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Welded Together

Permian Basin Oil and Gas Magazine

I never expected to be doing roustabout work and rentals, and now trucking, he said. Welding still accounts for about half of Shadows workload, with roustabout work at 30 percent and hydrotesting around 10 percent. Secretaries in the office and foremen/supervisors in the field are key parts of the daily structure.

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What It’s Like To Work On An Offshore Oil Rig

Drillers

Offshore oil fields represent a substantial portion of the worlds total crude oil output. The most basicand most physically demandingposition on an offshore oil rig is that of the roustabout. The job of the roustabout is the one with the heaviest lifting and most prolonged work hours, and it also pays the least.