I do not miss one second of this. Been out ten years, almost took my life three times. That's rig floor is where boys become men.

@crazyt1ger08

4 жыл бұрын

Jamie Brasnyo Or become crippled if not dead, so I can't be too bright when I say I miss it in some ways.

@wisemen9110

3 жыл бұрын

That hard? Shit don't look too damn hard.

@jbraz8

3 жыл бұрын

@@wisemen9110 that's only a small price of the puzzle. Add -52 degree tempature, 12hrs shifts, somtimes no break, it can be a nightmare. But yeah it's doable for sure.

@kyleallen1858

3 жыл бұрын

@@jbraz8 dude it looks hard as fuck. This fool Warren above is a clown. Y'all make bank on the oil rigs but I'd rather keep my 9-5 weekends off and with family every day then money.

@jbraz8

3 жыл бұрын

@@kyleallen1858 I don't do it anymore. I'm home with my wife and children now too! Thank the Good Lord Above! It taught me a lot, but I hope I don't ever have to go back! God Bless

Back in 78' I spent 2.5 years on the Glomar Pacific Drill Ship roughnecking. Another 5 years on land rigs Cal-Pacific roughnecking and derrickhand. Loved every minute of it

Started my career in oilfields back in 74. I don't have any regrets of working on rig floor....and luckies are guys that ended without be injured or with all fingers. In the "good old days" lot of drillers were trying to be the faster ones while tripping with poor interest of their workers safety.

Takes me back, there were a few times that I had to do the job of makeup tong, breakout tong and motorman all myself.....

I was a chain thrower and loved working in the oil field. It was important to keep your palms in and fingers out away from the chain. Still have all my fingers,

@itwantsrevenge

Жыл бұрын

What is the point of the chain? I don't understand what's happening in this video. ☹️

@zacharyhickman8382

10 ай бұрын

​@itwantsrevenge the chain is actually tightening the pipe connection, along with the tongs holding backup. "Tripping Pipe"

He can actually spin the chain. Nicely done.

I have always and will always have major respect for what these crazy bastards do everyday to earn a living.

Had a job offer in Midland. Man am I glad something closer to home popped for me. This shit is mega hectic!! God Bless these bad asses!!

2:05 money shot. you're welcome.

@MUCKFOOT⁶⁶⁶

2 жыл бұрын

fu

Much respect to these guys. I've always loved watching this kind of real work on here. I would have loved to have given this kind of work an honest try if I hadn't become a para 26 yrs when I was 18. I think I would've made a good chain thrower if anything with good technique.

@user-zq3iz3zn5m

5 ай бұрын

Why are we breaking kelly with the rotary table. Not good.

People saying they were faster, no shit! The equipment today is much heavier/stronger. Much more oil being extracted as well. You may have been faster but these guys work smarter with more efficiency.

This is a good connection. Still fresh water so it is still very shallow where ever they are . Worm hand knows how to unbite the tongs because of downhole backwards torque. Driller brings up the joint in the mouse hole perfectly to add to the string. Throwing chain ....can’t decide if it was more fun than latching elevators.

@user-zq3iz3zn5m

2 ай бұрын

BS. Did you see the backlash of that rotary table from torque build-up in the drill string from rotating out of the kelly. I am surprised that no one got hurt grabbing a slip handle while the driller picked up weight to pull the slips. Bad business. Must be an old video.

@user-zq3iz3zn5m

2 ай бұрын

Yep, 12 years old. They had pipe sinners 12 years ago. Bad business.

Maaaannn I’m glad we got newer technology now on the rigs . But don’t get it confused that technology goes down sometimes and we definitely go back to the old way of doing it and I promise you it will make a man out of you .

2:05 when he whipped that chain onto the pipe, I really got tense lol. I can just imagine someone who doesn’t know what they’re doing get their finger in the way as the chain swings around

Much respect for these workers....

Spun rod for 11 years. I still piss bentonite slurry

I never got the knack of spinning a chain, I was a make-up tong and stabber man...Perhaps I never got the knack of spinning because I was too aware that as a chainman it was only too easy to make one wrong move with slippery mud covered gloves to lose a handful of fingers!!!

Always wanted to trow chain. Never worked a rig that required it. Looks a lot more fun than using an st80.

