The 14 months I spent roughnecking on a drilling ... that. A roughneck is always hungry. But his nose tells him when it’s time to shower, whether that black runny stuff is oil-based mud or ...

These roughnecks and roustabouts, as oil workers are known ... the massive hoisting mechanisms and drilling apparatuses; and a sophisticated “circulation” system in which drilling fluid ...

An integral part of the drilling process, iron roughnecks connect and disconnect drill pipe. Whether pipe is being fed into the wellbore or it is being taken out, the iron roughneck uses a rotary ...

The true story of how in 1943, Oklahoma roughnecks got sent on a top-secret mission to Sherwood Forest to drill for oil. A mission that saved Britain and the entire world from collapsing to Hitler ...

Oil Works, Inc. has been active in the oil and natural gas drilling industry for over 20 ... automated pipe handling systems, iron roughnecks, substructures, and derricks. OWI also builds and ...