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  2. Glossary of oilfield jargon - Wikipedia

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    Pumper: A worker whose job is to monitor and maintain active oil and gas wells. Rat hole: A hole on the drilling rig floor used to store the kelly and swivel. Roughneck: an honor reserved for the top tier members of a drilling crew. Sidetrack: A planned deviation from a previously drilled section of the wellbore.

  3. Swamper (occupational title) - Wikipedia

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    Swamper is an occupational slang term for an assistant worker (unskilled helper, maintenance person, or someone who performs odd jobs) in support of a skilled worker. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the term has its origins circa 1857 in the southern United States to refer to a workman who cleared roads for a timber feller in a swamp.

  4. Trucking industry in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A common property-carrying commercial vehicle in the United States is the tractor-trailer, also known as an "18-wheeler" or "semi". The trucking industry serves the American economy by transporting large quantities of raw materials, works in process, and finished goods over land—typically from manufacturing plants to retail distribution centers.

  5. 7 Oil Field Jobs Companies Are Desperate To Fill - AOL

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    7 Oil Field Jobs Companies Are Desperate To Fill. Claire Gordon. Updated July 14, 2016 at 9:41 PM. ... Texas, where the current oil boom plunged unemployment to 3.3 percent in September. "There's ...

  6. N. American oil companies scramble to find workers ... - AOL

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    When Jeremy Davis was laid off from his oilfield job in Texas in 2020, he did not want to leave the industry after 17 years in oil and gas. Davis says he would be open to returning to energy, but ...

  7. Petroleum in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Most oil is initially carried off the site by tanker truck. The truck may take the oil directly to a nearby refinery. In 2014, 2.6 percent of oil arrived at refineries by truck, up from 2.6 percent in 2005. If the refinery is not close, the tanker truck will take the crude oil to a pipeline, barge, or railroad for long-distance transport.

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