Driver Tips - Hauling Crude Oil

A high level overview of the crude oil testing, measuring, and loading process.

[@brandonboehmer1724]

Hey boss man it’s always good to see a fellow Gemini driver showing how things work on the other end of the process. I am a Gemini petroleum driver out of Washington. Good job buddy.

[@DanielGarcia-zz9eg]

This video should be used in all crude oil haul. Pretty good educated video for anyone that's coming into the crude oil haul first time or refresh course

[@andylash9673]

Thank you for the positive comment Daniel! I appreciate the feedback.

[@clearwater3d]

Im taking notes haha, Might start this summer

[@jimrumbold6948]

Thank you for this excellent video, very educational.

[@ppgk92]

How many driving experience it is need to do it . I am a class A dry van drive but have for more than a year the tanker and hazmat endorsement but have never used it ?

[@marioaragon9713]

The crude oil company I worked for is when you get to a location you ground and chock your wheels first. And watch out for rattlesnakes.

[@Primatenate88]

I hit em snakes with a .22 for a free dinner. Just make sure you don't miss.

[@Dee-ti3hu]

How do get on with these tanker companies without the experience? I have 23 years doing van wanna try something else

[@alecsanderfuentes4264]

@@Dee-ti3humost require tanker experience

[@EZ123EZ]

​@@Primatenate88How do you cook em ? What do they taste like?

[@Primatenate88]

@@EZ123EZ Fried bird

[@alicemorton9145]

Big hugs for the Rzucek family😭 Incredible horrors little Bella& Celeste endured! Thank you for sharing this information🙏

[@davidhowell2866]

Very well done video. I have hauled crude oil with my Dad. And uncle's, and grandfather, best years of my life!

[@belovedmountain]

Totally miss this... 10 years of crude, 6 mo. Sand Hauler, last 3 yrs Acid! Crude was nice just for the fact the white pickup wasn't always there!

[@MiguelMartinez-xo9hi]

Which of the three would you recommend? I've need doing sand for 6 years but want to make a Change. Not sure though on which to pick lol

[@fluidlevels]

Great video. Glad you were able to brave the heat

[@vernondeadmond740]

I have been hauling crude oil for over ten years. After we hookup to the header we open the trailer up the start the pump to draw a vacuum on the load line then open the header valve to check the load line for leaks. I have had leaks in the load line before if you open the oil tank first you might have an oil spill if 5he load line is bad. After checking for leaks (You can hear the vacuum hissing in the load line) you open the tank slowly. Remember SAFETY FIRST.

[@preppintrucker6005]

You can hear that over Wyoming winds?

[@urfanmalik3456]

I hope Terrel got paid for his new celebrity status 😂👍 Good video Andy 👏

[@andylash9673]

Urfan Malik thank you!! I think I treated him right. T had fun, but being filmed was not his favorite hahah!! Thank you for watching and for the feedback.

[@ragegp6882]

Hes only doing it the right way cause the white pickup there

[@reymendoza4311]

True!!!

[@leehancock2782]

Lol. Doesnt everyone 😂😂

[@albertoacosta6788]

😂😂 facts

[@juangonzalez3499]

Lol true cause time is money 😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@BACONNWRAPPED]

lol i dont know anything about this job but thats funny..

[@tautau5504]

Hauling oil can earn a great living. As a company driver last year I earned 149k$ as a company driver

[@Thebull92]

Which company if I may ask I'm looking into getting into hauling oil soon

[@MrTmac493]

​@@Thebull92lots of crude companies in ND.

[@ReviewsStraightUp]

Excellent video but a few minor changes are being practiced in the field. 1. Before going up on a tank always make sure that the tank you are supposed to pull is not in production and that it's sealed (some sites don't utilize seals but that is normally announced ahead of time). 2. While API standards were mostly followed in this video, it is good practice to make sure that there is enough oil in the tank to begin with. 3. Not all thieves are structured the same - Bottom petcock should be at 12" of the tank bottom as load lines are at that level. 4. This is a MUST - Always gound and bond prior to hooking up the hose to the Getty box. Awesome video and very informative. Thanks for sharing!

[@gearjammer4779]

Rich Tyson Hey Dummy! This isn’t school. I think we all know how to do it. 🙄 Duh!

[@hv4281]

C'mon who does all that??? I like how he actually uses the little stairs to cross over the berm,this guy must be getting paid by the hour!

[@lesleb]

Exactly

[@curtisstewart9594]

I catch you walking over my firewalls your boss is going to be called. All the leases I build have a " Use stairs to cross firewalls" at the unloading locations. Your company will get a repair bill. Cost about $2200 a pop to fix it and your company will pay. Some care less, but my company does not!

