"Have you ever thrown a stand?"Yep......ODE 5 in The Cooper...

"Have you ever thrown a stand?"

Yep......ODE 5 in The Cooper Basin. Best way for a Geologist to earn respect from a rig crew.

"Mixed a pill? "

I've done better. 2 hours with The Mud Man furiously cutting open bags of barite and dumping them into the hopper during a massive kick.

What's a TIW?

Texas Iron Works

TIW valve....there should be at least me sitting on the rig floor ready to go.

"You know what to look for manning the shakers? "

Sent half my life lurking around shakers and shaker rooms

"You ever worked on a jack up mate? "

Worked on The Ron Tappmeyer.....my cabin was next to the pit room. The pit room Tannoy was about a foot away from the head of my bunk. Worst jack up Ive ever worked on.