@Allmotorzl1

5 жыл бұрын

Casey Adkins You can always learn just get a chain. I work on a pulling unit but the hands I work with who used to work on the drilling rigs thought me to throw a chain lol

The most dangerous part is the( walking off of the chain) that is where you throw it once more to remove the slack and work it off the pipe. a good driller is a must .

@kennypeshlakai2416

3 жыл бұрын

You have total control of the cathead. The table is where most sh.t goes down.

@rickyfox2535

3 жыл бұрын

@@kennypeshlakai2416 I'll tell you this , the scariest thing this I ever saw in my days was a blowout while tripping pipe on a bit change several locations away but we could see and hear it , from where we were rigged up , the entire rig , substructure , went down in a matter of hours , West Texas horrifying

Chainhand is good! Old school like we did it back in the 70s.

Dont miss this shit a bit. Left 10 years ago to run equipment at an oilsands mine. Now running a shovel, killing what I made in income and work a 7/7 schedule. That being said, this shit also filled my toolbox with work ethic, proper attitude and adaptability. If you can make it through the first 6 months, the lessons last a lifetime.

Ok my turn now. I was roughnecking in 1975. SEDCO 703. Magnus field Wildcatting. Contractor BP. I am surprised by a number of things. Breaking out with the rotary table against the tong. Then spinning out , you can see the reverse torque spinning the table back to the left, chance of a back off increased, bad practice. the drilling fluid seems to be water. makes me wonder how deep they are. As for speed of connection They are working ok not faster than their ability. It's easy to see how many injuries were caused by this method of chain spinning the connection . I managed to keep all my fingers. I suspect that the pipe spinners & iron roughnecks were introduced more for the sake of the pipe and threads than for the roughnecks. running that chain acrosss the threads time & time again led to damage , washouts & twistoffs. All the best to roughnecks everywhere. Stay a lert, the industry needs lerts.

Thank you so much for what you guys do to get us gas!!!!

I spun chain back in 99 but have not seen chains in a long time.

Great job of throwing chain.

Throwing the chains like that is a talent. Like being really good at a sport or playing an instrument, not just anybody can do it. But this is way more dangerous. Oil field workers Rock!!

Rig floor looks pretty clean tho... Good job hands

Good job boys. Love seeing the spinning chain

If you put your hand through that loop when it spins around, it'll get crushed.

Hell yeah,back in the 80's I did it.

I got decapitated twice , lost my arms and legs. Now I work as a mat in front of a store

@jessyruel3006

3 жыл бұрын

ahahahsh

@RugerBlackHawk

3 жыл бұрын

So if you fall in a pool, do they call you Bob??

@fredgervinm.p.3315

3 жыл бұрын

lol...

@Chavezoid

3 жыл бұрын

Nah, you´re just a philosopher. Your job is to think crap.

Can someone plz explain how people were losing their fingers with the chains! Like did they rip completely off or something

We had an iron roughneck makes things so much easier.

@austinstoner6270

4 жыл бұрын

Fluff neckin!!

nuts man. way to dangerous.

@magiczneshoty4034

6 жыл бұрын

yes idiots

This must take loads of energy and practice.. and looks damn dangerous. I wonder if all safety precautions are being followed here.

@sm5405

4 жыл бұрын

lol.. yes all safety procedures are being followed as directed.

Ain’t no fluff neckin here!!

Good chain hand. That's API. Thanks for the memory. R.J.

@feito10

4 жыл бұрын

What's the function of that chain?

God bless these young men for putting their lives in danger to support their families or themselves.

@moblack5883

5 жыл бұрын

Roy Jiminez only for their wives to be with Jody

@jmua8450

5 жыл бұрын

moblack lmao

@crazyt1ger08

4 жыл бұрын

@@moblack5883 Too many men lost their wives when they were out doing this shit and their wives were home with money in their purse in need of some company....

been there dont that.. and thats a small ass floor!! but its clean... well done fellas

To many chains for me

@crazyt1ger08

4 жыл бұрын

texasbmx246 I loved throwing chain but there are a hell of a lot of guys out there with a few fingers less by fucking up....

What are they doing with the chains? Looks cool, but whats the sense

hey that brings back memories .use the rotary table to break out. 4 man crew. a couple minutes to drill the kelly down a couple minutes for the connection. hurry get another joint in the mouse hole. OH YEA. ripped a glove off once with the spinning chain ,smashed a finger unlatching the tongs. most places you couldn't work like that anymore due to the safety dept.

