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A roughneck is a person whose occupation is hard manual labor. The term applies across a number of industries, but is most commonly associated with the workers on a drilling rig . The ideal of the hard-working, tough roughneck has been adopted by several sports teams who use the phrase as part of their name or logo.
Roustabout is an official classification of natural gas and oil rig personnel. Roustabouts working in oil fields typically perform various jobs requiring little training. Drillers start off as roustabouts until they gain enough hands-on experience to move up to a roughneck or floorhand position, then to driller and rig supervisor. [1]
Roughneck: an honor reserved for the top tier members of a drilling crew. Sidetrack: A planned deviation from a previously drilled section of the wellbore. (Sidetrack cement plug, whipstock, open hole sidetrack)
A tool pusher (sometimes toolpusher, pusher, or The Push) is an occupation within the oil drilling industry.. On a land drilling rig the tool pusher may be rig manager and responsible for all operations, but on drillships and offshore oil rigs, tool pushers are department heads in charge of the drilling department and reporting to the Master or Offshore Installation Manager depending on the ...
It's flu season right now, and the U.S. is in the midst of a wave that's straining hospitals.But not all influenza is the same. There are some notable differences between flu A and flu B strains.
President Donald Trump's escalating pressure on the private sector to ditch diversity programs has left some in Davos searching for new words to describe workplace practices they say are essential ...
Roustabout. Pages in category "Oilfield terminology" The following 52 pages are in this category, out of 52 total. ... Roughneck; S. Service Rigs; Slips (oil drilling ...
The latest study findings may feel a little unnerving, but Dr. Russo points out that this doesn’t mean the flu has suddenly changed. “This is something that’s been going on forever—we’re ...