Some gates are not picturesque……..
That first oil field gate guard assignment is scary as hell isn’t it? You follow your supervisor out to the gate 5 miles down a rough caliche road on the backside of nowhere. The gate guard you are replacing is all packed and anxious to go; your supervisor has 2 more pads to set up yet today. It is a flurry of activity…
You are learning a new language on the fly — rat hole, hot oil truck, wireline crew, spudding in, skiddin’ over, trippin’ pipe while you watch a hopeless array of hoses and cords
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