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C&S Welding Inc. C&S Welding Inc. is a family owned and operated business. We specialize in welding fabrications. Drilling, Maritime repairs, Pipeline, Repairs & fab. since 2006.

was started by Steve Crichton who has over 39 years of experience in the oilfield, refinery and drilling industry. His career began with ten years at Chevron's production department, working on offshore platforms and at urban drill sites. He continued to weld and supervise for many major companies before he started his own company with his son, Ian, named C&S Welding Inc., which stands for Crichton and Sons. C&S Welding has been maintaining and conducting new projects and facility upgrades at Warren E&P Inc. in Wilmington, Ca. These projects have included the following: the fabrication and installation of a 22 well cellar, threaded piping systems, concrete line pipe, carbon and stainless steel piping, instrumentation and water disposal systems. We have also previously completed the installation of gas scrubbers, water heaters, sumps, vapor recovery units, pumps, heater treaters, free water knockouts, and clarifier pits. C&S Welding has worked on projects with E&B Natural Resources, Angus Petroleum, Brea Canon Oil, Bridgemark Corp., multiple United rentals branches, The Source Group, Nabors Drilling USA, CRC, and Caltrans just to name a few. C&S Welding has certified mechanics that repair and run preventative maintenance programs on pumping units as well. has personnel certified and qualified in all aspects of Drilling Operations. These tasks include maintaining and conducting repairs on rigs, landing well heads, and we are available 24/7 for emergency call outs. C&S Welding is currently working for WTU Warren Rig # 1, Nabors Drilling Rig # 232, Key Energy Services Rig # 88, EWS, and Ensign Drilling Rigs # 550, #551, and # 514. We also have worked on Allenco and Oil Well Services production rigs as well. Our goal is to provide similar services to you, and create a more efficient and cost effective solution to your current construction, maintenance, and welding service requirements. will provide you with the highest standard of quality work at competitive industry rates, all while providing the highest level of safety possible. Our team includes certified welders, pipe-fitters, mechanics, crane/forklift operators, and certified pumping unit mechanics. The C&S Team is experienced in all aspects of oilfield maintenance, new construction, Drilling, and equipment repairs. We would greatly appreciate the opportunity of working with you. Thank you,
Ian Crichton
President

10/06/2026

Sometimes the critical tool is a sledgehammer. Sometimes it's communication. Sometimes it's just shutting up and listening.

It takes a long time to become a craftsman.

As your career progresses, you absorb a little bit of everything — welding, fitting, rigging, mechanical, equipment, troubleshooting, planning and learning how to work with different people in different environments.

You don't learn all of that overnight.

But one thing should be understood from day one:

Take care of the guys next to you and make sure everybody goes home safe.

Ask questions. Communicate the plan. Listen when somebody sees something you don't. Watch each other's backs. And never let experience turn into complacency.

This week we're demoing underground tanks — cutting, rigging, removing and figuring out the safest and most efficient way to get some big pieces of steel out of the ground.

Pretty damn cool operation.

Different job. Different tools. Another opportunity to learn.

That's the trades. Keep learning, keep communicating, and take care of the guy next to you.

09/29/2026

Leadership isn’t standing in the office telling your crew what needs to get done.

Sometimes it means climbing into the steel dinghy and driving it, getting underneath the wave-energy units, and figuring out firsthand how we’re going to access them for maintenance.

If you expect your crew to get in there and do the work, you better be willing to get in there with them.

Know the job. Know the conditions. Work with your crew. Lead from the front—not from the office.

09/25/2026

Sometimes I look out at the field and I'm just proud of the guys I see working beside me.

Every one of them has a life they're trying to build — families, goals, skills and a future. While they're working to move this company forward, I want this company helping move their lives forward too.

That's a team.

When one guy gets better, the crew gets better. When the crew gets better, the company gets better. And when the company grows, there should be more opportunity for everyone who helped build it.

And who says work has to be miserable?

Work hard. Hold each other accountable. Take pride in your craft. But laugh, travel, build s**t, solve problems and enjoy the adventure together.

If we're going to spend this much of our lives working, we better be building something more than a paycheck.

Build the company. Build the craftsmen. Build better lives. And have some damn fun doing it.

C&S Weldin' Inc.

