The Line

So, the last couple of days I have taken some pictures from inside the shop and we have been working on a rig too. We went to a drill site to set a plug in a well. The technology involved with setting a plug is pretty cool and there are explosives involved. So we set our unit up and ran the wire up on the rig. There our operators set it up so its just like hanging from a crane only using parts of the rig. the tool gets pulled up and then dropped into the hole. First we had to run a junk basket down the hole. Basically, that is a basket that gets all the debris from down hole. We need to do this to ensure that the plug sets correctly. Then a tool is used to set the plug. Once you see these tools someone can explain how they work real easily when your looking at it. That is the best part, people here are very good at teaching you and explaining stuff to you. Then they have to do some pressure testing to make sure the plug is set correctly and we rig down and head back to the shop. I have spent this hitch out on the jobs, and will be spending more time in the shop on the next hitch. There is alot of knowledge to gain from everyone here. The operators to the company man, they can all teach you something you have no clue about. Which I think is a good idea, because knowing as much about the oil field as you can is a great asset to completing you own job. Knowledge of the oil field will also help you in moving up inside the company.