[@danielmead970]

I got kicked outside of all Burlington Resources leases because I stepped on the berm. True Story!

[@zatchsmp3262]

Well he is making a video so only makes sense he’d be crossing all his T’s and dotting all his I’s dipshit

[@Constant.Circles]

@@curtisstewart9594 good thing we dont haul for your company then 😂

[@Kat4Eagles]

Thanks for this video, recently there was a murder case in Colorado where the husband used tanks similar to these to hide the bodies of his children. :( :(

[@richardspillers6282]

Whoa

[@cptpuma3458]

A lot of responsibility but hey can't argue I'm pretty sure the bills are payed stay safe nice vídeo I want to get in this job 👍🏻

[@joshawawilliams37]

Damn hood video Sir!! You made it make sense!!

[@justinthejerkoff]

Oil haulers never bother thiefing tanks. Just get samples as they're pulling 99% of the time.

[@justinthejerkoff]

@David Stevens it's not easy to include sampling ports on or in the tanks. They will plug up with paraffin and other debris and add an additional point of failure for the tank. We've been using a thief for over a hundred years because that's the best way to do it. Oil haulers are supposed to be doing it and the only reason they don't is pure laziness.

[@josephbryant2996]

I see no lies!

[@brianwelsh-dnr2011]

until it gets to the point of rejection. then they have to offload. Not fun

[@akpakp4135]

Is there a template that can be used to price haulage of crude by trucks?

[@richardherchkorn861]

Also before even climbing the tank. Double check that it is infact shut out from production. Pumpers get really lazy sometimes. Lol

[@richyg3993]

I’m a pumper and call in oil loads all the time. I never knew this is how they pulled oil.

[@CuriousEarthMan]

Great video! I've been curious just how samples were taken and other aspects of the crude pick up process! I assume all the crude tanks in the battery are connected? So sampling one, single tank gives accurate results for the battery as a whole? Or am I mistaken, and this pick up is only from one tank of the battery? Thank you!

[@andylash9673]

They are connected but you have to test each tank you’re going to load from. Usually that is only one tank at a time though.

[@ericcasarez1003]

Then you get out to Eagleford and 95% of the operating companies have a zero tolerance for climbing up on the catwalk and gauging or thieving the tanks. Our Mission Petroleum trucks had to be set up with a sample arm that comes out of our 3" load line (the iron nipple) under the frame of our truck. Essentially we are not allowed now to use a gauge line or a thief. We catch samples from truck loading and we drop our hydrometers in a graduated cylinder and tank level data is directly from an automated system. Crazy but all the new guys in the oilfields have never seen a gauge line even the water haulers don't believe me when I tell them we worked tanks from the top.

[@hectorguajardo470]

That is correct now all testing is done as it is pumped to truck and samples at 5 20 and 80 bbls

[@deckdawgv1]

Fixing to go over to hauling crude been hauling water for awhile . seems to be more steps involved with the crude side .

[@andylash9673]

Corey J yes with water you’re just worried about measurement and volume. With crude oil you’re actually make a purchase and the tests we do determine the value of the load. All the steps are very important to the process and our customer service.

[@stephenbrightstar286]

Devon has kiosk that tells you how many barrels are tank , how much water on bottom . Temp . It's all been checked out and sold before you get there . All you have to do is gravity check it . They already know what it is. There's no surprises.

[@noureddinelaroui4058]

great video , Thanks Andy. I noticed that you mentionned the grounding wire while using the doing the tank level measurement but you did not talked about the one between the truck & the tank? which very important. am i right? i am trying to use your video from some training purpose, thanks a lot.

[@dolfrobz8457]

Thank you for this great video. Quick question ... "What is the actual tank temperature?".

[@lindseyhughey5733]

Thanks for making the video. Helped clarify some thing for me.

[@andylash9673]

lindsey hughey you’re welcome. Glad it helped.

[@jayc4715]

I didnt even like gauging tanks when hauling water..this is even more work💩

[@jayc4715]

No wheel chocks,cones,vent line,drip bucket, or ground cord ??😮

[@alecsanderfuentes4264]

@@jayc4715lol where are u gauging tanks ? Must be on very old leases all the new ones have gauge screens or gauge monitor on top of the tank

[@jayc4715]

@@alecsanderfuentes4264 Odessa, Midland,Rankin,Big Lake, and Carrizo Springs

[@w.l.walkercoinc9126]

Nice video...

[@andylash9673]

W. L. Walker Co Inc thank you!

[@andyamysarizonaadventures5450]

I hualed 2 years..what's a woodback?oh yeah theres a white pickup there🤣

[@Miguel_M1208]

Yesss!! New subscriber 👌

[@kcmo1992]

Crude hauling requires Hazmat?