09/24/2026

THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TELLING SOMEONE HOW TO DO IT AND SHOWING THEM YOU'RE WILLING TO DO IT WITH THEM.

Sometimes a guy doesn't understand exactly what you're asking.

Sometimes he's never done it before.

Sometimes he knows how, but he's not comfortable making that first move.

And sometimes the best thing a leader can do is quit talking, grab his gloves, and show him.

Being the business owner doesn't mean you're above the work. If anything, I think it gives you a bigger responsibility to lead by example.

Some owners may have never worked in the field. They've never lived month to month wondering where the next job was coming from. They've never experienced having too little work one month and more work than you can handle the next.

Some of us came up through it.

We've been the helper. We've been the guy under the hood. We've loaded the trucks, rigged the picks, worked the long days, cleaned up the jobsite and wondered what we were doing next week.

You don't forget that when you become the boss.

And there's a difference between leading a crew and interrupting one.

Don't be the guy who shows up halfway through the day, starts pointing at everything, changes the plan and screws up a crew that was already producing.

Walk onto the job and understand what's happening first.

Ask what they need.

If there's a problem, help solve it.

If somebody needs to be shown, show them.

If they're buried, grab something and help carry the load.

And if you're asking your guys to do something difficult, uncomfortable or dirty, they should know damn well that you're willing to get in there beside them.

You don't lose respect by putting your gloves back on.

You earn it.

Leadership isn't standing behind your guys telling them to push harder.

Sometimes leadership is getting out in front, showing them the way, and then turning around and saying:

“Come on. We got this.”

Lead from the front.
Teach from experience.
Help when help is needed.
And never become too important to do the work that helped put you where you are.

C&S Weldin' Inc.

Pretty cool when your day-to-day work puts you right in the middle of something that could help shape the future of ener...
09/22/2026

Pretty cool when your day-to-day work puts you right in the middle of something that could help shape the future of energy.

C&S Welding is proud to play a hands-on role in maintaining Eco Wave Power's pilot wave-energy station at AltaSea in the Port of Los Angeles.

And this little station in our backyard is part of something much bigger.

The Los Angeles installation became the first onshore wave-energy pilot of its kind in the United States. Eco Wave Power successfully completed its pilot objectives with Shell, proving the system could be installed on existing marine infrastructure and operate in real ocean and tidal conditions.

A study of the U.S. coastline identified 77 locations with favorable conditions for potential future wave-energy projects.

Across the world, the technology continues moving forward. Eco Wave's grid-connected station in Israel has been producing electricity from the movement of the ocean, while projects are advancing in Portugal, Taiwan and India. Their planned global project pipeline now represents more than 400 MW.

That's where the maintenance side of this gets interesting.

New technology still needs craftsmen.

Hydraulics need to work.
Steel needs to hold.
Hoses, valves and fittings need to perform.
Equipment exposed to saltwater needs to be inspected, maintained and repaired.
And when something isn't right, somebody still has to put boots on the ground and make it work.

That's our part.

We're welders, fabricators, mechanics and problem solvers. We didn't invent wave energy—but we're proud to help maintain the equipment that's proving it can work.

There's something pretty special about standing on a dock in the Port of Los Angeles maintaining a pilot station today and realizing that the lessons being learned here could contribute to much larger wave-energy projects around the world tomorrow.

The future still needs people who know how to build it—and maintain it.

C&S Weldin' Inc.

09/19/2026

MAKE YOURSELF VALUABLE.

When you're taught by someone who understands how jobs actually run — and understands the value of craftsmanship — you learn pretty quickly that being good at one thing isn't enough.

If there's rigging to be done, learn to rig.

If there's crane work, go get your crane certification.

If there's mechanical work, get in there and learn it.

Learn to fit. Learn to weld. Learn the equipment. Go to school. Get the certifications. Understand the safety requirements. Learn how the entire job works — not just the little piece you were hired to do.

Because the more problems you can safely and professionally solve for your customer, the harder it becomes for them to find a reason to send you home.

That's something that was taught to me early in my career:

Don't just learn a trade. Learn how to make yourself valuable on a jobsite.

Anybody can say, "That's not my job."

The craftsmen who stay busy are usually the ones asking, "What needs to get done next?"

