Canadian Drilling Rig - The Worst Connection Ever

[@Hesterclh]

16 yrs overseas and I can tell you, I've seen worst connections then that. Nice clean drill floor too. Good job boys.

[@donaldaryantotambunan3338]

love to see that big guy clean up the floor.

[@rashmeful]

Being a roughneck I know how much difficult to keep rigfloor clean like that in OBM

[@rashmeful]

Appreciate them

[@robertbunnell5932]

Ours was never that clean

[@ziggystardusteu-hr931]

To me as ex kelly driller, this is ok connection. no need to break world record time, for what. same money as long is safe!

[@Paulymuscles]

Wish other drillers felt that way

[@michaelwhittman1956]

@@Paulymuscles from a guy named empty broken soul....picture perfect display of what the oil patch really is under all of the showboaing about how their guys are the meanest toughest mean tough things ever. Its just an existence where you are forced to embrace the suck.

[@Jay-jq6bl]

@@michaelwhittman1956 whoring for men

[@frozenofferings8361]

Ziggy Stardust EU-HR as long as safe? Really why can’t you be competent enough to be safe and efficient? When they stack a rig and lay off do u think the fact u haven’t been hurt will save you????? NO IT WILL NOT, if u r not efficient AND safe, if that driller has to tell u when and where your fucking tongs go then I highly doubt u guys are useful elsewhere on the rig. Sorry but it’s true and ur feelings and feeding ur family don’t matter when it comes keeping your job, it’s on you to show how much u want it.

[@behari5]

LOL! Youre right. Better be safe. But the tool pusher and the company man wont agree with the take your time part though they will nod their donkeys on the be safe part.

[@chiefkeefsbabydaddy9945]

slow and safe is smooth, smooth is fast. shaving that two seconds off might be the last thing you do.

[@doctorknockers6969]

the driller stayed surprisingly calm

[@350orangecrush7]

Fuck right

[@borissibor2638]

Only because he knows he's on video and the company is exposed.

[@andrewnisbet4336]

I’m only three hitches in and I really don’t think anyone really knows how difficult this job can be when you and your fellow roughneck are totally exhausted. I love this job and teamwork but it really does take a particular kind of person to be able to handle it. Heavy steel and super dangerous environment

[@jughound7923]

Get some sleep.

[@jime386]

Naw. Worst connection ever is when the tongs break loose and kill a floor hand. ☠

[@erniew5805]

or break out with rotary table snub line breaks and whips out all three on the floor

[@rellik1010]

I got hit by breakouts when a cable snapped, broke 2 ribs and got a concussion.

[@Jay-jq6bl]

This is partially my own fault for holding the pipe wrong while we were going back in the hole(I was new), but we had a new driller who didn't like me and he jerked the handle and I got my hand caught between the swinging pipe and the tongs. Clearly he hadn't gone up high enough either. We were coming up on our safety bonus though, so I kept my mouth shut.

[@350orangecrush7]

U seen it happen?

[@ccllvn]

@@Jay-jq6bl wow wtf

[@markmontgomery7341]

It all boils down to...I am sticking up for the hand, he gave it his best.

[@brucemorris6319]

This is funny. I worked on drilling rigs back in the 60s and 70s when you used cat heads, boom line, and throw the chain and if you worked Derricks you used a line burner.

[@froztyb]

I worked on an old kelly rig for bout a year and a half, small locally owned drilling company and I loved it. Throwing chain was what made it fun for me, especially trippin back in

[@sandtiger]

I worked on a drilling rig in South Texas in 1960. John Henry Brown was my Driller. Old school who started roughnecking when he was 14 years old. He started me throwing the chain. Never worked Derricks. Glad he started me throwing the chain. Did not have time to be scared.

[@renegonzalez6555]

Shouldn't down grade your co workers I encourage them show how you want it done in a good way not talk shit on the side line.

