A Sea Of Red

One of my liberal friends posted this from Nat Geo. it's amazing that they are trying to spin this as a bad thing. Not so much THAT they are but the points they're making saying WHY its bad. People have jobs! There isn't a lot of housing so they live in trailers Men leave their families to work the fields to support them there is traffic

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/ ... hotography

Really cool pics though

Great...though I'd wish they'd allow drilling off Virginia's coast.

ATrain wrote:Great...though I'd wish they'd allow drilling off Virginia's coast.

Then you'd have more pictures and stories about how difficult working is. I've thought about getting my CDL to drive a truck and work out there. My schedule is very free at the moment

Just think...after you finish driving there you could head to Canada and be on Ice Road Truckers!

a friend of my wife started this week in North Dakota delivering water to the oil rigs...theyll be making almost six figures over the course of their two year contract

BJWilliams wrote:a friend of my wife started this week in North Dakota delivering water to the oil rigs...theyll be making almost six figures over the course of their two year contract

So, less than $50k per year? Doesn't sound like all that much for the area.

adam42381 wrote:

BJWilliams wrote:a friend of my wife started this week in North Dakota delivering water to the oil rigs...theyll be making almost six figures over the course of their two year contract

So, less than $50k per year? Doesn't sound like all that much for the area.

I think he meant the driver will be close to making 6 figures, which is accurate with numbers I've heard. But COL is also skyrocketing.

Yet I'm sure the COL there is still going to be way cheaper than it is in Virginia Beach or NOVA. They're probably just now catching up to Lynchburg/Roanoke.

ATrain wrote:Yet I'm sure the COL there is still going to be way cheaper than it is in Virginia Beach or NOVA. They're probably just now catching up to Lynchburg/Roanoke.

True. But I'm thinking it may turn into a 'Company Town'' since a lot of them are buying/building places to live for their workers

50k to drive a water truck is really good.

RubberMallet wrote:50k to drive a water truck is really good.

Agreed. I think I may have misread BJ's post. I assumed when he said "theyll be making almost six figures over the course of their two year contract" he meant 2 people would make less than 50k per year combined.

drill baby drill

They both will be making around $90K/year so combined income around $180,000/year before taxes

This drilling & construction phase is practically a license to print money in certain communities ... especially those in wet plays. It is not quite a dramatic but close to it in the Eagle Ford play in South Texas. Just keep in mind, once the drilling is done the majority of jobs move elsewhere. In the meantime, make some hay.

BJWilliams wrote:They both will be making around $90K/year so combined income around $180,000/year before taxes

Ok, that's a lot better. Your original statement seemed to indicate something different. I may have misinterpreted it.

BJWilliams wrote:theyll be making almost six figures over the course of their two year contract

Sly Fox wrote:This drilling & construction phase is practically a license to print money in certain communities ... especially those in wet plays. It is not quite a dramatic but close to it in the Eagle Ford play in South Texas. Just keep in mind, once the drilling is done the majority of jobs move elsewhere. In the meantime, make some hay.

If you want drama, keep your eye on California. The Monterey Shale deposit is bigger than Eagle Ford and North Dakota combined....but we can't touch it right now.

The fiscal trainwreck of California has the answer to all its financial problems right under its feet, but ideology prevents them from taking advantage of it.

Easy, tiger. Just because there are resources down there doesn't mean the technology is in place today to reach it all. Anyone investing in Cali right now is doing it under ridiculously speculative circumstances. That's why the majors aren't all over lease purchases.

If you want to blame a state government for holding up massive production then you just need to look to New York. But because it is a more populated area next door to a massive production state then I wouldn't expect the crazy speculative jobs like in the Bakken even if the NY legislature finally buckles to allow hydraulic fracturing. And for the record, the Utica is a very wet play.

adam42381 wrote:

BJWilliams wrote:They both will be making around $90K/year so combined income around $180,000/year before taxes

Ok, that's a lot better. Your original statement seemed to indicate something different. I may have misinterpreted it.

BJWilliams wrote:theyll be making almost six figures over the course of their two year contract

It was, but I guess I can fault myself for not being more clear with the initial wording

http://money.cnn.com/2013/06/06/news/ec ... index.html

http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/08/ ... north.html

This actually has a great tie in with the Syria discussion. We have the potential to quell some of the Isolationist zeal, strengthen our hand Internationally and make Russia King Nothing if we utilized what we have.

Purple Haize wrote:This actually has a great tie in with the Syria discussion. We have the potential to quell some of the Isolationist zeal, strengthen our hand Internationally and make Russia King Nothing if we utilized what we have.

Don't bring common sense into the discussion.