[@andylash9673]

Yes it does.

[@sexysherry13]

@Andy Lash ???? Tell me this, why do they call it "buying the well" ? Where did that term come from?

[@MJW59]

Once you get to the receiver do you pump the oil off yourself? Does the customer do it? Nobody seems to explain that part.

[@andylash9673]

MattW it depends on where you go. Some older stations still require you to pump it off with the truck pump just like loading. More and more locations now use pumps and meters on site to unload the truck though. These meters will test the oil to make sure that the driver tested everything correctly. If the oil is “bad” then the pump won’t unload your truck. I can’t film at the offloads we utilize so that’s why it’s not shown in my videos. I hope this helps. Thanks for watching.

[@curtisstewart9594]

You hook up and pump off yourself.

[@josecarlohernandezmachado6949]

​@andylash9673 I have to thank you for this video I'm about to start hauling oil for the first time and this video was really helpful

[@tanveer95696]

Good information

[@franguida]

Where can i buy a sampler like these?

[@erminiab1045]

There is in 2022 automatic level control oil quality wi fi internet for fast simple misuration? Tx peace

[@paydequezo]

This gives me Chris watts vibes for the tanks

[@frankieperez7008]

and he opened hatch to fast too if there's air in the tank a greater risk of explosion static electricity and did not check sock for which direction wind blowing and its to sunny day to pull oil wait for lightning to pull oil and 1 inch of rain per 30mins for the whole shift 12-14 hour shift. and loading point no strap on around ears clamps I've seen many drivers spill oil cause it came loose at loading point many mistakes there's many more can't mention them all bucket under pump

[@paulshamblin6260]

You just talked me out of wanting to haul crude oil. I hauled more than my share of refined product but that seems like a lot of extra work for not a lot of extra pay.

[@paulshamblin6260]

I'm thinking that someone else should ride around & test it before the truck gets there. Maximize the haul time for the truck.

[@powers99999]

Pumpers used to test the oil, now they put it on the drivers

[@zatchsmp3262]

Ya this is a specialty in itself and should be paid as such.

[@bdbuckseeb2280]

I was in W Tex for 2 yrs, never got on top of the catwalk wasn't even permitted

[@Kuronekaux]

I get paid a pretty penny do it, I don't mind it.

[@tgeep87]

Usually the pumper puts temps and gravity to shorten our time

[@MrHunterkill90]

Looks like a lot of work for a driver that is pay by load, all those procedures and examples experiments took a lot of time.

[@andylash9673]

It can be a lot of work, but the load pay is built around that work. Do the job right and do it efficient and it pays great!

[@curtisstewart9594]

Do it wrong and put 150 BBLs of water in the unload facility and you can loose your job. And if you wind up shutting the facility down and the pipeline company locks you out, you WILL get run off. You are writing a big clucking check to the producer. 150 BBLs is $9,000 dollars at $60 per BBL. You dern well better be doing per API.

[@danielmead970]

@@curtisstewart9594 not only can you lose your job, our entire company got banned from a lact. Because one of our drivers unloaded over 150 barrels of water into a 4 tank battery at a lact in Montana. The cut meter was between the tanks and pipe pumping out. When it set off the density alarm, he had 150 barrels offloaded and still had water in the truck!

[@nomerompanlaspelotas5812]

This looks like a piece of cake compared to all the BS I put up with flat bed.

[@juanreyes-er3kj]

Hey you all I got a question...do you need to have HM endorsement in order to haul crude oil ?

[@nickjohnston88]

Yes

[@juanreyes-er3kj]

Okay thanks for your time to respond thanks again

[@jeremykuronya4391]

Where's your ground?

[@shaonjonesm2136]

The reality of these tanks have just set in. How could he put his kids in these :(

[@godfreypoon5148]

Maybe the kids were smaller than average? I guess it would still be difficult, it's a pretty small hatch.

[@joaquinsolis7071]

😢

[@justinthejerkoff]

@@godfreypoon5148 the ol' switcheroo.

[@gearjammer4779]

Hey! You forgot to tell everyone to stick their face over the hole on top of the tank and breathe deep while opening the lid. 🥴

[@Kuronekaux]

Smells like money

[@jeffw2192]

I'd like to switch over from hauling cars to oil. I just have to find a company that will hire me with no tanker experience

[@andylash9673]

Jeffery Wilmoth that can be tough, but not impossible. It really comes down to your overall experience, your openness to different shifts and working where you’re needed. West TX is likely the best place to get on with an oil hauling company and get into the industry. You can check out some jobs here. Jobs.loves.com - put “crude” as the job title search

[@benjaminfranklin7030]

Did you ever start hauling oil?