[@0101-s7v]

+Rene Gonzalez LOL. You are right, but it just doesn't work that way in those environments. Those guys didn't have to sit down and take Business Management, where they teach learning techniques and personality types. And can't have a bunch of softies working out there, they have to be tough or they'll get hurt… or dead. So the guys are almost always "type A" personalities (I think "A" stands for "aggressive" or "asshole" ) where the training is 45% instruction, 5% encouragement and 50% teasing, insults and other berating comments. From my experience, this environment seemed pretty mild.

[@keithy363]

Every one was awesome on their first day hey , put the fucki g camera down and show them hot shot , wanker

[@cheeseymccheese7249]

You wont learn shit out there without being yelled at. Now this cry baby generation is infiltrating the patch too. The greenhorn was doing fine, he was new and didnt know much put still put out, the big guy, i dunno what to say about him. Must be a relative of the push or something cause he wouldnt have lasted long on my rig, one hitch or less is your trial period. There are thousands in line for the next position.

[@bobcat3141]

@@keithy363 exactly should sideswipe him with pipe dope

[@DubberssMcgee]

​@@cheeseymccheese7249 Stop pretending.

[@alienhatz3265]

youtube comments by drilling guys are a whole new source of comedy...

[@itsyourunclebourbon3286]

Alien Hatz yea, and not even the least bit cancerous as the rest of youtube

[@nestorgalo8889]

Alien Hatz yeah right thats a joint every minute or so right you know i think that its always better when you break out and you call ypur wife and she sont know what your talking about

[@Adventure_fuel]

@@itsyourunclebourbon3286 ITS NOT CANCEEROUS

[@seyahfarms3470]

Ever been or done? If not no sense commenting. Different world compared to ANY JOB

[@GlazeonthewickeR]

@@seyahfarms3470 It’s a world we need to leave behind

[@michb7414]

Fella's my hat is off to you all. You do NOT get paid enough. I am a retired US Military Pilot and when I retired I flew EMS helicopters for 10 years (36 total years flying). I responded many times in Louisana to accidents at oil rigs. Been there seen that. Extremely dangerous work. Stay safe live long and save your money. God Bless these Roughnecks. Safety first

[@behari5]

Roughnecks stay in the business a long time, some eventually becoming too pusher. The main reason is mostly they blow up all the earnings in town during the days off. Then like it or not get back to fighting iron.

[@shasankv85]

Clean and great rig floor with OBM, may be great hands having a bad day that's it.

[@markmontgomery7341]

Ya know, every one has some good shit to say here. This is a good clean conversation amongst oil field folks. I call myself oil field Trash, have for 30 some years now. I dig you all and thank you for your service to supply America with fuel. In below freezing, mile and country's away from home. Hard asses all around, cold steel to talk to, and the horrible smell of diesel in all of our food and cloths. Making a connection with frozen gloves. Water trucks freezing on sight. Piss freezing before it hit the ground. Hang in there and make hole brother

[@Clickbait540]

These guys won't last a day in my fracking unit...

[@markmontgomery7341]

Come on man. Drilling and fracking is two different worlds. I am glad your hands are so superior to the rest and you had a minute of glory to say you in a fracking unit. haliburton fucks you bite. We make the hole and you take the hole.Fuck all you frackers and your million horse allison air craft bull shit.

[@markmontgomery7341]

Truth is yulleait 2. You wouldn't last a minute in the Siberian tundra or the north slope of Alaska unless you had some experience at it.Even you was a worm in your first pair of coverall at one point. Fuck you. worm.

[@Clickbait540]

Wouldn't last a minute...ma man when ur working in 120 degrees weather with a sand storm and with 36 hours of no sleep eating tuna straight out of the can and no cigarette cause there's nothing in a radius of 100 miles then Alaska and Siberia can go fuck them self cause it's the same shit....all the drilling crews do is just stand there and wait for the next connection the. Their time is off and they get to go nite nite. They dnt know about 24-36-50 hour day and yes I said 36 and 50 hour days of non stop intensive work but that's ok...looks like we r a different breed of men :D

[@Clickbait540]

Ohhh and I almost forgot...we still hv to drive those semi-trucks across towns like zombies for lack of sleep....thank god for coffee!! >:D

[@SpressoHead]

The boys were out all night spillin’ pils & tossing loonies at the peelers again, eh? 🤣😂

[@chrisshields1838]

I would imagine your first day doing this would be nerve racking

[@GlazeonthewickeR]

I’d imagine so, especially considering you’re working with a bunch of complete dipshits you’d rather not be around ever, let alone have to work with.