Obviously, there are boundaries. Certifications matter. Qualifications matter. Safety matters. You don't perform work you're not trained or authorized to perform.

So go GET trained.

Go GET qualified.

Go GET certified.

There's an old saying:

“A jack of all trades is a master of none, but often times better than a master of one.”

I believe there's a lot of truth in that.

Master your craft — but don't let your craft become the boundary of your usefulness.

The welder who can rig his own load, understand the crane operation, fit and bolt up what he welded, troubleshoot mechanical problems, operate equipment, understand the safety plan and help solve the next problem becomes more than just a welder.

He becomes someone you build the job around.

Make yourself useful.
Make yourself knowledgeable.
Make yourself safe.
Make yourself valuable.

Do that long enough and you'll find something interesting:

The work keeps coming.

C&S Weldin' Inc.
We don't just build welders. We build craftsmen.

TEAM IS BUILT FROM THE BOTTOM UP.Everybody talks about teamwork. But building an actual team is a hell of a lot more tha...
09/18/2026

TEAM IS BUILT FROM THE BOTTOM UP.

Everybody talks about teamwork. But building an actual team is a hell of a lot more than putting a group of guys on the same job and giving them matching shirts.

It starts with a shared vision.

Every person on the job needs to understand what we're trying to accomplish, where they fit within that mission, and what success looks like within the boundaries of their craft.

The helper needs a path to become an apprentice.
The apprentice needs a path to become a welder.
The welder needs an opportunity to become a better craftsman, a leader, a foreman — whatever he's willing to work toward.

People need something to chase.

And if you're responsible for building that team, sometimes you're a coach. Sometimes a mentor. Sometimes a therapist. Sometimes a life coach. And sometimes you're the damn bank.

You're the person answering the phone when somebody has a problem at home. You're the one pushing them when they're capable of more. You're the one having the uncomfortable conversation when they're falling short.

And ultimately, you're the one putting your ass and your reputation on the line so your guys have an opportunity to go into the field and succeed.

That's leadership.

But it goes both ways.

When somebody invests in you, you have a responsibility to invest back into the team — through your effort, your attitude, your craftsmanship, your safety, your accountability and your willingness to help the guy standing next to you become better too.

That's when a crew becomes a team.

When one guy's success doesn't threaten the next guy — it strengthens him.

When knowledge isn't protected — it's passed down.

When mistakes become lessons.

When accountability isn't punishment — it's the standard.

And when everyone understands that if the company grows, there should be an opportunity for the people who helped build it to grow too.

You don't build that from the top down.

You build it from the bottom up. One helper. One apprentice. One welder. One leader at a time.

That's the team we're working to build.

C&S Weldin' Inc. Build the people and the people will build the company.

09/16/2026

Legacy.

We talk a lot about building businesses, building careers, building reputations and leaving something behind.

But maybe the most important thing we'll ever build is standing right next to us.

There's something different about bringing your son to work.

It's not just teaching him how to run a forklift or showing him what Dad does all day. It's giving him a chance to see what work looks like. To see responsibility. To see how you treat people when things go wrong. How you handle pressure. How you speak to your crew. How you keep your word. How you finish something you started.

Because our boys are watching a hell of a lot more than they're listening.

I don't need my sons to become welders or take over my company. I want them to find their own path.

But I do want them to understand what it takes to build something.

I want them to know that nobody owes them success. That your word matters. That you take care of the people who work beside you. That when you make a mistake, you own it. And when life knocks you down, you get back to work.

And it makes me question something in myself:

Why are we willing to give 120% at work, but sometimes come home and give our family the 50% we have left?

We'll chase contracts. Answer calls at all hours. Travel. Lose sleep. Solve problems. Push through exhaustion because we're determined to make the business succeed.

Our kids deserve that same determination from us.

We only get one shot at raising our boys.

One childhood. One chance to lead by example while they're still close enough to watch us.

Someday they won't need Dad standing next to them showing them how it's done.

Until then, I'm going to take every opportunity I can to have them beside me.

The company is something I'm building.
The men my boys become — that's the legacy.

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Wilmington, CA
90744

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm
Saturday 8am - 5pm
Sunday 9am - 5pm

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(562) 896-5210

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