Hello from the badlands

Howdy, been watching the "bouys" since the incaption of "the deadliest jobs", and totally appreciate the job, as I work in one of the other deadliest jobs, the oilpatch. This is quite the place and nice to find, having Norge roots of course the Northwestern is my fave 'lil craft on the shows. I really git a kick outta Sig, I see myself.........push! push! push!.....TURN AND BURN!!!
(I can't believe in the last episode when they got off ship that he wasn't remindin the fellas that tomorrow they start servicing the ship, and a nice new coat of paint) :D
....where I live the cold means fun, -20celcius is still picnic weather....here is our Albertan prairie version of the Northwestern...about -25c after a night of runnin up a glacier...and back.


(can't wait for my N/W hoodies to show up too beat off the Arctic fronts :D )

[antje]

Welcome aboard.
Nice car you got and it seems like fun in opieweather.
But i don't see any opies.

[StormySue]

HI! TED! WELCOME ABOARD!
You will like it here nice people here.

[Anne]

Hey welcome aboard. You got a plow for that.

[trblcmn]

Welcome Ted!

[erin]

Great to have you here Ted. I'd love to hear more about your job.

[jim Moberg]

Welcome and have fun!

Thanks for the welcome folks,
_after poking around here for a spell I must say this is probably the most international site I think I have came across yet, very cool .
lol, no plow, it's my wifes truk.....she loves her Northwestern.
_erin, I own my own oilfield service company and I work in the south central region of Alberta as primarily a production operator for the last 10yrs, prior to that I worked in the service/construction end for 14yrs which I still do part time.
_Operating entails as it states, operating oil & gas wells and all related equipment, which includes pump jacks, natural gas compressors, pumps...etc. Also including gathering data, bookeeping, landowner relations, it's quite diverse and fun. The other aspect is almost continuously being on call, sorta like a fireman, if the phone rings I'm gone, usually in the worst weather (which gets very extreme in a frozen desert -47c sometimes happens ).
_In general we call it "makin it happen", we are the folks that get the product out of the ground process it and make everyones furnaces and such be happy and warm.
_The const/maint end of things involves building gas plants, wellsites, oil batteries. Which entails pipefitting, crane operation/supervision, vessel entries tank construction, oh the list is long, all big heavy dangerous stuff. It is not really a job for me, it's a lifestyle......the hours are long, I have worked over 480 days consecutively in 99/00.
_The danger factor is that more or less I live inside a potential bomb all day or night whilst I'm at work, my wife hates it when a few of us boys get talking about it, but thats the facts all we do is prevent it from happening.
_(I can't type worth crud so, thats a readers digest version):D

[beringseawinch]

Welcome aboard the Northwestern!!

Whenever I hear the term "badlands" I always think of the Springsteen song "Badlands"!! Loved me some Bruce back in the day!!

[erin]

"Loved" BSW???? That implies past tense, I still love me some Bruce, and something tells me you do too.

Wow, Ted your job sounds so interesting. I love to hear about careers that involve more danger than getting a paper cut. God bless your wife! My biggest worry with my husband is that his secretary may forget to send me flowers on my birthday. Of course, he was in the Air Force for 6 years so I'm happy to have fewer worries.