[@neilwalkercomedy]

your first day on the job your basically the worlds highest paid janitor and then they train you up over time lol.

[@ДезикТуркмен]

Честно сказать, да мне палец чуть не оторвало, и я забросил мечту помошника бурильшика, в операторы добычи подался!

[@Jwine95]

@@neilwalkercomedy couldn’t have said it better myself 😂

[@d2c341]

First day on the floor can be no doubt but once the adrenaline takes over you get into a good rhythm and are able to pick up a great deal. The other floor hand wants you to do well and is there to really save your ass if need be. He helps to show you the ropes and it makes his life easier as a result. My first time was a night shift and we tripped pipe all night long. The floor hand I had to fill in for did not show up for work and as a result I got a "promotion".

[@PINKFL0YD-s2h]

These guys deserve the utmost respect for the work they do. Where's the women that say they are equal to men and can do any job a man can??

[@zach8969]

Legend has it they still are trying to hit the pay zone

[@syberspy9]

We all started somewhere. The driller really should have communicated with his floodhands better, but this is how things used to be and thats why people would get hurt more often. No need to pull on that chain when your stud roughneck has his body in the way of the chain. The size difference is a pain between the two guys, otherwise the connection could be made higher, and having the stud guy much larger sucks because he has to break on the bottom side of the string. The big guy needs some more training/ mentorship hope he made it through okay because he cant even lift the slips properly, let alone stab or be aware of his body positioning. Glad I had some good mentors who took the time to teach me back then.

[@garyhoffman1517]

Where did the driller hire this crew from?????🇺🇸😂😂😂😂😂

[@gr8wunz]

My old Driller used to yell out " FUCKING WORMS" lmao hahahahaha

[@Barnekkid]

I don't know, it looked pretty safe to me. And they aren't killing themselves like it's a race or something. They look like a good bunch to work with.

[@skawtydawg38]

It was a fantastic crew to be on.

[@DrRichtoffen1]

Barnekkid lol well Canada only has 35million people so 3 wells a year could supply them with enough crude... JK my wife's actually Canadian so I can pick

[@jsmoove592]

Barnekkid its my uncle thats whos hooking this up

[@haloamerica1420]

Barnekkid the DRILLER is a WORM!! NEVER break Kelly off driller side!!! Offside cathead design for break!!! And carpet NOT a good place to be!! Roll roofing tile works better!! I've run rigs like this 46 year's still have fingers and limbs!! Men that goes past 5 years without losing a finger will make it!! I've was 17 when I started I love Derrick's,pumps and working with mud!! The Driller still needs some practice!!

[@lifebeginsat190]

@@haloamerica1420 ....could be a vertical hole with no mud motor..just doing a clean out run on a tight spot with bit and collars to run casing...then you can break drillers side...horizontal hole absolutely never break drillers side

[@unafraid7628]

I'd love to have that job... I'm sure it's a dangerous and stressful environment and the hours are long... But what an awesome and exciting career to have. Hope they appreciate what they have!

[@mikeleikam2892]

JstRelax_101 Winters in Wyoming sucked back in the late 70s!

[@andrewnisbet4336]

They’re dying fir guys in Canada. Super easy job to acquire. Pay super well. I make killer cash

[@unafraid7628]

​@ANDREW NISBET Seriously? What's the requirements for something entry-level?

[@andrewnisbet4336]

@@mikeleikam2892 it’s fucking -40 here right now up north in Canada. Rig moves suck this cold so I know exactly what you mean

[@Darklor_WCF]

​@mikeleikam2892 my dad was a chain hand on a rig in wyoming in the 70s. Got the job because the foremans son cut off 4 fingers on the floor. Mostly his own fault, but everyone blamed the driller. Everyone walked off and they hired any joe off the street

[@FranktheDachshund]

That rig is criminally clean!

