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re: Any of y'all work in the offshore oil field? I've never been and need some advice.
Posted on 8/20/22 at 8:42 pm to Hurricane2020
Posted on 8/20/22 at 8:42 pm to Hurricane2020
Just plan for a downturn we in somewhat of a uptick right now an all the contractors are busy and hiring. Make sure you stay connected to your land based friends because layoffs like 2015-2017 are coming not sure when but it will happen!
GIS is historically one of the lower paid contractors in GOM get some
Experience and plan on bailing to whoever pays the most.
As for the wife and Jody thing, if your wife is a whore she’s a whore when you work 5-2 or 14-14 or 28-28 .
If you do it right and take the extra money and spend it right and on things that make the families life better and use your days off to spend time with the family and not just come in and go straight to your friends and hobbies the wife and kids will like it and you will be able to bring them to School go on lunch dates with the wife and have supper ready when they get home they will get used to it and you will have more quality time with them than a 9-5 job.
Just remember when your not that the wife is in charge and she will have to learn how to cope with simple things like broke faucets and dead animals and you have to just roll with how she handles it.
I would sit down and make sure she’s 100% on board with it before doing it because if not the first time a problem pops up she’s gonna lose her shite and blame you for not being there.
GIS is historically one of the lower paid contractors in GOM get some
Experience and plan on bailing to whoever pays the most.
As for the wife and Jody thing, if your wife is a whore she’s a whore when you work 5-2 or 14-14 or 28-28 .
If you do it right and take the extra money and spend it right and on things that make the families life better and use your days off to spend time with the family and not just come in and go straight to your friends and hobbies the wife and kids will like it and you will be able to bring them to School go on lunch dates with the wife and have supper ready when they get home they will get used to it and you will have more quality time with them than a 9-5 job.
Just remember when your not that the wife is in charge and she will have to learn how to cope with simple things like broke faucets and dead animals and you have to just roll with how she handles it.
I would sit down and make sure she’s 100% on board with it before doing it because if not the first time a problem pops up she’s gonna lose her shite and blame you for not being there.
This post was edited on 8/20/22 at 8:49 pm
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Posted on 8/20/22 at 8:49 pm to Hurricane2020
14 and 14, do good, keep your nose clean, partake in the safety programs and decent chance you will get hired on. Good luck.
Posted on 8/20/22 at 8:51 pm to baldona
So right now my wife works but she has no skilled experience. She wants to be a school teacher and is 1 math away from her associates in early childhood development. If I was earning enough My wife could quit her job and get her associates and bachelor's to be a teacher.
My mid term goals is to have my hourly rate to be as high as possible so I can safe for a business loan.
Long term I plan start a rental property business when the housing market recovers for long term "passive" income so I don't have to "work" until I'm 60.
If it doesn't work out I'm still an experienced electrical technician that can earn $70k a year on 40hrs a week basically anywhere on the Gulf coast.
My mid term goals is to have my hourly rate to be as high as possible so I can safe for a business loan.
Long term I plan start a rental property business when the housing market recovers for long term "passive" income so I don't have to "work" until I'm 60.
If it doesn't work out I'm still an experienced electrical technician that can earn $70k a year on 40hrs a week basically anywhere on the Gulf coast.
Posted on 8/20/22 at 8:54 pm to Hurricane2020
I did 21/21 which wasn't bad and 28/14 which sucked. Now that I have kids, I got a job in a plant and sleep in my own bed every night. I couldn't do the offshore thing with kids.
Try and find a job in a chem plant or refinery and you'll realize just how underpaid you are
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it doesn't work out I'm still an experienced electrical technician that can earn $70k a year on 40hrs a week basically anywhere on the Gulf coast.
Try and find a job in a chem plant or refinery and you'll realize just how underpaid you are
This post was edited on 8/20/22 at 8:56 pm
Posted on 8/20/22 at 8:54 pm to GREENHEAD22
That's another thing. I would love to get hired on first party with one of the client companies. That would be a long term career with unbelievable benefits if I chose to do it until retirement. I've been trying to get hired on with the client facility onshore for years but no luck so far.
Posted on 8/20/22 at 8:58 pm to onelochevy
I'm literally earning $70k in my current job in a chem plant right now as a maintenance tech.
This post was edited on 8/20/22 at 9:00 pm
Posted on 8/20/22 at 9:04 pm to Hurricane2020
Be prepared to work a lot less and do a ton more paperwork and JSAs. Especially at BP facilities.
