There is no ideal offshore jobs resume. It depends on the type of jobs and your experience. You need to update and revise your jobs resume to get it better since it is an important step that one must pass before being called for the first interview. Read the rest of this entry »
Working in the oil industry means a lifetime of spending weeks at a time within hazardous situations. Offshore, the hazards are even more numerous. For those performing Hot Work, the danger is up-close and very apparent. Thankfully, for them, they always have someone looking out at all times to reduce the hazard as much as can be possible. That person is called a firewatch.
A firewatch is trained to perform essential duties on a job site, to keep hot work safe (or at least as safe as it can be.) These duties include basic knowledge of fires, including the types of fires, as well as how to deal with each kind of fire. For example, a Class A fire will be construed from normal, “ordinary” combustible material, like paper or wood. Read the rest of this entry »
Gulf Coast Service and Supply in Lafayette, Louisiana has been making headway in the oil industry. Known for their line of quality, green cleaning products like Nauticlean HD and XP, they introduced Torque-LOOB and Pipe LOOB drilling lubricants in 2012 amongst other downhole and well service products.
Torque-LOOB is a monomolecular drilling lubricant that adheres to the drill bit and provides superior lubrication while still allowing the bit to cut into and clear away rock and clay downhole. Torque-LOOB is being used and slowly adopted by multiple drilling companies as their preferred lubricant for drilling. Read the rest of this entry »