[@ElementofKindness]

If that's a bad day, I think you should count yourself blessed.

[@mobydickalamo206]

this is not a competition... accidents happened in connection run in and tripping. nice job guys.

[@СергейКоробейников-ц1ц]

Довожу до вашего сведения, что в буровой бригаде Щ. А. А. при спуске КНБК на бурение на глубине 1770м невозможно было вызвать циркуляцию, запуск бурового насоса. Причина в обрыве шланга пневмолинии (заявка на шланги подаётся регулярно, но не исполняется). Далее, из-за резкого выброса сжатого воздуха под большим давлением, повредило энергоблок(ПГМ), пропало электричество. Далее при аварийном запуске ДЭС-300 взорвался аккумулятор. Предпринята последняя надежда - запуск ДЭС-100, но и тут произошёл казус, не нашли ключ от ДЭС-100. Механик Б. А. побежал за ломом, чтобы взломать входную дверь ДЭС-100, и, когда бежал обратно с ломом, запнулся об заземление, упал лицом в ведро с резьбовой многокомпонентной смазкой РУСМА-2. Лом, выскочив из рук механика, пробил кабель КРБК, питающий ЭЦН. В итоге отключилась КТПН-6/04кВ, скважины заказчика встали, и все закричали "ВСЁ ПРОПАЛО". Приехал электрик ТЛП "Покачевнефтегаз", механик Б.А. начал объяснять электрику, что произошло, но в ходе беседы началась словесная перепалка, электрик обозвал Б.А. "БОРОДАТЫМ УШЛЁПКОМ". Завязалась драка, и, поскольку механик Б.А. занимался рукопашным боем, он легко сломал нос и пальцы электрику. Далее приехала полиция, начали одевать наручники на Б.А., но сковать его не удалось, так как сотрудники полиции были жестоко избиты механиком Б.А. Со словами "ЁБАНЫЕ ПНЕВМОШЛАНГИ" Б.А. начал крушить сооружения мобильной буровой установкой АЕ-520RU, но остановить его никто не решался. Считаю, что инцидент произошёл по вине отдела снабжения, не закупающего в нужном кол-ве пневмошланги и базы производственного обслуживания.

[@buckcheep]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@mikecassels9507]

LOL CAP would have fired us all!!! 😂

[@jamielacourse7578]

judging from the comments most of you wouldnt last a day.

[@seyahfarms3470]

Head of the nail there👍

[@tbonthered1920]

Nothing tore up no LTA good job ! No reason to be hating !

[@Bizzhatesme]

As a Texan, I resemble that remark. Now hold my beer and watch this :-)

[@lknanml]

I had a friend who did this off CA. He said everything was trying to kill him at all times and it sure seemed like it.

[@behari5]

Yeah on the Rig everything is out to kill you if you dont watch it. Its up to you to stay out of harms way. Watch yourself and your buddies and youll be alright.

[@lmtada]

I don’t miss the 24+hour trips at -30c, Pulling 6000m pipe. Cold, wet, freezing. Nothing opens up. Steam, Steam, Steam.

[@mikegallegos7]

Professionals. Tough minded men. WTG you guys. Would work with your Team anytime, anywhere. Nice work.

[@jsmoove592]

no the guy hooking the shit up was doing it fucking wrong i know about the oil rigs my dad tells my storys when he was up north their

[@Adventure_fuel]

dont call them guys call them men or boy

[@dennisyoung7363]

I don't want to work with anyone who is impressed with that.

[@float_sam]

glad they are able to hire so many vertically challenged individuals in a normal setting

[@A.E.Lanman777]

slow as a snail but not the worst connection by far it almost seems like both the floor hands are green as could be.

[@ernbravo1]

correction: the worst connection is in Saudi Arabia EVERYDAY!!!

[@asdfghjgfff5646]

By wich nationality ???

[@mtl-ss1538]

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[@madsipadsi1731]

God i love topdrives....

[@frozenofferings8361]

Madsipadsi long as it’s a tesco

[@texasfossilguy]

No joke, way safer, and faster.

