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Key Energy Services

Fast pace job that requires a lot of knowledge of the trait as well as hard work and dedication.  Most days consist of tripping pipe and or rods in and out of the hole, as well as changing forms of well control when you change over.  Working to keep the crew focused on the task at hand and keep them safety conscious at such a fast pace.  I have learned very much about the oilfield production, and completion sides including diagnosis of wells and why certain actions should be taken to increse the performance and production of the well.  I feel management needs some work for these reasons, lack of communication, always changing hands around, preach safety, expect different, and lack of scheduled maintenance.  For the most part the people you work with on the rigs are good people, most need to focus a bit more on the job though.  The hardest part of this job as an operator is trying to keep your crew on the same page during daily job tasks when your crew changes from day to day.  I really enjoy the fast pace work in the oilfield, and the amount of knowledge readily available.

Key Energy was a new product line for me technically although I've been around it for several years. My experience in the cased hole wireline industry made me some what knowledgeable about the products. I enjoyed working with the Key Energy personell I was working with. Even though Key Energy made the decision to downsize the personell in El Campo due to the low activity in the area, I have no bad feeling toward Key Energy. Key Energy is very high in training in operations and safety. A typical work day was usually 7am to 5pm with occasionally having to leave home at 4 or 5am and not getting in till after 7pm. The hardest part of this job was the ever learning of the different types of each product out there such as thread types, different elevator types for different tubulars and learning the different equipment for the so many different types of services. The fishing tools I would say was the hardest because of the vast array bof different type tools available. All in all it was a great experience.

I get there around 6:00 am, id have to attend a safety meeting (short meetings), wed then prepare our vehicles for our day of work. If we had any questions on what we would do that day we would talk to our bosses, and answer any questions our bosses may have for me or any of our team members before heading to where our destination was. Everyday I learned something different, running my rig safer everyday, assisting my employees at trying their best and making sure our employees get home to their families every single day. The management was pretty good at my knowledge of recollection. Coworkers were hard workers, we tried our best to fulfill everything we had to do, and succeeded every time never left a job undone. The hardest part of the job was having no hours to come home, but regardless I love what I do and I will do it over and over again! At the end of the day my hands were safe and not injured in any way, and that's what was the most enjoyable part, was knowing that every hand and me, myself, would make it home to our families and were blessed with another hard day at work.

Key has been a great place to work the past 11 years.  The challenging part of working for this oil and gas services company are the ups and downs in oil and gas pricing worldwide.  During down times it is hard to make a profit and companies like Key are forced to reduce costs, many in the form of reductions in force.

I loved working with the people at Key. The people made the company what it is.  And it is the people I will miss the most as I now pursue other opportunities. The culture is laid back, with hard working committed employees. I did not find it to be political, but rather a group of employees working hard to make it a successful company.

The thing I enjoyed the most was the variety of work I was involved with.  In a small to medium sized company like Key, job descriptions do not dictate what people do. The strengths of employees really dictated where they went in the organization and how their skills were utilized.

I enjoyed my experience at Key and am grateful for the opportunities I was given.

Maintained and performed safety inspections on equipment and tools.

Operated controls that raise derricks or level rigs.

Listened to engines, rotary chains, or other equipment to detect faulty operations or unusual well 

conditions.

Prepared reports of services rendered, tools used, or time required, for billing purposes.

Cleaned and performed routine maintenance on vehicles and equipment 

Conferred with others to gather information regarding pipe or tool sizes or borehole conditions in wells.

Operated pumps that circulate water, oil, or other fluids through wells to remove sand or other 

materials obstructing the free flow of oil.

Drove and operated coiled tubing unit or support equipment (Fluid pump, Nitrogen Pump, Crane, 

Transports) in efforts to assist in completion of or intervention procedures on oil and gas wells. 

Interpreted instrument readings to ascertain the depth of obstruction.

Communicated and worked with the Supervisor and fellow crew members to complete jobs with focus 

on safety, environment, and community.

They left me in the derrick for 9 years and advanced young less qualified employees. I loved working for the corporation. It was management who seemed to be the problem. If you weren't a druggy, if you didn't wine and dine your operator you were not going to go anywhere. They chose less qualified people and advanced them, knowing I was better for the job. I was more responsible, more qualified to operate over someone with no experience, but they chose to train them instead. Too much politics and upper management not caring enough to advance me knowing they should.
They did not advance people due to job performance and years of service. They advanced people according to who their daddy was, and who they wanted. A lot of the problems would have been prevented if they would have advanced the right people instead of people that were going to get a DUI before they made it home. They discriminated against me on several accounts.

You got to work before any other department, had a daily conference call, database entry and daily spreadsheet tracking functions that monitored your daily activity eating into your ability to perform your job. You were expected to do the job of several and if you did not, then you had to go through a kangaroo court type session with your mananger, and then do it all over again. There was no structure and when you take the initiative to try to implement process improvements I was treated unprofessionally. Typical day started before 6 am and was physically at work until dusk. Then you go home, get on your laptop and update your proudfoot activities and all other office work you did not complete due to being out on the rigs completing "rig touches" compiling data that no one looked at and no action was taken from it.

Working for  Key Energy Services was like pulling teeth. Manager was the worst I had ever seen. They was not organized and any way shape or form. They had no Planning skills and everything was last minute. It  was hard to get parts to fix equipment and when something was broken! They would as we called it ( put a bandaid on it ). It was also very hard to get paid! They would short you on ever check or make excuses and always short you on your daily job bonus and it was an act of congress to get your Perdiem payed  to you on time. And they could careless about your Loyalty and sacrifices that you have made to help keep the company above water. Like working with no days off and spending the littlest time at work with your family. If you was not part of up managers Circle or click ! You were nothing and you meant nothing and what you had to say did not matter. This company will never be anything more than a stepping stone.

Coordinating, scheduling and communicating information to crew and field personnel, as well as organizing and tracking relevant information according to customer demands Preparing forms from billings, statements, invoices, receipts or vendor data, including processing crew tickets and entering issue slips for customers using different billing procedures Maintaining paperwork and price tickets, posting log books, recording mileage logs on trucks including weekly report on truck drivers’ non-billable time Keeping proper record of all jobs in work log according to established guidelines Answering incoming phone calls and/or inquiries, maintaining and providing positive and effective service to both internal and external customers Making arrangements for shipping and delivery to ensure orders are properly handled Preparing and processing orders and maintaining all necessary supplies

I enjoyed my employment with Key Energy Services.  I held a variety of positions.  It would be difficult to pick my favorite one.  

Everyday was different depending upon what rigs were working and where they were working.  I learned about team work working at Key Energy Services.  I was fortunate to work with very knowledgeable rig supervisors.  They were always willing to answer my questions.  

I traveled to Midland to learn a new purchasing system.  i then traveled throughout the United States to different offices and implemented the new system.  Traveling to the different locations allowed me to observe the different practices in each office.  i tried to take the best practices back to my office.  I enjoyed meeting people I had talked to either on the phone or through emails.  It was nice to put a face with a voice.

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