Drill Pipe is Spaghetti

[ooregon49]

good ol' heavy wall

[PackedFunk]

Tell that derrickman to keep ahold of that stand of pipe!

[carter3278]

Yep that's what it looked like when I was out drillin

[scott22v]

Is that one of them Iron roughnecks Ive heard about/

[kolbein93]

@scott22v That's right

[evanb0869]

Lol was waiting on the white dude to lose his fingers

[MrFusionink]

haha 3 guys to stab a pipe

[krobusek]

I did make a small mistake. The bottom one is a Monel, 2 drill pipe above.

[TheDriller1234]

That is not a monel.

[STPgv01]

This has to be an American rig.

[Guillly956]

Them guys are slowwwww, damn! They need to move! And that dumb ass driller ha needs to move them hands

[crudeoilsystems]

thanks for this drilling vid

[wasilladan]

LMAO!!! they have 3 so called hands on the floor running an Ironroughneck.... now thats some funny shit! i've never seen a fat floorhand until now

[halipusangel]

What the fuck was that thing!! Ah I love the chain so much more

[juanclark1]

BRANIF PERU SAC

[johnyrebel188]

i can spin that with my face

[04FuxAches]

definately a flex monel......i have never seen a stainless hwdp. even spiral hwdp are not stainless.

[04FuxAches]

definately a flex monel......i have never seen a stainless hwdp. even spiral hwdp are not stainless.

[hutchmar001]

dig the mega screwdriver

[RiseNotFall]

That iron roughneck is ridicules we use an st-80 on my rig - H&P flex4

[todd7143]

get me a job 27 year old been drilling for five years love working derricks give me a call todd green 618-308-0557

[oilfieldtrashwtx]

That stand looks like Heavy weight not Monels.

[alienincognito]

@oilfieldtrashwtx

could be flex monels...they look like hwdp's and for the same reason...less chance of differential sticking.

[jmhunter14]

@oilfieldtrashwtx I agree

[TheThroney]

i repsect the men that work these suckrs... i would be affraid

[Mason033]

Thats some uber slow tonging.

[MEXICANnotmexicanTt]

fucking bullshit...iron roughneck. pussy ass fuckers. wish i had one of those back in the 80's

[tommyt65]

Looks like a stand of 5" hwdp to me and its a Hawk Jaw they using to make it up, not an iron roughneck

[TOYDOLLSKID]

@tommyt65 thats not heavy weight drill pipe..those are monels.

[180yankee]

What the fuck happened to the tongs.

[skrimpshidy]

Anyone realize rig count I +675 from this same time last year?

[mrmagoo560]

@skrimpshidy I sure I know that is true our area is starting to pick up alot

[turbojay666]

iron roughneck...lazy shit right there!!!

[airmanma]

what a boring job, yuck!!!

[LouisianaPyro93]

not easy at all

[Bravo97779]

@airmanma Really? I did this and am trying everything I can to det back on a rig. It's the best thing ever! You feel alive! ;)

[chaput59759]

omg i did not have it that easy. wtf

[MEXICANnotmexicanTt]

3 guys to stab that hvyweight, weak. maybe they should be on a lay-down machine.

[death80]

those look like collars

[Abrakadabra13]

why does it take three people to stab a heavyweight stand.

[sean058621]

god pipe spinners suck and takes the meaning out of roughneck'n . . chains are so much faster.

[BluRaven32]

@sean058621 thank god im not the only one that thinks that

[rabie4x4]

What really sucks is when you have to chain the whole drillstring out of the hole by hand as when there's a fishing tool on the end, (old school). Some of you know what I mean..

[jiujitsustudent]

Pipe spinners BOOOO Key ENERGY RIG 49!!

[pigdogproductions]

hey can someone tell me what the difference between a roughneck and a iron roughneck is. and what is a kelly? and why do companies insist on two pairs of tongs??

[TOYDOLLSKID]

a roughneck is drilling rig worker...or also a handy laundry bin found at walmart.....

an iron roughneck is a piece of equipment that ...makes up and breaks out pipe....instead of using tongs....(depending on what kinda iron roughneckk you got) a kelly...is well i dont know how to explain it..its a bushing that fits in the rotary table and rotates, and makes hole..the opposite of a kelly would be a topdrive....but hell dont listen to me... i dont even work on a rig.

[ThirdEyeLight]

You need two tongs when the drill string (all of the pipes connected and run into the ground) weighs less than a certain amount.

You need two because one acts as a back up and the other acts as the break out/make up tong. If you only had one tong, when the driller pulled on your chain/cable to loosen/tighten the connection, the entire string would spin and it would not thread/unthread.

After you get past a certain weight the chainhand can lock the floor instead of using his tongs.

[ThirdEyeLight]

Sometimes the company man will insist on two tongs for different tasks in order to properly tighten something or to protect the equipment being put downhole.

[luke12275]

Iron Ruffnecks.... WEAK!!!!!

[DELTAwun]

Hows it going right now on the rigs, I got laid off from hercules almost 1 year ago, the shit hit the fan, I heard there going under.

[krobusek]

No worries, I got laid of months ago, never worked for Goober. I was MWD. I'm just impressed with the number of hits this video has received.

[eguiat]

im sorry to hear about that , from NJ thats why but how is the employment so far?I mean, is it still possible to get a job after i graduate with a petroleum engineer degree?