[@trypticon1766]

Me too🤣🤣🤣

[@archibaldtuttle8481]

I do not remember Ensign having many top drives. My favorite rigs were H&P Flex 3s and 4s

[@erniew5805]

we could make 1 1/2 minute connections all day until one of the crew bragged to someone then it was 5 minutes at least. spinning chain no kelly spinner

[@seyahfarms3470]

Yep spinning chain love that shit. And yes still have all my fingers and never hurt any one🤘

[@patrickwhite3281]

Last time I check it was the motor man's job to pull chain not the driller

[@esuohdica]

Whats that thing he pulls out at 1:55 and drops into the next tube? Whats it for?

[@travisbullock6144]

This is actually a safe and clean floor. Sure ol boy missed the stab a couple times and they looked like they were being extra cautious which in this job isnt a bad thing

[@karenharris3183]

wow all new stuff to me. so how often do they do that one thing? I am just watching as I do not do that job.

[@bobbypaluga4346]

I have no idea what the boys are doing here which would seem to put us on equal footing

[@balao7777]

this makes me miss roughnecking and not miss it at the same time. if you're gonna be bad at it, at least be bad at it in a hurry, ha!!

[@william2058]

What do those yellow things they out around the pipe and take off do?

[@abdulh2904]

Whos the driller the guy sitting down in the beginning or the the guy at the brakes outside?

[@macccerkiddd]

Can someone explain to me why this is considered bad? From watching I take it from their speed and the few (what seems to be) slip ups occurred. I noticed there's a lot of pride in the job and notice comments claiming it's best when done really fast or bullshit the more safety protocol is in place then others contradict it claiming H&S is important and speed should be at a reasonable pace.

[@johnwig285]

Exactly it is bs because some of them treat it as a competition and would sacrifice safety for bonus pay when they are alr paid well

[@randyrasmussen8031]

Going fast only benefits ur tool pusher and driller but at the same time the faster and better u do the more likely u will receive a call for the better paying job sites

[@brucemorris6319]

Im not saying nothing bad about those guys im sure they tried hard. I was in the oilpatch for 20 years. started back in the early 70s back then if a tower made a connection like that they would have all been runoff.

[@vmaxes]

Sure bud

[@neilwalkercomedy]

Probably a crew of guys who are all pretty green. When your training someone to work the floor the rest of the crew should be able to pick up slack of the new guy.

[@brysonandrews9817]

That buzzer would piss me off after a while, Errr Errr Errr

[@richardpaxman8519]

"Need to put some hair round that!!"

[@johnmatters8140]

Now wait on directional...😂😂

[@rabbbie99]

Can't believe how clean everything is on that rigfloor compared to North Africa.

[@trypticon1766]

God i love topdrives

[@kristianvelle5637]

Outdated technology. Heard about Iron roughneck?

[@6969-k6r]

I see poor training, the one recording should be held accountable for all mistakes and If any deaths

[@texasfossilguy]

There were zero deaths, except from boredom.

[@andyw3152]

What are the yellow arms things for? And why are there two holes? I know nothing about drilling? And what happens when they hit oil?

[@richardkey4289]

I he yellow things are power tongs, they clamp 2 different pipes& those winches pull the chains to turn the tongs, tightening the pipes threads big time! These guys are adding pipe to a long string of pipe, 9 m at a time

[@dogtrauma]

You can’t use chain and tongs out here in most parts of West Texas anymore. It’s against safety policies of just about every major oil company around here. Anybody else?

[@stephanlandry9406]

No spinning chain in Canada anymore. Maybe some of the smaller scaby cow boy company's still use them, but all the bigger company's phased them out.

[@oilman3575]

LMFAO!! Worms, Make it Bite!

[@BarriosGroupie]

Watched this to the end, but still none the wiser.

[@tyrellstout6607]

that was a good connection ive seen worse

[@justinpruden9002]

dam thats the longest pipe screen ive ever seen and we have to throw slips in the mousehole

[@michaelmcgregor650]

I'm guessing they put that as a rig service, in the books...

[@DavidSmith-ef4rj]

big boy almost went in the mouse hole

[@seyahfarms3470]

K Gota ask. Whats up with drawworks not letting go of the stud chain?

