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- - By Cole Welding (**) Date 01-23-2008 22:03
does anyone know if any of the rig yards on Texas and OKC are still building rigs and if they are going to keep building????
Parent - - By KSellon (****) Date 01-23-2008 22:50 Edited 01-24-2008 22:12
Oklahoma is all I know about. And all are waiting on budget and supplies (Super Tuesday I think). Unit is currently 3-5 weeks back on pay (from what some say). Mystery rigs to appear include 13 rigs to be completed in 18 months, so says a couple of locals.

R & R Pipeline in McAlester is still going. Nomac has moved its yards into one in El Reno. Yard in Stinette is looking for rig chasers. Thats all I know right now.
Parent - - By okwelder82 (***) Date 01-23-2008 23:21
Is most of the work in the rig yards structural welding? Working in the rid yards is what Im trying to get into. If anyone has any tips fpr me as far as what tools I need, anything, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks.
Parent - By downhandonly (***) Date 01-24-2008 00:45
It's a little bit of everything
Parent - - By weldgault (**) Date 01-24-2008 03:30
Gloves, Hood and good cotton clothes.  That's it.  John
Parent - - By Cole Welding (**) Date 01-24-2008 22:04
where are mystery rig and nomac at ????
Parent - By KSellon (****) Date 01-24-2008 22:13
mystery rig are something yet to be seen. Nomac Drilling. Unit and Nabors require hard hats.
Parent - - By weldgault (**) Date 01-24-2008 22:17
Corpus, but don't remember the name.  Will try to find out and let you know.  They are as big a McDermit in Morgan City, La.  John
Parent - - By Cole Welding (**) Date 01-25-2008 11:18
i have rig welding experience but no pipe line experience is it much different???
Parent - - By weldgault (**) Date 01-25-2008 11:37
Pipe is pipe and it is treated the same, if the procedures are the same.   John
Parent - By Cole Welding (**) Date 01-25-2008 20:19
ok. a friend of mine told me to find a company that will let me brake out into pipelining but i dont have any luck with that.  everyone wants expericed pipeliners
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