Trailblazer Drilling Rig 23

The rig I supplied water to for a few days.

Old Homestead

The Stairs to the Floor

Stay the hell off of the "floor" if you have no buisness being there, unless of course you want to get real dirty and be called every name in the book if your a greenie.

Spool of Drill Pipe

The Table with the Casing on it

Cementing the Hole

Once you have finished casing the hole, you then cement it in so that it is held in place. Halliburton was the contractor on site for the cementing, but oher companies such as Trican, BJ Services as well as others do it.

Another picture of endless fields as far as the mind can see

The Table

The piece of equipment being attached is the table to hold the casing. First you have to drill the hole, then push casing down it so that the gas has a uninterrupped path to the surface.

On the Lease

The rig as well as the generator building and consutant shack are on the lease. All the holes that where drilled where on farmers fields, approx half a mile apart.

Moving the Rig 6

Moving the Rig 5

Moving the Rig 4

Moving the Rig 3

Moving the Rig 2

Moving the Rig 1

As Far As The Eyes Can See and Then Some

This is what I hated about working in Saskatchewan. Flat ground. I grew up in the mountains. The only three things I had to look up at were the rigs, sky and sun. Depressing to say the least.

Saskatchewan Dougout

This is what I understand in a dougout. Most farms have them and we used them to pump water to the truck, drive to the rigs and pump the water into the rig tank, since they used alot ot water to drill the gas wells.

Mac

Mac stands outside the water hauler that he drove for Ashbros. Try to avoid working for them. They fired 25 people in a week while I was there on my first outing. The second time I was there for two weeks and they fired close to 40 people. Luck or unlucky I was'nt one of them.

Dead Tree

On my way to Bassano, Alberta I saw this dead tree along the highway (West of Lethbridge and Fort MacLeod) The Alberta foothills and Canadian Rockies are in the background.

Precision Drilling Rig 809

Drilling for Gas. Apache in September 2005.