[@seyahfarms3470]

AND THE DUMMY SHOULD BE LOOKING AT PRESSURE GAUGE AND LISTENING TO THE DRILLER. just sayin

[@jamesmorrison9544]

Damn I miss that ! I was on 46 , 47,33 , 5 lol and loved tripping pipe !

[@dtathab2002]

Easy guys, they could have had an alarm set off in camp on their short change setting them into a whiskey induced runaway before realizing it was just a false alarm.. AmIright?

[@spyroszoumperis6440]

Hi fellas, I recently started studying oil and gas engineering and I am constantly watching videos to get the hang of it. Can someone explain what the guy is unscrewing around the minute mark? Is it some sort of valve to relieve mud pressure? Cheers.

[@shivanparwar]

i also wonder what was that it?!! someone explain it. thanks in advannce

[@c1n3man]

i think he closed pipe space in kelly to off circulation

[@pickardtrepess9693]

Spyros Zoumperis It's called a mud saver - it's a ball valve in the string, that holds the mud inside the kelly pipe, so it doesn't spill out all over the rig floor - these guys were taking great care to avoid mess & spills, and used a bucket to catch the last drops. You will see them open the valve again as the kelly descends with the new pipe added.

[@spyroszoumperis6440]

I see.I hadn't encountered that before but makes perfect sense. Thank you for the clarification!

[@bradleyfranklin3468]

Look at all those new coveralls

[@bradleyfranklin3468]

I used to wear those same Nabors color

[@brendenbarrett3466]

Holy fuck. My driller would lose his shit if we even thought about be that slow

[@markmontgomery7341]

I must say, that I am not a roughneck but a rig up hand. I drive trucks {until retired}you could walk under without ducking your head. I have pulled out more Halliburton hands from ditches and stupid predicamets than any other Oil Field Drivers in the mid west..Colo.- Mont.- N Dak.- S. Dak. Okl.- Utah...Roughnecks drill up to 3 miles deep with a simple CAT motor and Man Power. Frackers come in set connections, blast away with some awsome equipment, I must say, or send charges down the hole. Then you leave us with a mess of gell and sand and a total sess pool to wade through and haul off your tanks and food wrappers. Gotta show you lads how to chain up. Worms in my book.

[@PacoOtis]

Whoa! That would be a long day!!!

[@genogeno1234]

One of the absolute worst jobs out there, short of being in combat on the front lines. Gives me flashbacks just thinking about it...

[@patricksaintjean3365]

Geno except you get paid pretty well mate

[@genogeno1234]

Since this is a multiple choice test, what are the other choices?

[@goadsaid3335]

Yeah. I mean, You could go for a happier medium/ lesser danger job like plumber or electrician. They seem to die A LOT less frequently and still make 50k.

[@stevem8945]

Hahahahaha

[@stevem8945]

PTSD

[@sewaskiii]

Hi, can anyone comment what is going on? They're adding another length to the drill I presume. And those jaws are just tongs to screw and unscrew the parts? Where should I read about it? I have an idea how the drilling works, but I'm interested in the machinery up there on the platform/ground, but don't know what to search for.

[@tatyonajoyea6952]

Yes, that’s what is what you’re seeing is another “connection “ - a drill pipe or drill collar (used for weight as it stabilizes the drill stem) is added to the drill string - after the rig has drilled roughly 9 meters (average length of the pipe). You see the floorhands breaking the connection after the slips are put into place. The slips hold the weight of the entire drill string. The kelly cock (valve) is also closed off before the connection is broken. Sometimes drillers forget to shut off the mud pump and it sprays drilling fluid over the entire rig floor. You can see the motorhand taking the pipe screen out of the drill pipe and placing it in the single that sits in the “mousehole” before the next pipe is screwed on. Roughnecks need to lubricate the pipe and seal so that it breaks easier. That’s the black greasy substance in the pail in front of the driller, on the floor. Once the connection is made then the valve is opened up once again, and drilling can resume. All of this takes a good crew about 1 1/2 - 2 minutes in total. These guys aren’t bad at all. You can tell they are still learning. The stud roughneck didn’t help pull the slips at the very end.

