Drilling activity in the west?

[bucksnbirds]

Wife has been hinting at moving out west from Western oklahoma. She works remote as a book keeper, I'm in oil and gas (derrickhand/driller on compound triples). How feasible is it to stay in my current line of work in the Lander, Wy area? I know there's a decent amount of drilling in SW wyoming, just not sure how steady most outfits are staying.

The Greeley area is also on her radar, but I would rather not be anywhere along the front range.

 

[justinspicher]

Greeley smells funny.

 

[Fetty Wapiti]

Lander is full of dirty hippies and liberals.

 

[bucksnbirds]

Greeley smells funny.

I guided waterfowl hunts out there for a few seasons. Not the biggest fan of anything about the area.

 

[bucksnbirds]

Lander is full of dirty hippies and liberals.

Yeah, I'm sure it'd be a pretty big culture shock coming from red oklahoma.

 

[LongWayAround]

I guided waterfowl hunts out there for a few seasons. Not the biggest fan of anything about the area.

Greeley isn't my favorite place in the world either, but I believe there has been an uptick in oilfield activity lately in Weld county.

 

[roadrunner]

Like anything in the patch, up and down. But you already know that.

Are you currently home on a daily basis or do you stay on location during your hitch?

 

[Wagondriver]

Colorado is communist. They are trying to destroy everything related to mining, drilling, logging, etc... Not to mention gun rights, oh yeah, and wolves and CWD.

 

[307]

Tax burden on oil companies is lower in Colorado than Wyoming so despite the political resistance, it’s seen as a cheaper place operate.

 

[11boo]

Tax burden on oil companies is lower in Colorado than Wyoming so despite the political resistance, it’s seen as a cheaper place operate.

Wat. Colorado ran them off .

The Piceance is pretty slow now OP.

 

[Mighty Mouse]

FWIW the Baker Hughes report is currently showing 15 rigs in Wyoming, mostly in Converse and Campbell counties.

 

[307]

Wat. Colorado ran them off .

The Piceance is pretty slow now OP.

Maybe more words would be helpful.

 

[bucksnbirds]

Like anything in the patch, up and down. But you already know that.

Are you currently home on a daily basis or do you stay on location during your hitch?

We are drilling 20 minutes from my house, so I'm home daily for the past 5 years drilling for the same operator. Every once in a while they will take a little break and we will go do a well or two for another company, maybe once a year. All in, I'm home daily. Maybe 2-3 hitches a year staying in the bunk house.

 

[Hnthrdr]

Greeley smells funny.

Greeley smells like money