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It's dangerous as being in Iraq however you can make some serious coin. I worked on rigs for about 4 years back in the 80's before we abandoned drilling in this country. I've seen people lose fingers, arms, toes etc. It''s damn tough conditions sometimes also. Heat, freezing cold, blowing rain everything you can imagine. I worked up in the derrick and at times would mix diesel with cotton seed hull to light a "smudge pot" to stay warm up there.
Another oil field job I did was working on a Casing Crew. Basicly once the rig TD's a hole, the casing crew shows up and raacks the drill pipe as the deck hands come out of the hole. After all of the pipe is racked, the casing crew goes up on deck and runs casing into the hole using what are called power tongs to torque the pipe. I liked it better because you would go work one job from anywhere from 4 to 24 hours and move on to the next.
One thing about the oil field, it pays well. Just be careful out there!
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