Currently moving into company apartment (nice to not live in a hotel anymore). Tomorrow the Alaska group heads to safety training a'la BP. We leave for Prudhoe Bay on the 24th, where I believe we will spend about 3 weeks.
Anchorage isn't too cold, and the mountains to the East are beautiful. I could get used to this. For those that may want to know what the sun situation is: there is no sun right now in Prudhoe, and sun rises in Anchorage at 10:30 am, setting around 4:30 pm. The 21st was the shortest day, so Anchorage will gain sunlight by a few seconds with each day passing.
I'll let you know more later on, if I have time.
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Training Complete
I assume anyone reading this knows me, so I feel confident when I say that most of you didn't believe me/Schlumberger when I informed you of my date of of departure.
Well... you were wrong (finally). The training process with Schlumberger is thorough and tedious. That being said, I think the training will prepare me well for the industry. This training essentially is the first sip of the Schlumberger kool aid; intro to the company, intro to one's segment (mine is Drilling and Measurements), safety, and safety. I can't emphasize the safety enough, as we spent the majority of our time through the two weeks discussing safety in varying degrees.
The training finished today with a final safety test. The group looked a bit ragged this morning, but could not rest after the class since most are leaving Tulsa today (some to locations, others get to take some time off for Christmas). The company gave us some money to buy dinner through the two weeks, which most of us used for beer and burgers. Since we couldn't drive, and taxis are pricey here in Tulsa and in Houston, we stayed within walking distance of our hotels. We didn't mind in Tulsa since there was karaoke Thursday, Friday and Saturday night (yours truly sang some Journey for the crowd, with assistance from friends).
The Alaska guys (one electronic technician, one maintenance engineer, and myself) head out tomorrow morning. At this point we are all pretty tired as we were not used to waking up at 5 to catch the 6 a.m. bus, and then staying up socializing late into the night. Overall, it was a fun two weeks.
I'll post more in a few days once I get a general idea of what my plans are.
Word out,
-R-Train
Well... you were wrong (finally). The training process with Schlumberger is thorough and tedious. That being said, I think the training will prepare me well for the industry. This training essentially is the first sip of the Schlumberger kool aid; intro to the company, intro to one's segment (mine is Drilling and Measurements), safety, and safety. I can't emphasize the safety enough, as we spent the majority of our time through the two weeks discussing safety in varying degrees.
The training finished today with a final safety test. The group looked a bit ragged this morning, but could not rest after the class since most are leaving Tulsa today (some to locations, others get to take some time off for Christmas). The company gave us some money to buy dinner through the two weeks, which most of us used for beer and burgers. Since we couldn't drive, and taxis are pricey here in Tulsa and in Houston, we stayed within walking distance of our hotels. We didn't mind in Tulsa since there was karaoke Thursday, Friday and Saturday night (yours truly sang some Journey for the crowd, with assistance from friends).
The Alaska guys (one electronic technician, one maintenance engineer, and myself) head out tomorrow morning. At this point we are all pretty tired as we were not used to waking up at 5 to catch the 6 a.m. bus, and then staying up socializing late into the night. Overall, it was a fun two weeks.
I'll post more in a few days once I get a general idea of what my plans are.
Word out,
-R-Train
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