Kenworth Oil Exploration Truck

[DaveInDenver]

Check this sucker out. Wonder if it's crew quarters or just an mobile office. Either way, seems like a cool body that would be neat to fit on an International 7400 6x6 chassis.

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[kcowyo]

We're seeing a lot of those up here. Halliburton.....

Probably a mobile office/warming hut. The fellas with the big set-ups will probably like that as an option.

 

[Martyn]

When I worked on oil rigs Schlumberger, who is or was owned by Halliburton, used to have units like this. Offshore the units were in a small container sized unit, and offshore on the back of a vehicle like this.

In both cases the units were crammed with computers to capture raw field data. Schlumberger does a lot of geo-seismic work and record the reflected seismic waves from potential reservoirs. They also do down well surveys to test the properties of the rock in a potential reservoir.

As the units were full of computers they generate a lot of heat so the units are fully air-conditioned. Working in the desert it was one of the best places to hang out on the rig to feel comfortable.

 

[DaveInDenver]

In both cases the units were crammed with computers to capture raw field data. Schlumberger does a lot of geo-seismic work and record the reflected seismic waves from potential reservoirs. They also do down well surveys to test the properties of the rock in a potential reservoir.

Does make sense that it would be an office. They were sitting at a hotel and looks sort of like a thumper truck parked behind it. But looks like a big enclosed space!

 

[UK4X4]

"When I worked on oil rigs Schlumberger, who is or was owned by Halliburton"



Martyn oh what blasphemy.........

Schlumberger (originally French) and Halliburton (US) are the two largest oilfield service companies on the planet..........and compete for everything......never the two have mixed...

We just about manage joint completions where we each install our bits and pieces...

The trucks in question are correctly logging trucks, used for monitoring a variety of oilfield processes.

They can be filled with electronic gear, beds, kitchenets, offices etc etc depending on the aplication.

Yes they are well tough...and normally overbuilt ...ie weigh huge ammounts....
when you charge $ 500,000 a day for a job...gas milage is un-important.

 

[Martyn]

"When I worked on oil rigs Schlumberger, who is or was owned by Halliburton"



Martyn oh what blasphemy.........

Schlumberger (originally French) and Halliburton (US) are the two largest oilfield service companies on the planet..........and compete for everything......never the two have mixed...

It's all hazy in the mists of the past! I worked on a French rig owned by a Schlumberger subsidiary for the longest time. The food was excellent, and they even allowed Halliburton employees to perform menial task while on board

 

[UK4X4]

Sedco Forex was the SLB drilling company....

BBQ's on saturday night........ and wine with dinner...those were the day's....

as the provider of the rig to the Oil company the oil company could also contract any other service company to provide diferent services required.

Most of the Sedco rigs were sold to transocean and only a few SLB rigs still exist...mainly in venezuela.........

On the rig all personnel work together as a team....corperately.....their like cats and dogs..........

anyway back to the trucks.........I'd love to drive a thumper truck.....6ft high tyres and an articulating chassis.......even makes a mog look small and tinny

 

[theMec]

My question is who makes these bodies and if they'd be interested in custom work .. ah, probably couldn't afford it anyway. Nevermind ..

I'd love to drive a thumper truck

Hah, please drive in the UK if you have a chance to do so. The American west is getting hammered bad enough.

 

[UK4X4]

"Hah, please drive in the UK if you have a chance to do so. The American west is getting hammered bad enough."

Yep I saw the pics.......if your thinking about the survey's being carried out in Utah.....

Just as a note many of the trails we ride today are from mining.....and also oil exploration carried out in the past.......

I don't see anyone complaining on seven mile rim in moab..built for uranium mining originally and now used by jeeps atvs and mountain bikers.

What about cliff hanger.......oil exploration built that "mountain bike trail too"

 

[UK4X4]

doubl;e post

 

[theMec]

I hear you uk4x4. I've spent months in utah's backcountry climbing and canyoneering. I enjoy the history of the mining era and where the old roads take me. Mostly I stay away from moab though.

What's I'm talking about is the grids marked out for the thumper trucks. I've seen them staked out in a few places. Luckily I haven't been back to see what it looked like afterwards.

 

[UK4X4]

Normally any work permit for survey's drilling etc means that the company with the licence HAS to return the site to near original condition after the approved work is completed.

Note the licence may be 40-50 years.......for example for an oilfield.

I had a conversation in GJ where i lived and one of the drilling companies got given a warning in regards to its left behinds.....


During the BLM site inspection after the rig had left they found a buried cooler with beer and spirits........

Obviously the rig crew had forgotten their secret stash......and shows the level of check that the BLM carries out...

 

[kcowyo]

Normally any work permit for survey's drilling etc means that the company with the licence HAS to return the site to near original condition after the approved work is completed.

Note the licence may be 40-50 years.......for example for an oilfield.

We're seeing a lot of reclamation companies in this area and around the Jonah Field over the mountains. Supposedly they come in and clean up after the rigs.

It's a hot button issue up here because the rigs provide jobs, but at what cost to the land?

 

[Saline]

There are many of those trucks here in western Colorado right now. Some are "wireline" trucks, scientific underground radioactive stuff. Haliban & Shlumberger are running them. A bunch around here are all wheel drive and are very tall!!!! Would make a massive expo rig.

 

[Doin_It]

That particular truck is a "Frac Van" note the blender unit right behind it. So what it does is hook up to all the pumper units and runs all the horsepower(upto 2500 HP). All the computers on board check all the trucks on the lease and moniters the blender and tells the pumpers the right sand/gel combinations to send downhole. It will also send info back to the oil companies office where the suits can watch the job live. New tech are trying to take it all wireless. Note in this massive frac job the blender is by the blue shacks at the bottom ot the picture and the KW Frac Van is just visible top middlw, 2 guys walking by.

http://www.halliburton.com/intel/mobile_frac.pdf