Daily Archives: October 10, 2014
Twenty Questions . . .
We were busy today, but not quite yesterday busy. We only had 166 vs. yesterday’s 199 vehicles coming in, so not too bad. But of course a good percentage go back out too, so it does keep you on your feet a lot.
After getting a lot of confusing info from everyone about what’s what on all our pad sites, I took some time this afternoon to drive around back there to see for myself.
For some reason they keeping adding names to sites, and changing names too. I found we have 6 different pad sites with 10 different names, apparently depending on who’s working the site at that time. Seems like sometimes they just make up their own names for a site, but forget to tell us.
The rig across from us has had 4 different names since we’ve been here. The rig name/number has stayed the same, but the pad name keeps changing. I think this is because each new drill hole has a different name, but this wasn’t the way they did it the last time we worked a drill rig. Before it was always the pad name plus 1H, 2H, etc., i.e. Mercury #1H, or Mercury #3H.
I came back out and drew up a map to help Jan and I keep things straight, as a lot of these trucks come with very vague directions to where they’re supposed to go. And with some, it’s kind of a game of Twenty Questions, apparently to see if I can guess where they need to go.
So after getting their name, company, and tag number, it goes like this.
Me: “OK, Bobby, where you going this morning?”
Bobby: “Ahhhhhh, let’s see.” Now he starts pawing through his papers like it’s just occurred to him that he needs to know this.
Bobby: “Ahhh, Mid-Texas?” Note the question mark.
Me: “Nope, try again.”
After 10 or 15 seconds of noisy paper pawing, I finally suggest, “How about MD TEXAS?”
Bobby: “Yeah, that’s it.”
OK, we’ve narrowed it down to one of 6 pads
Me: “OK, Bobby, you got anything else for me?”
Bobby: “Ahhhhh, Still-Water?”
Me: “OK, we’ve got it down to 4 sites now. What else ya got?”
More loud paper fumbling,
Bobby: “They’re fracking?”
OK, now we’re down to 2 sites.
Me: You got a company name?”
Bobby: “Go Frac?”
Bingo. We have a winner.
And if he’d just pulled in and said, “I got sand for Go Frac.” he’d have been on his way 5 minutes ago.
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I’m sure most of you have heard of Amazon Prime, with free Two Day Shipping. And of course, for a little bit more, you can get it tomorrow.
And in some areas they’re even doing Same Day Delivery. But now they’ve take the next step.
Amazon: Yesterday Shipping
Believe me, I can’t wait. There’s been some times I could have really used this.
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Thought for the Day:
I consider it completely unimportant who in the party will vote, or how; but what is extraordinarily important is this—who will count the votes, and how. – Josef Stalin, 1923
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