[@sewaskiii]

@@tatyonajoyea6952 Thank you for your explanation and for the terms used, it is exactly what I was asking for. Quite a hard work, I must admit. Guys are all alright, I work at a granite mine and if everything run flawlesly like this, then a work day is a miracle.

[@teddygalvez8653]

first day back?

[@WQQKIE]

fuuuuuuck i miss the patch

[@dwno5670]

What can you say about that bunch. I hope they are in no rush to get the well done.Its funny to those dudes work or making it look like they are trying to make it look like it. 😊😄😁☺️😀💟

[@odustbrown1836]

That rig floor is way too fucking clean. Spend more time working on making the hook and less time Hazeling up the goddamned deck, and those connections will go a helluva lot smoother. A squeegee on the rotary and an area rug. Gimme a fucking break. On the other hand, you guys get some credit for using an actual bucket for a "mud bucket".

[@SilageCutter]

in 1985..I was roughnecking for Odeco on the Conquest a 3 legged jackup rig. we was timed @ 1; 15 on making a connection..

[@mytube4385]

how they pull out the pipes, if it breaks and fall into the hole?

[@josephm.6453]

+mandish paudel fishing tools

[@RikterZilla]

Its called "Fishing"

[@itsyourunclebourbon3286]

mandish paudel then ya done fucked up

[@richardkey4289]

They have o bring in a ' fisherman', a specialist at retrieving broken pipe

[@tracyhawley8829]

I'm wondering how this is the worst connection ever ? No missing fingers or hands and looks like no one hurt

[@BCconnersdominion]

What Ensign rig is this?

[@Verdeword]

I wonder if the drill pipe washed out?

[@allee6096]

just from reading the comments about "slow" work.. i guess Meth is rampant in the oil field..

[@rickhatesmisleadia7101]

not the worst connection Ive seen or done....lol Sometimes things just dont click and sometimes everything just drops into place. Either way, they kept the floor clean and did a good connection.

[@problemchild1453]

Daymn them boys clean af.

[@bobfish3176]

been there done that not ever doing it again. Can still count to 10

[@HeckyWaterlevel]

Hi, As some one who are new to this. Can someone explain why is this the worst connection ever? what needs to be done instead?

[@lucaslounsbury8515]

Not much really just guys with ego's and stories of "back in my day". They were slow but by the looks of how clean everything is they are building curve or slow drilling and have plenty of time to make the connection and get back to scrubbing or maintenance and they probably don't give a rats ass as to who is filming it or if its going on you tube. the big guy looked pretty green or just a klutz. Didn't make his tongs bite very good lots of slack when they broke it loose and it looked like it jarred his wrist , missed stabbing the new join in the stump and face it anyone who has worked rig floors has missed one even if its not heavyweight. All in all just picture that connection a little bit smoother and 1/3 faster and it would have pleased the elitists just not the trolls.

[@M0l2175UN3]

Not that i believe they are^, but thats how you hustle

[@phillippeters5854]

Lucas Lounsbury well put them cat 3408's sounded like they were idled back pretty good before he kicked the table out..

[@phillippeters5854]

Lucas Lounsbury and on top of that they were all probably all pissed off cuz they had to make a connection on there tower

[@Volkov556]

Agreed, there's no way these guys aren't green hands. That was a joke.

[@andrewnisbet4336]

Everyone starts somewhere man. Don’t ever forget being that green hand

[@fouadmaaoui4441]

look at 3:53 wrong ...he close and dont open

[@georgeandlek]

Wild catting in the surat basin in Oz.........90 seconds connections and we could do better!!

[@jamesvignali6074]

Watch your head baby let's go!

