On the Road Again…

So I was getting my stuff sorted out in Mossoro, I had just finished a 15 hour job, when all of the sudden my boss tells me that another location is short of field engineers and they need one as soon as possible.

As it is in the oilfield business as soon as possible means in two to three hours. So I caught up on my sleep for a couple of hours packed my stuff and on I went to start this journey. I went by car to Fortaleza for four hours and hopped on a plane headed to Salvador de Bahia about 2 hours south. I got to Salvador and the company car took me too a nice hotel where I was going to spend the night since it was to late to drive to my new base location.

I decided to put my Asics GT-2120′s on and go for my typical new town sightseeing jog. I have to tell you, it is one of the towns with the most joggers that I have ever seen. I felt like one more of the crowd there. I wasn’t just some crazy dude running around town looking at statues and asking for directions, I was part of the town. I went around the nice boardwalk overlooking the sea, I saw an old fort museum, and then I ended up in the side streets eating some of the famous cashews from caju (Orange like fruit) that has become my new addiction here in the Northeast of Brazil. Had some nice dinner in an Arabian restaurant and drank my favorite pineapple with mint leaves juice in the a little hole in the wall stand close to the hotel. I then woke up around 6:00 am and the driver was ready to take me 1 hour Northeast to the town of Catu.

Well I have been a couple of days in this location so far. It is smaller in people, jobs, and size but it requires more out of me since I am going to be one of the main field engineers in this base. Above are some pictures of the engineering involved in a job. It’s not only about managing a crew, having control of a gigantic rig, and running million dollar tools, it is also about getting some good rest while your waiting for your turn at bat!!!

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