WorldWide Drilling Resource

35 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® DECEMBER 2013 Reggie’s World by Reggie Stockert Buckeye BOP llc Hello. I am so amazed at how little I know about the drilling business! As you read in the October issue of WWDR , I accepted a position with an oilfield sup- ply company that covers a multistate area. With me growing up in the drilling business (starting at age 13 and now 57), I thought I was pretty well versed in the operation and equipment used to bore a hole in old Mother Earth. WRONG! I can't begin to tell you what goes on to first get ready to start a drilling project, let alone the pace of materials and supplies consumed in a week - along with a new lingo of terms, names of parts and their uses and placement. As it turned out, right behind me was everything I needed to load up and deliver, but I still didn't know what I was looking for, but I sure know now. I found out the correct term for a three-inch chicken foot sock is three-inch = hose size; chicken foot = two leg; and sock = whip sock (a wire mesh safety cover that goes over an air or mud hose to keep it in place in case it were to blow off or become disconnected.) Diaper = a bag of oil-absorbing towels to clean up spills or contain oil when repairing hydraulic connections. Red devil = model name for urethane 5½-inch piston swabs for a mud pump. And as the late news anchor Paul Harvey would say, “Now you know the rest of the story!” As we go into the holiday season, my wife Deb and I, along with the staff of WorldWide Drilling Resource ® wish you a Merry Christmas and a prosper- ous New Year. Til next month, Reggie Reggie Stockert may be contacted via e-mail at admin@ worldwidedrillingresource.com On one of my first days with my new job, I received a call from a good cus- tomer. The voice on the other end asked, “Hey sport, I need a half dozen three- inch chicken foot socks, four diapers, and ten red devil 5.5.” Along with a host of other things. So in short, my computer didn't show we had anything he was request- ing; and frankly, I thought maybe this fellow should have stopped at a grocery store on his way to fill part of his order first, then pick up his soap rope and dope from me. But, a little voice in my head told me, “Reggie, you better ask someone what he wants, then tell him if we stock it.” So, I placed him on hold and walked over to a fellow employee and asked the question, “Do we have socks for chick- ens and he wants diapers!? And, he also wants some energy drink red devil 5.5.” My supervisor gave me a look that would stop a train and informed me he would finish the call. In a second, he told the voice on the other end, “Joe, I have it all and I will send the new guy over shortly.” That’s when I realized there was a learning curve and differences in “lingo” I would quickly absorb in this exciting new position.