms]

Oh I plan too, I'm ready to get out, especially with all the new go-green,hippy ass politicians that just got elected almost all drilling permits where put on hold.I've been laid since a week before thanksgiving and was just told another 3 weeks

hay when your ready to head let me know you can take me with ya. wink wink. ya sorry man about the job, big bumber.


Hay on a lighter note your from cal. right, when is the last time you went surfen:lmao::lmao:

 

[666]

I gotta tell ya part of me just wants to come out so I can become part of team ruffnek

I don't think they anything about being a true roughneck!!:ror:

There is plenty of work for you out here in the drilling field, be it gas, oil, or water wells.

 

[boosted4lyf]

Ok since I can't get this phone to qoute; nick, the only surfing I do is on the back of sheep lol...asshole lol


And ya patrick, the patch is changing man, gettin a bunch of fluffnecks, the days where the derricks were wood and the men were iron are gone that's for sure

 

[spyderwebbcustoms]

Ok since I can't get this phone to qoute; nick, the only surfing I do is on the back of sheep lol...asshole lol


And ya patrick, the patch is changing man, gettin a bunch of fluffnecks, the days where the derricks were wood and the men were iron are gone that's for sure

so your tellen me that your basko blood true.:lmao:



sounds like a bunch of good guys trying to help out a fella. nice to see it happening for once instead of looking the other way and not even wanting to try try to help out one another, good luck with the job hunt. hope you can find somthing

 

[flapjack]

so your tellen me that your basko blood true.:lmao:



sounds like a bunch of good guys trying to help out a fella. nice to see it happening for once instead of looking the other way and not even wanting to try try to help out one another, good luck with the job hunt. hope you can find somthing

its uncommon in cali...north or south....not so uncommon here...just watch out for the nitro dicks and the indoor fancy pants guys lol....us crawlers are a diff breed "thumbsup"