Not good at this. Wish ny daughter were here but here goes: #emadrocks.

Gotta love those Kuwait country directors.

For those short timers. My spouse was with blue for 32 years and an offshore service supervisor for 20 . He and his counterpart with same years of service got the axe a week ago. They both started from the ground up an have acquired vast experience... — read more 

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/27/us-baker-hughes-m-a-halliburton-eu-idUSKBN0TG1RS20151127?feedType=RSS&feedName=businessNews

Our good friend Dave Lesar threw his hat in to the ring He thought that buying Baker would be a very good thing But he did not take in to account The opposition that would amount And now he will soon be deposed as king

Halliburton had initially aimed to close the deal by this year’s end, but it looks like the deal will be pushed into next year. Since announcing the merger in July 2014, Halliburton's stock has crash more than 50% and that has made survival difficult... — read more 

Putin will take revenge and will shot down any Turkey flight that comes close to Syrian border. NATO will come to aid Turkey. Iran will fight Saudi and the full blown WWIII starts. Oil will be back above $100 in no time.

For those who have survived all 6 rounds of layoff so far, congratulation to you. However, the worst is still ahead as Halliburton will try to squeeze our $2 billion in cost saving after they successfully merge with Baker. So how to survive next... — read more 

Obama will show you how. Go green to defeat these Muslim extremists.

Regular folks still see low gas price at the pump this Thanksgiving, but oil price is going up due to the cesspool around Mideast. With Turkey shot down Russian plan, chaos is getting bigger. Any instability is good for the oil price.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/mergermarket/2015/11/23/baker-hughes-and-halliburton-still-waiting-for-godot-in-brussels/?utm_campaign=yahootix&partner=yahootix

No matter what the other product lines say about BJ Services you all are now all in the same boat. You all said that Pressure Pumping was the bastard child. Now look at the rest of you in the same boat. Pressure pumping has idled most of their frac... — read more 

Any news fro BOD manufacturing? You guys busy, Quiet or facing redundancy?

Just curious, how are things in Kuwait? I left #BHI a while ago, spent over a year at #BHIKUWAIT

This is a good blog about financial independence for oilfield workers. http://www.gocurrycracker.com

It should get real interesting now, there is nothing left but directors, managers, and human resources. How on earth are they going to decide who to layoff next?

Any new news for SA DS?

After all those extremists shoot innocent folks who cannot recite verses of the Koran to them. The criteria to kill is whether or not you can recite verses of the Koran. So much for the religion of tolerant and peace.

The merger is done. Craighead is gonna take the something billion for himself that Halliburton is supposed to pay BHI. Cash out your stocks your 401k everything today. You have been warned. In January Bhi will file chapter 11, all of your investments... — read more 

Parking lot looks scarce. Security looks big, gates are closed. People being dropped by the 100s is what I'm hearing

It's a shame to see all these yards closing and good workers laid off they don't look at work skills they look at who can snitch the most the maintenance supervisor in shreveport don't know anything about those trucks jerry Stafford can't say... — read more