On onshore oilfield projects, a rig welder typically earns $30.00–$67.50 per hour as a W2 employee or $650–$1,680 per 12-hour day as an owner-operator (rig truck) contractor. Annualized, that’s ...

Even though gas prices are down which tends to ding the oil and gas industry, there are still plenty of pipeliners out there and with the recent election results, there may be even more in the near ...

No one would receive a cent, though, if not for welders putting together the metal rigs, platforms and buildings on site. With oil prices exceeding $70 per barrel and a greater emphasis on finding and ...