Water and Overtime Pay Run Short in Texas Drilling Hot Spots

Water and Overtime Pay Run Short in Texas Drilling Hot Spots

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...

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

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...

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Oilfield Workers & Overtime Pay

A number of lawsuits have been filed against several oilfield service companies, including:

FracTech,Moody International,ENGlobal,And, WellsCo

by workers seeking to recover unpaid overtime pay. Claims for unpaid overtime are being investigated on behalf of similar workers at other companies. The following are a few of the oil and...

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