But, drivers and oil field workers are being laid off in large numbers . Wells and rigs have been shut down , due to oil prices,,

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Bill that's a good point I didn't even really think about till you mentioned it, maybe I should wait awhile… company I'm looking at says they have plenty of work, but in trucking I've learned the hard way to never believe very little of what they say. Most places are just looking to get a warm body in there truck to deliver their freight.

Better reconsider for now. Oil prices are lower than production costs. Layoffs have already begun. It just doesn't pay to drill for/pump the oil. Heard this on NPR.

That's a big problem here too....

Companies going bankrupt. You don't see those prices still dropping either.

What an Economy Booster.... Fuggin Joke! Lotta folks I know lost there jobs.

Once we are more dependent on foreign oil blah blah blah.... Get bent..... Blah blah...... Stick it in our..... Blah blah.....

I hate it for the oil workers. FWIW my heart goes out to all families affected.

Definitely already reconsidering, would be just me luck to get down there and get laid off lol. Honestly was just looking at the bottom line on what I could make, and would be something different. I get bored easy and always looking for something new (job, driving wise) to give a shot. Also why I like to ask questions, other people always think of details and have information you don't.

"ENERGY: the price of oil fell for the fifth day in a row on expectations of rising inventories in the U.S. Benchmark U.S. crude fell 17 cents to close at $49.28 a barrel in New York. Brent crude, a benchmark for international oil used by many U.S. refineries, fell 24 cents to close at $58.66 in London."

Stay away from the valley.......A couple friends just came back to the Odessa area because the valley (south of San Antonio)is dead.

The small oil company's have just cut back to straight production in the Midland/Odessa area while the larger companies such as Chevron and Shell continue to drill.As a matter of fact at the end of last year Chevron turned back 4 small rigs unable of drilling 14-15 thousand foot vertical holes and replaced them with Nabors rigs capable of doing the job.Shell still has at least a dozen Trinidad rigs working in the Pecos/Mentone area.Devon still has several rigs drilling from the panhandle of Texas and Oklahoma all the way down to the Permian Basin.Oxy has turned back about half their contracted rigs ..........but this still leaves them with a half dozen or so punching holes.

The reason I mention all this is because if you truly want to give the PB a go Ryder is hiring drivers.They have contracts in force with Chevron,Shell and Devon.They will not want for work for quite some time.I hear their schedule is 6 am to 6pm mon thru fri?Mot bad IMO.Not sure of their pay scale but it has to be pretty damn good.....competition for good drivers out here is strong.

You can PM me with any other questions you may have and I will try to answer them.

Ron

Also looking into MT and ND, but I figured with Texas I could stay away from the brutal cold working conditions. I have some serious research and thinking to do.

Mt and Nd are pretty slow also.I used to be leased to a company out of Baker MT.........lots of rigs stacked in the Williston area is what I am hearing.The oil produced in the Wy,ND and Mt is inferior to West Texas Sweet and doesn't command the same price.Their recovery of oil is considerably higher due to the fact that it pours like honey even when heated.Lots of it ends up in the makeup/plastics/anything but fuel markets.

The gas fields of Pa are still holding fairly steady.I've never worked the area but I have a couple friends up there.

Ron