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Posted on 4/19/13 at 3:00 pm to hehateme2285
Lemme chime in since Ive been offshore 33 days now. "Offshore" work is pretty shitty work. You will be doing back breaking labor in harsh a environment.
If you think your "clients" are bad, wait til Bubba gets you in the corner and decides to take out his frustration of 4 failed marriages and child support payments out on you.
You must be crazy. Its not romantic. Its not that good of money. Its a shitty job surrounded by frick heads.
You will hate it. Trust me...
If you think your "clients" are bad, wait til Bubba gets you in the corner and decides to take out his frustration of 4 failed marriages and child support payments out on you.
You must be crazy. Its not romantic. Its not that good of money. Its a shitty job surrounded by frick heads.
You will hate it. Trust me...
Posted on 4/19/13 at 3:02 pm to lsuoilengr
Well I think that depends on what you're doing and what type of rig you are on.
Most people I know don't share your sentiments.
Most people I know don't share your sentiments.
Posted on 4/19/13 at 3:08 pm to redstick13
Why not invest in oil wells instead of working on the rigs? That way, if you just have to be offshore, you can go in your own yacht.
Posted on 4/19/13 at 3:08 pm to lsuoilengr
I spent 10 years on rigs in the gulf. I pretty much don't agree with anything you said about offshore work.
And it's paid off fairly well for me.
And it's paid off fairly well for me.
Posted on 4/19/13 at 3:08 pm to redstick13
I guess youre right.
The Norwegians love going offshore. They have in flight simulators on their rigs and you can earn simulator time towards your pilots license!
Id live offshore if it was in Norway. Most rigs are turrible though. People are hit or miss.
Im on a Japanese semi sub offshore Malaysia right now btw
The Norwegians love going offshore. They have in flight simulators on their rigs and you can earn simulator time towards your pilots license!
Id live offshore if it was in Norway. Most rigs are turrible though. People are hit or miss.
Im on a Japanese semi sub offshore Malaysia right now btw
Posted on 4/19/13 at 3:11 pm to lsuoilengr
I'll be working offshore Cameroon soon. The worst rigs I've worked on were actually rigs in the GOM.
So long as it's a decent jackup or deepwater rig I'm fine. Living in a fiberglass building on a platform rig is the worst of the worst.
So long as it's a decent jackup or deepwater rig I'm fine. Living in a fiberglass building on a platform rig is the worst of the worst.
Posted on 4/19/13 at 3:13 pm to lsuoilengr
I used to go to offshore rigs with a friend of mine years ago, to take salesmen, tool pushers, etc., out there, just to see what it was like. Except for eating,I couldn't get off the rig fast enough. What a bunch of riff-raff. OFT is an accurate description, funny that they see it as a badge of honor of some sort though.
Posted on 4/19/13 at 3:15 pm to 777Tiger
I guess it depends on your type of job too.
Right now Im on a 35/5 rotation. Drilling a badass well.
Just made a coring run in full PMCD. I think its the 2nd time ever being done.
Not to mention the BOPs are leaking (BSR and UPR)... not for the faint of heart. . .
Right now Im on a 35/5 rotation. Drilling a badass well.
Just made a coring run in full PMCD. I think its the 2nd time ever being done.
Not to mention the BOPs are leaking (BSR and UPR)... not for the faint of heart. . .
Posted on 4/19/13 at 3:15 pm to Vol Fan in the Bayou
Forget Rigzone. There are literally 300 resumes on my managers desk right now. That is per Month easy.
Find a person in the oilfield you know to vouch for you to his employer. Get an appointment for an interview through them. Walk into the office with your resume, clean piss, clean hair follicles, clean driving record, and get hired.
Find a person in the oilfield you know to vouch for you to his employer. Get an appointment for an interview through them. Walk into the office with your resume, clean piss, clean hair follicles, clean driving record, and get hired.
Posted on 4/19/13 at 3:21 pm to lsuoilengr
What are you doing? I'm a DD.
Posted on 4/19/13 at 3:27 pm to redstick13
Mudcap engineer
Posted on 4/19/13 at 3:36 pm to Vol Fan in the Bayou
Did you ever find a job brah?
Posted on 4/20/13 at 5:06 am to redstick13
Offshore medic is a good job. If you can contract yourself out well, you could get $40/hr as just a paramedic.
Posted on 4/20/13 at 6:31 am to redstick13
quote:
Article on the state of the business. Like I said in this thread, the outlook right now isn't so good.
Seems like that article is focused mainly on land. I know that we have more deepwater rigs in the gulf than prior to DWH. And they are only expecting that number to increase as the year goes on. The location where I'm working is making record numbers, and that's saying a lot in the grand scheme...JMO
Posted on 4/20/13 at 6:38 am to Vol Fan in the Bayou
Rigzone.com
Posted on 4/20/13 at 6:42 am to 777Tiger
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I used to go to offshore rigs with a friend of mine years ago, to take salesmen, tool pushers, etc., out there, just to see what it was like. Except for eating,I couldn't get off the rig fast enough. What a bunch of riff-raff. OFT is an accurate description, funny that they see it as a badge of honor of some sort though.
That's must have been a long time ago because nobody is going to let you out there "just to see what it was like" in the last 25 years
Posted on 4/20/13 at 7:27 am to redstick13
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I'll be working offshore Cameroon soon. The worst rigs I've worked on were actually rigs in the GOM. So long as it's a decent jackup or deepwater rig I'm fine. Living in a fiberglass building on a platform rig is the worst of the worst.
that's where I'm from.Posted on 4/20/13 at 9:18 am to yellowfin
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That's must have been a long time ago because nobody is going to let you out there "just to see what it was like" in the last 25 years
circa 81-82, we were flying people that had business on the rig, what were we supposed to do, wait in the water?
Posted on 4/20/13 at 9:48 am to 777Tiger
you would have never got on the chopper today
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