Following these guidelines can help minimize the risks associated with mobile generator operation, reducing the potential for accidents and injuries, and ensuring a safer jobsite for all.
Because of the equipment's central role in a drilling operation, contractors are often torn between investing in the purchase of a mobile generator or renting the machine as needed.
Unplanned maintenance can place a financial strain on your company that can result in a direct loss of production, create higher costs for parts and increase service time.
A mobile generator is arguably one of the most important pieces of equipment at an oil site — necessary for keeping operations running in areas where electrical grid power is nonexistent.
At an onshore oil drilling site, it’s not uncommon to operate around the clock and throughout the year. Fueling the mobile generators that keep oil production high can be a costly business expense.