Posted on 8/20/22 at 9:11 pm to Hurricane2020
Glad to hear how much time you spend with your son, I bet in a few years he will start to share your passions. I have 2 boys oldest always wanted to be with me, when the youngest was 5 he felt safer with mom because o I got him wet once in the boat and I’m not known for the best snacks while hunting/ fishing. Know he’s all in just took a few years. Like others have said if you have a good family you trust and you have some goals and budgets you plan out and stick with it doesn’t sound like a bad plan but you will miss out on some stuff. Growing up my buddies Dad worked off shore, I believe we broke or lost all his tools every hitch, lol
Posted on 8/20/22 at 9:18 pm to Hurricane2020
Been doing it for 22 years and haven’t regretted it one bit. The 14/14 would be the best, but obviously you would make more money with less days off. I find it odd they would give you that many options on a schedule, due to logistic issues. Anyway, the most important thing is to make sure your wife can handle you being gone. The kids will be fine it’s either daddy’s home or daddy’s gone. You said Shell or bp rig. I’m assuming you are talking about production platform? If so, you stand a good chance of getting hired with them if you are a likable guy and do what you are supposed to do.
Posted on 8/20/22 at 9:29 pm to oildog
Those were different schedules that I was offered. Different facilities have different schedules.
Posted on 8/20/22 at 9:53 pm to Hurricane2020
I’ve Been working offshore for some time now.
Deepwater right?
Like others have said:
14x14
Be prepared for lots of downtime at work.
Call/ FaceTime when you can after your shift.
Save a pile of cash for a rainy day fund.
Family time more than fishing when you’re home.
They’ll get used to it and you’ll have that time during the week etc to be with them when you might not if you are working long shifts plant work.
Deepwater right?
Like others have said:
14x14
Be prepared for lots of downtime at work.
Call/ FaceTime when you can after your shift.
Save a pile of cash for a rainy day fund.
Family time more than fishing when you’re home.
They’ll get used to it and you’ll have that time during the week etc to be with them when you might not if you are working long shifts plant work.
Posted on 8/20/22 at 9:59 pm to Hurricane2020
Save 25% and max out 401k. You're not going to want to stay away from your family for the 40 yrs.
Posted on 8/20/22 at 11:12 pm to Hurricane2020
Don't do it. If you can make a decent living on land don't go offshore. You will miss the best years of your kid's life. Money isn't everything.
Posted on 8/21/22 at 8:32 am to Hurricane2020
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This post was edited on 4/11/24 at 8:53 am
Posted on 8/21/22 at 9:42 am to ILurkThereforeIAm
I personally hated offshore. Will never do it again.
Posted on 8/21/22 at 9:55 am to ILurkThereforeIAm
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ILurkThereforeIAm
Congrats to you and your husband.
I worked in offshore oil for awhile and I’m still very plugged in. I haven’t met many seasoned rotational workers on their first marriage. The cheddar can be nice though.
Someone else mentioned working in a chem plant or refinery and I agree. If you have good experience and are willing to work a shift schedule, you’ll make quite a bit more than you are now with overtime working for an operator.
Edit: you could also try the offshore gig and look for better land based positions with your free time.
This post was edited on 8/21/22 at 9:57 am
Posted on 8/21/22 at 9:57 am to Hurricane2020
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have a wife and a 5 year old
Depends on what kind of wife you have, if she's a good one take the job.
If she's psycho, selfish and needy you will end up divorced paying child support
Every friend I have in the Oil/Gas industry has a broken family
Posted on 8/21/22 at 9:59 am to TigerFanDan
I will say this to the OP, offshore is for guys with no kids or older kids. I spent the first 2-3 of our first son yrs between offshore, out of country and to and from Houston. We are expecting another any day, we moved to Houston a little while ago so I won't miss this one.
I may be wrong but once they are older and at school or with friends the majority of the time I think it would be easier to be offshore.
The industry is a little backwards in that manner that you spend your younger years when you have young kids away from them and then as you get older and they move away from you you move to them, in the office I mean.
I may be wrong but once they are older and at school or with friends the majority of the time I think it would be easier to be offshore.
The industry is a little backwards in that manner that you spend your younger years when you have young kids away from them and then as you get older and they move away from you you move to them, in the office I mean.
Posted on 8/21/22 at 10:01 am to ILurkThereforeIAm
It’s been a great living and great people. If you learn everything you can and get in the back pocket of everyone who visits your facility you should be able to move up and not work offshore 14-14 the rest of your life.
Like others have said, offshore success is 100% dependent on your wife and how she reacts to you being gone half the year. It really does take a special kind of woman and a lot of love and trust.
Like the lady above said, on your off days you should relieve her of all duties!!! Kids, housework, all that shite! You may not be doing as much fishing as you think but I don’t know your family life.
This post was edited on 8/21/22 at 10:27 am
Posted on 8/21/22 at 11:33 am to Hurricane2020
I've been in the oilfield my whole adult life and worked mainly offshore. Don't leave your wife and kid. I work 14 and 14 on land and I'm telling you if I had a time machine I'd have never got in it. Do your family a favor and stay with them. I've missed waay too much of my kids lives.
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