Country Dictionary

n. An oilfield term describing time not spent doing the task at hand (drilling, producing, or servicing wells). Lost time typically results in telephone calls, e-mail and paperwork from the FSM.

We had four hours of lost time on the last shift.

A term used to describe one's preparedness to engage in a certain activity, most often associated with drinking.

Tim: "What's your flight status?" Larry: "We are a go."

Getting it done, making it happen. You aren't 'motivating' or 'empowering' or anything remotely similar - you're puttin' foot to ass!

Sally: "Wow, look at Tom telling those committee members what's what." Rick: "Yeah, he's really puttin' foot to ass in there."

n. A Christmas Eve or Christmas Day spent offshore on a rig or platform in Norway. Usually celebrated with a large, elaborate meal and boxes of chocolates.

My crew and I were running an RST job, so we had an offshore christmas.

Describes the state of being skeeved out. Usually results from associating with or being in the vicinity of a person or thing considered to be skeevy.

Trisha: "Let's get out of here, Richard gives me the skeeves."

n. The place where hydrocarbons (oil and/or natural gas) are produced. "The oilfield" is also a term used by oil & gas industry professionals to describe their industry and the work associated with it.

I worked in the oilfield for 10 years before becoming a desk jockey.

An exfoliating treatment provided by small hailstones driven by 60+ mph winds. Typically experienced on oil rigs and platforms in the North Sea, between Norway and the United Kingdom

The wind was blowing 75 knots today, and it was hailing, so I got a North Sea Facial on the way to the drill floor.