Water and Overtime Pay Run Short in Texas Drilling Hot Spots

Posted on September 11

All those drill sites running 24/7 in the Permian Basin demand a lot of water…and overtime hours. Both of these are a serious problem confronting the oil and gas industry players engaged in hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”).

The water supply problem is illustrated by the story...

Mud Logging Technicians Net $595,000 Settlement from Investigations Aimed at Overtime Pay Compliance in Oil and Gas Industry

Posted on September 3

Over 100 current and former mud logging technicians (mud loggers) employed by New Mexico based Morco Geological stand to share in the $595,737 in back wages the company has agreed to pay to compensate for violations of the minimum wage, overtime, and record-keeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The...

FRACKING and MUDLOGGING JOBS DESERVE OVERTIME PAY

Posted on January 24

There is no shortage of work these days for the oil and gas companies involved in exploration and production in the Marcellus, Eagle Ford and Bakken shale formations. The good news is that all of this activity has created thousands of oil field jobs and had a ripple effect throughout the local economies. The...

Tag: Mudlogging Overtime Law

Tag: Mudlogging Overtime Law

Water and Overtime Pay Run Short in Texas Drilling Hot Spots

Mud Logging Technicians Net $595,000 Settlement from Investigations Aimed at Overtime Pay Compliance in Oil and Gas Industry

FRACKING and MUDLOGGING JOBS DESERVE OVERTIME PAY

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