We were doing it with the rope and it worked much better...40 years ago in Croatia.

Taking quite a while on that connection

@todd9031

3 жыл бұрын

I agree

i miss this shit right here

Some bad ass workers there.

the wifey better have a great dinner ready for these men. well earned

@naphorse8592

6 жыл бұрын

MaCs dRiVe LaCs 98% divorce for these young dudes. Lose all the money to the ex gf s

@katf7949

5 жыл бұрын

Jk bitch they're probs single

@Jonsoncota

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah a bologna sandwich and a root beer 😂😂😂

What is that thing that he takes out on one pipe and puts in the new pipe?

@candycane7665

2 жыл бұрын

I think it was an inner tube but not sure either?

We break out w the rotary when there ain't any big wigs on the floor it's faster but if the snub line was to ever break it'd be deadly!!! Just another thing to keep in back of ur mind lol

@joemiles4074

8 жыл бұрын

u fucking idiot fucking worm!!! everybody uses the table, after you break the connection---as far as snub lines, the hands are supposed to keep that shit wired tight at all times!!!! bet you have never even braided a snub line!!!!!

@phillippeters514

8 жыл бұрын

oh!1 yea braiding pick up lines for the subs and buildings out of inch and 3/8 drilling line... does any body still do that?

@hughjorgen9424

7 жыл бұрын

any relation to lou Gentry, or elbert from DJ basin??

I take my hat off to you all Professionals risking life and limb slinging chains and muscling these pipes. I wish I had the opportunity to work on a drill rig platform maybe another life time I'll get some action.

Respect...r.i.p..daddy

I don’t miss getting yelled at all the time

Hell yeah!!! Good job guys… and now i got a hernia

It looks to me like they are working short handed. There should be a motor man in there and that extra pair of hands would make it faster and safer. I've done this a thousand times back in the day and doin' it short handed is a bitch.

@richardsouthern4248

3 жыл бұрын

@Dana Carson Maybe. Doesn't change the truth that doin' it short handed is a bitch.

@frankthetank8216

3 жыл бұрын

What is it that they are doing exactly? What are those chains for?

@richardsouthern4248

3 жыл бұрын

@@frankthetank8216 Frank, I spent many an hour dancing around the rotary table of drilling rigs in the Permian Basin. I have moved on to other pursuits, but here is my explanation. I’ll use some terms without explanation just out of laziness. Maybe more than you asked for anyway. As the drill bit goes deeper, pipe must be added in lengths of approx. 30 feet each. The process is called “making a connection.” The Kelly, the pipe above the smaller yellow thing in the video is pulled up and disconnected from the pipe in the drill hole-using tongs, which are nothing more than large wrenches hooked to a capstan (cathead) that applies enough torque to the business end of the tongs to “break” the tightened bond or tighten the bond between the Kelly and the drill pipe. (Depends on exactly the task at hand whether tongs are tightening or loosening.) (That pipe in the hole is now held firmly in place by something called “slips” which are put in and pulled out manually. Otherwise, the pipe would fall into the drill hole and have to be “fished out.” Don’t ask.) Using the mechanical power of the rotary table, the drill pipe is then backed off from the Kelly. This is way faster than continually setting and resetting the tongs to do the loosening. Once free of the drill stem, the Kelly is manually swung over to a joint (30 feet) of drill pipe seen resting in the mouse hole and set into the box end of the joint in the mouse hole. The Kelly may be full of water or drilling mud compound and thus is allowed to drain before being moved over and set into the joint. (This is a courtesy to the crew.) Once the two are set in place but not yet tightened, a pair of tongs (wrench) called the back ups are moved up onto the bottom of the Kelly. There is a chain coiled around the joint of pipe which is picked up by a crewman. At that point, the driller pulls a lever that causes the chain to be coiled onto a cylinder (Off camera) and that action causes the pipe joint to spin clockwise and tighten onto the Kelly. When it is tight enough to cause the chain to spin to no effect, the back up tongs will start to tighten at which point another set of tongs is added below the pipe join and the two tongs acting as tightener and back up secure the connection between Kelly and joint.(Imagine a plumber using two pipe wrenches: One to tighten and the other to back up and keep the other piece of pipe from turning.) The tongs bights (Grip) are broken by unlocking the tongs, the Kelly and joint are pulled out of the mouse hole. During this process, the back up tongs are locked onto the pipe stem in the drill hole and the chain is spiraled around the pipe’s box end which conceals threads in readiness for the next step. The Kelly and joint are swung over the drill pipe, the pin end of the joint is stabbed into the box end of the drill string, the chain is “thrown” from the box end of the drill stem to the pin end of the joint, the cat head tightens the chain and “spins” up the threads as far as possible. The backup tong is raised, the lead tong goes under and force is applied to the two “wrenches” until the driller is satisfied that the connection is good. The tongs are broken. The Kelly and drill stem are pulled up far enough for the slips to be removed and the joint is run into the hole, the Kelly is seated in the hole on the rotary table and drilling commences. A new joint is added to the mouse hole in anticipation of the next connection and the crew goes about with other chores. Hope this helps explain the video. It will probably elicit a few comments from hands who may differ in what I have to say. That’s alright bcz things have changed in the oil patch and my experiences ended in the winter of 1966.