[TOYDOLLSKID]

@eguiat maybe not.... maybe yes... but one things for sure...when you do get a job with that degree..for that time you hold that job youll be makin the big big bucks!

(i work on a rig but want to get a pet. eng degree like yourself.....good move on your part)

good luck

[garybob777]

YOU do have to have a petroleum Engineer degree to get a job

[krobusek]

@garybob777 Actually - you don't need a degree to work on the rig, MWD or Directional Drilling.

[Jeepman15801]

@garybob777 Check your facts, you're wrong.

[atticbeast]

if u still work for goober id get this video off here before they find it and run your ass off

[shmoab]

Fukcing iron roughnecks make me ill. They don't even save time. WTF is the deal with them?

[surrealismisabitch]

Yeah because every1 has worked harder, bigger rigs bigger tongs, man some people talk shit, we all do the same job, some have smaller rigs and some have it easier so the fuck what, we all brothers of the iron man fuck that shit talkin crap. good work to all

[beasletoad]

Really is that what you think jealous listen here you little shit the fact is im a real roughneck i dont need none of that shit from you i know im fucking good and i get payed more then enough i just still hold true to what the true meaning of roughneck is rough

[rodricz]

omg wheres the supervisor of hse there? man ....

[beasletoad]

to all the guys out there not like these guys and know what roughnecking actually is can we say these guys are not roughnecks but only softnecks throw some tongs you wimps

[ozzirt]

Ya never know, if you get to be any good, you might end up with a job like this. They're prolly gettin' more money than you too.

Jealousy is a bitch.

[mbunds]

You got that right. When the "iron roughneck" quits working, its time to grab the tongs!

[lxMEMITOxl]

dats one way to hit bottom

[Damroughneck]

Dam i thot this video was going to actually show something worth watching..until i saw three worms stabbing heavy weight and the other two hands over there not paying attention to whats going on showin off for the camera..wow...five guys on the floor..one driller and the derrick man..all those hands and they still use those power tongs..

[twigdi]

cool

[seanbballplaya]

and no kidding 5 guys cmon haha ive ran the floor myself when were were shorthanded thats pathetic

[seanbballplaya]

directional tools usually help out a little to with the whole horizontal idea

[scottywoodral]

shit spegetti dont flex as much as that shit lol damn i see yall aint runnin no chain either

[acadienmulisha]

roughnecks are like cars they don't built them like they use to!

[LabRat314]

3 people to catch a heavyweight. Pathetic.

[Verticalescape]

Thats retarded. Five guys on the rig floor. There should be three and it's even worse that they use an iron roughneck. You could have 3, 145 pound 16 year olds doing that.

[scottywoodral]

hey hey now im 145 and 16 that shits harder than it looks lol

[ranceleewhite]

Lmao! Stabbing guide and blue coveralls with nabors approved safetyglasses, cutting devices, and nabors approved gloves. and no damn cutoff shirts!

[kitkatboy85]

How do you know anything about NABORS Drilling.  I'M a SAFETYMAN@NABORS DRILLING USA

[ranceleewhite]

buddy i worked at NABORS DRILLING USA for 2 straight years in the n. tx division...i could care less if ur a safety man, im good friends with alot of safety people, there no dif. from any other hand ive met...are u suspost to be special?

[ufloetz]

That says enough right there you are a safety jerk off that knows nothing from the U S A

[mattw936]

thats not a north texas nabors rig or they would be usin a stabbing guide lol

[ifabbott]

Pipe racking systems are quicker if used right. you can trip up to 60 stands per minute with Varco PRS. The part that take all the time is running the blocks. While TIH, the PRS and Iron Roughneck will pick up a stand, stab it, screw it in and torque it before the elevators get to the top!

[userx100]

60 Stands a min.? wtf...that doesnt even sound remotely possible on a triple?

[ifabbott]

Sorry, I meant an hour. 1 stand a minute.

[userx100]

On the service double I worked on (a Ideco) We could trip right at 2.5 stands a min. But that was crazy fast and crazy dangerous. With 2 7/8ths production pipe. So baby pipe more or less..I could trip 3.5 inch drill pipe pretty fast tho.

[floatpool]

They have racking arms, hydraulically operated, but they are mostly used on offshore rigs. They're nice when they work, just like "iron roughnecks" however they always seem to be broken.

[akfred]

Whatever, what rig were you on that the iron roughneck was always broken?.. They do break down however, they get fixed quick.

[floatpool]

p.s I worked for Zapata Offshore (now Diamond)on the Lexington and Atwood Oceanics on the Richmond

[machu004]

if they had robots to do all the work, us folks that work in the patch wouldnt have jobs :) Nice vid bud

[OddLooking]

Is there any robot that can do all this for you? I think there is and why I don't see it in any drilling videos?

[krobusek]

There are many different aspects of drilling that can be automated, but for land rigs - they would probably cost ineffective.

[mello27]

@krobusek unless you work on a super single then its 85% done

[akfred]

Yes there are robots that rack. Ive seen one video taken in the north sea that had a racking system. Anyways those things are slow.

[LuC1Fr]

yeah but. The direction the oilfield is going (hell even us in the rig up departments know this) Eventually we're just going to have our hands held by some 'college educated' dimwit who doesnt know shit about how things work, while we try to do our jobs.