[@thegoatspotofficial]

What's company name

[@rauljramon]

Think the big guy was little tired... so the little dude had to step in

[@Bandit-10-4]

Yes I thought it was a pretty good change really they've only been at it for a couple of weeks is blokes I thought the amount of trip hazards that were laying around the deck would probably a little bit much nice touch with the carpet though that was not getting under their feet it at all and the best of all was too little squeegee at the end just cleaning off the top of the rotary table a nice

[@BCconnersdominion]

I love the sound of those CAT'S

[@archuka1]

Bigger guy seems to understand what needs to happen next compared to the other hands -- just say'n

[@najmoubelfar8552]

I work in this field and I want to work there in Canada. I want the email for this company to contact him

[@hommie789]

Not the worst ever that is for sure, sloppy maybe a little but they all left with the same number of fingers and toes they started the connection with. The worst connection is when someone or someone's never get to come home from the connection, those are the worst connections ever and sadly there far to many of them.

[@borissibor2638]

Have you ever seen a man die on the drill floor?

[@Jwine95]

@@borissibor2638 nah only person I personally knew died in the patch was on a frack and a sand truck crushed him

[@hommie789]

@@borissibor2638 Yes I have see a couple, one Derick men got caught in the tackle that broke his restraint and he fell to the floor, RIP Scott, and the second was not on the floor but we were transferring pipe from a truck to the staging rack when several rolled off and killed a rookie while we were on the floor. It is a tough life. Seen many more injuries from missing fingers to lost eyes.

[@lindenpilkington6364]

What’s the wage for this job. ?

[@krisclark2631]

God I hated working with invert!!

[@seyahfarms3470]

Loved it was extra money 👍 but yea I hear ya. The invert pimples 🤦

[@seyahfarms3470]

@Travis L hahaha I didn't say f all on putting anything or anyone down. I was only referring too the invert. Why don't you stfu and read before ya type ya key board warrior

[@yougyny2]

Bin there done that... Savana Drilling has newer rigs and they like it fast. Nabors was alright, they take time to train guys, can't get your shit signed without that experience nowadays. Gotta check off the list one by one in the competency checklist to move up and onward. That connection was obviously that dummy neck's first hitch and the "stud" is obviously not that experienced either. Driller looks like he should be in the push shack but that can't happen cause there's too much work and not enough experienced hands. Lots of them went down south or to Australia and so on. Those tong guards can be a real fuckin pain and they break off so fast when you actually make a connection happen in less than 30 seconds. Lots of these videos are getting guys fired . My bro got fired cause of this kinda shit. I guess if this was a commercial it wouldn't be gaining any customers. But they sure make people want to sign up cause they make all them stories of how a floor actually operates when you got a safety hand up your ass and a consultant standing in the doghouse makin sure you're makin hole like you get paid to : / .... Them good old days. I gained 30 lb of solid muscle in my first two months on them rigs. Yep, was an old dinosaur 1980 triple conventional Bronco that PD threw some PD green on and called 'er good. PD 517 baby , Them pumps screamed for days and that pop valve was heard for a mile. We had a great crew I tell ya. My push stood up for me like he was a roughneck, told the geo to fuck himself cause he thought I was using the same samples in the bags... I actually was lol. old fucker had it coming. You want to get a good work out though, get yourself on a singe. Or maybe a really busy service rig with a pump truck to rig up and out every few hours . Well, my comment is now turning into a book.. Peace ! I actually machine downhole tools for fracking now. I actually have to purposely work out these days fuck...

[@BuffShamans]

30 pounds of muscle thats not possible even body building with steroids in 2 months your like everyone on the rigs damaged goods and lie about everything

[@BuffShamans]

oh you were kidding right

[@yougyny2]

All good. Can't believe cause ya can't get past them limits you put on yourself . No biggy, you push pencil all day and read BS magazines and articles saying that it's impossible. I was 165 lb when I started. Was 195 in no less than three months. Some people just have good genes . I'm 205 now and haven't worked out in over a year. You gonna slam me for that one too ? In damn good shape . It's called conditioning . MMA fighters know all about it.

[@richardcontracting8527]

James Huber Hey James, really like your post. Im waiting to go out for PD. Was hoping to speak with your for any advice man. I like the whole aspect of working on a rig and getting a great work out at the same time. Look forward to hearing from you

[@nathantrigg5399]

Yep you Yanks get paid more down here than home. go back to the other side of the free world where you don't belong.