@kyleallen1858

3 жыл бұрын

@@richardsouthern4248 wow very interesting. Probably takes a ton of failing and training to be good at this. Great explanation! Tough job. They make hella good money tho

@fredgervinm.p.3315

3 жыл бұрын

@@richardsouthern4248 Thank you for the explanation. Those fellas got to be on their toes, no place for slackard...

My beloved son was working very hard. A very dangerous job!

Honest day's work.

I never want to hear anyone ever say that their job is soooo hard to do unless they are one of these guys working on a rig

@tnddiving6166

Жыл бұрын

23 years working in the oilfield. 10 years on a rig went from worm hand to drilling consultant. Worked in Oklahoma all the way to Ukraine. Did fracking for 2 years did pipelines for 1 built locations for 10 years. Now working at the county barn due to my back. L1,L2,L3,L4,S1,degenerative disc disease and 2 bone spurs. It’s definitely a hard life. But really rewarding.

@lyingcat9022

Жыл бұрын

There are other too :) And I do get your point. But go watch some GoPro videos of the Boys fighting in the trenches in Ukrainian. Hard fighting the like we haven’t seen since WW2. I think their jobs today take the cake, makes Roughnecking look soft and safe by comparison.

@anthonymuzyczek

Жыл бұрын

@@lyingcat9022 fuck Ukraine. Make America Great Again!

back in the day late 70' thru late 80's that's the way it was done . this was a bad connection. grant that but it does not discount the danger on the floor of a rig. but that was also the allure for a lot of guys who ended up injured because you need to have common sense along with strength . just a thought.

@jonathanwarrenberg9260

6 жыл бұрын

floatpool. Yup, the best of times, the worst of times. Offshore in the North Sea UK waters, finished up on the Piper Alpha in late1980's what a shit hole, largest single producer in N Sea at the time and they could not even provide separate accommodation which had dire consequences later. I got busted off the rig floor back to roustabout after larking around when the Pusher was spying on us, driller was an A hole as well. Left not long after that, best thing ever did as many of my workmates never left after the platform blew up, worked with some really great guys, felt sick like having a town you lived in wiped off the map. Hammer of Oxydental claimed no one died on that platform before, well I know of three, but that is the oil business for ya. RIP the 167.

dont care what they all say hell ofa buncha hands there never got time on drillin rigs just pullin units but started out no tongs wrenched everything fora boss who did the same fora million years alot of the greenys here talkin crap never hada real day in the patch im still glad i got ta see the old side of how they did things and by the way watch the symphony goin on here every guy knows his spot not to many rigs ive seen know that feelin never see one guy look over his shoulder

It's bad when you gotta throw the chain on a rat hole connection.got something against a Kelly spinner?

@lynncuch903

4 жыл бұрын

It’s called a mouse hole connection

Good job hand.

Fast or slow, it's men like these every woman wld want to love 😍

the guy is the chain man, the other guy is working bak-up tongs in worm corner.

Lil slow nicely done girls

Wow it's like the industry made drilling as dangerous as they possibly could. What a nightmare of a job.

Haha yea we try to get away with what we can to keep up our trip time.

@matthewcarroll6275

6 жыл бұрын

Nick Trujillo what rig was this. It looks like a cyclone rig.