[@jcherrax]

Start wtih gas haulung thats a good way to start then crude oil most likely would hire you

[@joaquinsolis7071]

First tip: get rid of that thief 😂

[@davidsmyth1906]

Driver should be run off lease. He failed to chock his wheels to secure the tractor, then he failed to hook up his ground cable first before hooking up his hose before opening the enviro-box valve and engaging his pump! He obviously never heard about static electricity while transferring fluids, duh? He wouldn't have a job up here in Canada, he'd be fired most likely.

[@andylash9673]

Thank you for the interest and comment, but for the sake of time on the video many parts were edited out. This is not in any way an in-depth training video. This is an overview for people outside the industry or in the office handling paperwork. All safety procedures were followed while filming this video.

[@KeeganVera]

Nobody want a job in Canada, you don't need all that bullshit. been doing it for years without any of that shit.

[@leehancock2782]

A good driver wont be on a location with a truck that needs to be chocked.

[@curtisstewart9594]

Safety Nazi! Run the Bastard Off (heavy sigh)

[@patstrzeszewski3240]

What about hauling gas?

[@villatorovillatoro4088]

How is the pay for that

[@andylash9673]

Arturo Villatoro it can vary a lot between the different fields, but generally you should be in the ~$80K+ area once you know the job and the area. Many guys easily make 6 figures but you really have to be efficient and focused.

[@wcalimese]

@@andylash9673 how is the home time for these positions?

[@andylash9673]

William Calimese it depends on the company and the business, but we typically run most drivers on a 5/2 or 6/1 schedule and we usually do 3 weeks working and then a week home. Some drivers choose to stay out longer depending on how long the trip home takes. We have drivers in WTX from Florida to Oregon and everyone where in between.

[@mrman9151]

How much Do owner operators make doing this

[@andylash9673]

The First Emperor I’m not sure since I don’t work with any own ops. We’re entirely company trucks and drivers here Gemini. Our crude drivers can average anywhere from $1500 to $2000+ depending on the market they work in and how efficient they are.

[@andrewd2003]

@@mrman9151unless you own your own truck. good luck with that. You will be lucky to make 8-10

[@Constant.Circles]

This completely differant then how it's done in west texas. Feel sorry for the drivers having to do all of this. It's best in the west I guess

[@danielmead970]

That's a Gemini truck, isn't it?

[@andylash9673]

Daniel Mead yes it it. I work for Gemini.

[@AdamAdam-zg8jl]

I wish if i can get a job working in crude oil .but i do not know how .i have hazmat and tanker endorsement plus 3 year driving experiences

[@andylash9673]

Ahmed Abdulaziz it really comes down to where you are. West TX is probably the easiest place to get into hauling crude oil because few people live there and there is a lot of work.

[@Kuronekaux]

Haul water first and get a feel for it. I was able to get in, because I hauled Nitrogen.

[@AdamAdam-zg8jl]

I did not find a company that hiring commercial driver ,tankers to haul water even though I haul hazmat flammable and corrosive acid

[@issacespinoza5498]

what is that yellow thing on the chest??

[@andylash9673]

That is an H2S Monitor. It checks for hydrogen sulfide gas which is found in many places including like sewers and oil and gas production.

[@TheMax276]

It's also called a sniffer

[@RussianSpy4146]

H2s

[@TaserTot]

It isn't a true "sniffer", even though you may have heard it called that. Just an FYI.

[@GIMFCFX]

Where can I receive such training? I want to haul crude oil.

[@gearjammer4779]

demetriusbaker No you don’t! Believe me.

[@BirdDogg]

Why do Ad's run on this when you don't have enough subs to get Ad revenue?

[@andylash9673]

No idea! I’m not really active on KZbin anymore. No time to film anymore.

[@BirdDogg]

@@andylash9673 Well, someone is making money off your work

[@danielrando3921]

To bad the fk back ground noise screwed up those whole job

[@toddavis6692]

Did you get trained API everything is done in 5 minute intervals you only take 2 samples lol and the wood back is only 5 minutes nice video but your procedures are wrong

[@andylash9673]

Tod Davis thanks for watching!

[@Michael-ud5og]

Audio.... AUDIO!

[@treniecepreston7385]

O really ?? What's up ?!?

[@GKRTANKLINESLLC.]

That’s not the way it’s done by real haulers

[@oilfieldtrucker3225]

Who the fook uses a wood back

[@coreydavis19]

Shit!

[@lorenzoluna4517]

NAAAAA, TO MUCH SHIT