Pay Scale in Marcellus Shale Region

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Permalink Reply by ron pruitt on March 16, 2011 at 4:17am

Hello Nicholas i was wandering if you are working 12 hr. shifts there in Penn.? Do they pay you overtime after 40 without splitting up your weeks? Precision and Patterson splits you weeks in North Dakota or they did last year almost every company out there splits your weeks up to keep from paying overtime.. thanks alot..

Permalink Reply by Anthony Waldrop on February 19, 2011 at 7:55am

Saxon is paying 20.5 an hout 14 on 14 off 12 hour tours

Permalink Reply by Jason Lantz on February 27, 2011 at 7:35am

Savanna Drilling starts leasehands at 21 an hour, 28 on 14 off

Permalink Reply by Jason Lantz on April 26, 2011 at 9:09am

We are drilling a two hole pad near Canton, This well we are going to be using the walking system, can't wait to see that in action...according to that new HSE guy for Savanna we have two more rigs showing up in PA around June and July...

Permalink Reply by Jason Lantz on April 29, 2011 at 10:17am

Right now Kayden is doing our solids, but i'm expecting haliburton to take over everthing because they are who is doing our directional drilling( Sperry) MWD, and Mud engineering...Did you get hired on as a leasehand?

Permalink Reply by Jason Lantz on April 30, 2011 at 8:04am

Not much really...your in worm's corner to start, and if you've worked on a rig before you should know what to expect...if not you will be doing most of the chores the other roughnecks don't want to do...scrubbing, painting, etc...

Permalink Reply by Joseph green on December 31, 2012 at 10:15pm

Right on I'm not working pa anymore. But when I did it was with Saxon. They were alright. In fact I thought they could be the best company out there but, I'm working for savanna energy now in south texas on a shell project. Making 26.50 plus per diem camp and shell bonus program. The insurance they have isn't the greatest but it works about as well as the others do. Communication throughout the company seems to be good. Which I can not say about Saxon. Their communication was terrible. (Between rig and office) I worked on 171. 28 and 14 grows on you eventually. U just have to give it some time and concider you are maximizing your income ability throughout the year with out going nuts from no days off. I've been in the patch for going on 13 and had to step back to a Derrick position to get on with sav but. So far they have been kind ;) I have worked for several companies and I can tell u. If my son had to work the oil field. This is where I would want him to be. Good technology decent policies and nothing seems over bearing. Just my .02