I don't actually drill so to speak, I work for a directional drilling company called Directional Plus. I run tools that tell us our direction and angle and stuff so that we can steer our wells. Right now we're 2000 meters below ground and another 1000 meters horizontal, with another 400 to go.

 

I'm lost on that one

 

quite simple actually here goes:

I have a computer that goes into the ground at the very end of a drill string (somewhat close to the drill bit) it opens and closes in a sequence of binary code, relaying information. the information is sent up to surface using the pressure of the mud system (the fluid that is pumped down through the drill string and upout the hole. the opening and closing changes the pressure and is read by a device that is put into the standpipe of the rig, where the mud is flowing. it creates a positive pulse effect, which is then decoded by software on my laptop to give us actual numbers. these numbers are your inclination (anywhere from 0 degrees to 90 degrees and higher if you need to drill upwards while horizontal) and your direction which is given to you from 0-360 degrees like a compass. we can steer the drill bit at the bottom of the drill string to go in the direction that we want, which is in this case north west direction, and build up to 90 degrees, so we're actually drilling sideways about 2000 meters below the ground.

make sense? high tech and expensive, but pretty damned cool.

 

Does sound pretty interesting,now do you stay in the field or get to go home at night?

 

I just run my **** around all day fixing anything oil fired and now that the cold is creeping upon us my days just get longer[:@]

 

I stay here in a sleep shack on the location. Home is 900km away.

 

Thats what I figured and it's too bad,you got a new wife at home just waitin

 

We're your family away from home nowcan everybody say dysfunctional

 

yah but the money is insane, and its definately not forever. when i do get home though somtimes i can sit at home for a couple weeks so it works both ways.

 

I completely understand the $$ part,I work insane hours all winter and pretty much take the entire summer off and make the same as someone working yr round