Paul Tinnes's Page

"Could someone hand me the high pressure duck tape please, I think I can get 'er fixed to make it till relief gets here. Hope nobody was hurt. "

"I like it, but I wonder if they had the grease guns full when they left tower that night for days off.  LOL "

"I wake up and look at my computer to find news that another oilfield brother has gone to drill that well in the sky. My heart goes out to the family, coworkers and friends of the victim. There is nothing more that I can say about how precious life…"

"The 10 oclock news tonight reported it was not on a rig as previously reported, but was rather an explosion at some kind of tank battery as they were spraying insulation, and in fact 2 people had been taken into the hospital.  I know nothing…"

"Yep, that was me Paul. I have got to admit that was the best rib eye I ever had in my life shared with some great company!"

"Thanks for the add here man, saw your tattoo standing in line before the musical in Medora ND and asked to take a picture of it. Small world we got here on Drilling Ahead!"

"Nice Wayne, from some of the companies I worked for "anyone" was given the permission to throw the "STOP" card and get everyone's attention and point out things that were unsafe.  However ya just didn't want to do…"

"Glad there are guys like you out there doing that stuff so guys like me don't have to work that hard.  Thanks for the picture, oh how I remember the sounds and smells of a well fueled flare line! "

"The process of using a centrifuge and mixing cuttings is called "Solids Control" hands mix the cuttings with fly ash and dry the cuttings up enough to be hauled away in a tractor trailer. It goes to a reclamation center and they take it…"

"Great coverage by Drilling Ahead for all of us, even better article bringing out better points to promote discussion about this incident.  Thank God that nobody was hurt, we all know that iron can and will be replaced and I can't help but…"

"I am on the phone with the owner currently, he is explaining the situation to me.  Took my address and will send a gift certificate to me for my enjoyment and I expect he will be registering and putting his comments in reply."

"it just gets mixed together in catch bins."

"Solids  Control hands keep up with most of it the pits that are being used in ND especially are only for cuttings there is suppose to be no fluid in these pits as far as regs go.  "

"What rig do you work on, for what company are you drilling and what is your overall view of the operation?  Thanks for the quick reply, but I am looking for specifics about this including a "name" for the operation.   Everyone…"

"We use this reclamation on my rig. Your correct in your assessment. Cuttings are mixed with a skid loader in steel bins as they fall from the shaker slides, then mixed with fly ash and scoreo dust then hauled off for the next step of the process…"