No feminists asking for equal pay in drilling jobs? Oh they are at HR, Admin and finance jobs

@chukwow5738

3 жыл бұрын

No female will do drilling or mining unless it’s automised 😎

@dirtyvinyl8817

Жыл бұрын

@@chukwow5738 i don’t know she’s doing pretty good. watch?v=pybhT3G0OxQ Finish the link. KZread will delete my comment if I do it.

@caitlankelly4367

Жыл бұрын

Yes sir, I wouldn’t want to watch women doing this job, kinda like basketball.

@274pacific

Жыл бұрын

No she’s probably filming a “day in the life” video for TikTok.

@IWantMyBearSuit

Жыл бұрын

You need to hire women before they can ask for equal pay 😂

Rotary breaking... Really? Don't like your lower body ? Didn't think this was shot in 1982

Looks dangerous lol

thay was a crap connection. i nearly died of old age watching how long it took

them worms be slow

Chain should never stop, little slack right before tight,

What a deadly ballet

When did he through it all I saw was alot of moving

@gulfcoastmarc6388

4 жыл бұрын

2:10

this is how load it is

This all looks like insanely tough job. Can get crippled or killed easily. damn... At 1:03 he pulls out sth. from the drill pipe and passes it to his colleague. What is it?

Savage mode!!!

Here's your living wage, ladies.

@kyleallen1858

3 жыл бұрын

What these dudes make $110-150k a year?

Neighbors husband lost his head in Midland Tx from a broke chain ..... this is dangerous work boys. Good pay but better get good fast

got damn. got damn.

Wow!!

You guys work like worms

Definitely not for the faint at heart, they make it look easy but there's nothing easy about it.

Chain spinning, steel chucking roughnecks.

Damn that.

This is so dangerous you grow an extra set of balls by the end of the first day.

@SuperKaylaDee

3 жыл бұрын

I’m a woman and grew a pair just watching this 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Thats an embarrassing connection time.

badassess

It is tough work done it on a triple scope... Stuck in no mans land...

Tongs look safer than that way

Incredible "real men" 😱 bet they aren't sitting around after work sipping tea and eating cookies 😂 Give those men a beer 😂 probably a case of beer each 😁😘

Red hot chain trippin ... ??

Yup back in ma day we'll be hollar'in, hey connect the WiFi to the computer so I can hack people c.c. those were the good ol days until uncle Sam started handing out prison terms, Amurica

lost my arm like this.

@luvinthejazz

8 жыл бұрын

+sanantohomie how did you lose your arm?

@owenknox2091

8 жыл бұрын

+luvinthe jazz like this

@RomanJCase

8 жыл бұрын

+Owen Knox ha ha. oh snap

@Dreez76

8 жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear that. Imo the oilcompanies should stand for any medical procedures needed to help in injured workers and their rehabilitation. I wouldn't work in such a hazardous enviroment unless i had written on paper that the company i worked for would pay any hospitlebills incase of accident, or a healthy retirementcheck if i sustained permanent damages which led to some form of handicap.

@tokahontas9990

7 жыл бұрын

+Dreez76 well I think they make like $500 a day or something so I don't think they worry to much about bills

There is a other language being spoken here... can someone explain what is going on. I have no idea...

@JoelPerez-yr3pf

7 жыл бұрын

they are making a connection on the drill string. they used chains back then to screw together drilling pipe. today we use tongs a rotary machine that we control to screw together pipe. too many people were losing fingers with chains.

wow no wounder they get tired

Can someone please explain a quick process of what they are doing?

@trillrifaxegrindor4411

7 жыл бұрын

you can only drill so deep until you need to add more pipe so you can drill deeper, they are adding sections of pipe so they can find a deeper pocket of oil(hopefully) you keep adding more sections until you hit the mother load or start a new hole.

@Jhy1td

6 жыл бұрын

big daddio man you gotta have some loyalty to this job. Your not even guaranteed to find said pocket of oil.

@Towlieee

6 жыл бұрын

The workers get paid no matter what, it's the big wigs who make millions (billions) that are making the money, and they win some and they lose some, which is why they pay people to work way faster than they should and use less than safe practices just to get that extra nickle!

@BigT.Larrity

6 жыл бұрын

Towlieee Well said.

Seems like a lot of bother just so I can drive to work in the morning in spite of those dreadful excessive profits.

Well that’s easy AF

this is just a training exercise