Mertin
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Registered: 12th Oct 05
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Anyone on here work in this area within the oil industry?
Looking for a bit of nformation as the rig manager of the rig im currently working on as a trainee mechanical technician has asked if id consider moving over to the well services side of things and is putting my name forward for a well services trainee position
I know it involves wireline, working on wellheads / xmas trees etc
Would mean working on different rigs under exxonmobil and working down in Angola aswell
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Ellis
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Registered: 11th Sep 07
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Hmmm I'll speak to my mate at Halliburton, he's a wireline tech - see what I can find out for you.
Work your way up as a Mechanical tech and you might one day be an OIM 
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Seany
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slightly off topic but I work on xmas trees 
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Colin
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Originally posted by Seany
slightly off topic but I work on xmas trees
FMC?
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Colin
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Wouldnt fancy it myself where we are but then we've got pretty much everything outsourced in that sort of dept. I like to be in a routine not shoved from one place to the next at short notice like some of the guys seem to be.
Does exxonmobil retain a fair bit of core crew then? Shell only has Op's staff, everything else is contracted out. Seawell does all the well/wireline stuff where I am.
I'll be moving on from Tiffying onto Ops Tech roll in another 18 months.
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Ellis
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Never knew you were a tiffy Colin
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Colin
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Yep im one of those guys that are always shutting the platform down!! 
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Ellis
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I can't speak, I fix the cranes from the office!
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Seany
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Originally posted by Colin
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Originally posted by Seany
slightly off topic but I work on xmas trees
FMC?
yeah bud, I do the insulation on them,
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Muzzy@VauxhallScotland
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Registered: 12th Nov 08
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I used to fix winches, most of them looked like they sat in the North Sea the whole time they were out on hire.
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Colin
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Originally posted by Seany
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Originally posted by Colin
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Originally posted by Seany
slightly off topic but I work on xmas trees
FMC?
yeah bud, I do the insulation on them,
Ive had a tour round there a few months ago, nice place.............got a day looking at what they produce & then a free lunch.
FMC done the initial Subsea Xmas tree's for the platform I work on & then the later south satellite wells.
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K3 VMU
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i am quite surprised Mertin that byou are getting offered this as its usually wireline techs that get it, cause they work there way up through the grades,to become well services??
wirelines for spanners anyway-SUBSEA IS WHERE ITS AT
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stuartmitchell
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quote:
Originally posted by Colin
Wouldnt fancy it myself where we are but then we've got pretty much everything outsourced in that sort of dept. I like to be in a routine not shoved from one place to the next at short notice like some of the guys seem to be.
Does exxonmobil retain a fair bit of core crew then? Shell only has Op's staff, everything else is contracted out. Seawell does all the well/wireline stuff where I am.
I'll be moving on from Tiffying onto Ops Tech roll in another 18 months.
I do the crewing for the Helix Seawell!!!! 
Well Services seems like a really interesting thing to get into! Using the ROV's etc!! I understand the £££ is pretty good too!!
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baza31
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How do i get into doin this? basically am an electrical technician also have refridgeration and air con . I know its totally different but whats best way to get in? is it like doing an apprentership all over again?
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Colin
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Im not sure what the coin is like tbh. Probably be substantial though, a bloody scaff gets paid £50k a year ffs!!
I just prefer the idea of a secure rotation. Wireline/well services/drilling are knocked about a bit & are often on standby!!
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Colin
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quote:
Originally posted by baza31
How do i get into doin this? basically am an electrical technician also have refridgeration and air con . I know its totally different but whats best way to get in? is it like doing an apprentership all over again?
Apply to some companies, maybe do your BOSIET course.
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