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Offshore Oil Jobs


Dec 6th, 2008 | By Oil and Gas | Category: Oil and Gas Jobs

Oil companies are eagerly coughing up the multi-million and billion dollars needed to build the oil rigs and pipelines needed to get more oil. Their oil rigs are not going to run themselves. They need to hire people to run those oil rigs. Which means plenty of jobs all around. Offshore oil jobs are very hot today.

There is a reason why offshore oil jobs pay so well. The terms danger pay and hardship pay comes to mind. It doesn’t mean you need to have the stamina to run a marathon, because oil rigs do have admin staff, but the isolation can easily get to you. You’ll be out in the middle of the ocean for anywhere from 2 weeks to 6 weeks, seeing the same faces over and over, day and night. There is no escape to the mall, there is no escape to the bar for a drink, there is no such thing as getting away for the evening. If you’ve ever worked in cubicle land, imagine doing this for 14 to 42 days straight, without a weekend.

It can get creepy out there in the middle of nowhere. Who knows when you may need to stand watch with no one else nearby? Have you ever seen those horror movies? There are two times when you tend to feel most scared and alone - when you are in the middle of a storm, and when the sea is dead calm without even a breeze in the air or a ripple in the ocean. It is easy to say you don’t scare easy now, but wait until you are standing watch alone on the rig, and the night is so quiet you could hear a pin drop and the sea is dead calm.

So you think that you’ll be hired to work on a spanking new oil rig and nothing can go wrong? You obviously have never done any work for a dot com. In boom times, everyone cuts corners. Murphy’s Law is your constant shadow. Your brand new oil rig is probably using some new technologies. There’s no telling what will go wrong. As opposed to an older oil rig, where the things that will go wrong are mostly known. What am I getting at? Old rig or new rig, things can go wrong. And some of those problems can be pretty hair-raising.

You ain’t no wimp. You can handle anything? Maybe. Let’s try this: have you ever flown on an airliner caught in a storm, and heard the wings creaking away? Or caught in the toilet in a high-rise apartment in the middle of an earthquake? Being stuck in the middle of a storm on an oil rig can be much worse.

Basically, to survive offshore oil jobs, you need plenty of guts and you need to be mentally tough. You also need to be strongly motivated, otherwise it is too easy to hide under your blanket in the morning and say you don’t want to get up. To do well, you also need to learn fast, and work hard. These are the qualities you will need to work and prosper in the offshore oil industry.

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  1. irudayarajan December 11th, 2008 7:01 am

    RESUME Apply for Offshore Rig/Flatform/DrillShip Job

    Post Applied for : MOTORMAN/OILER

    Name : A.IRUDAYA RAJAN

    Date & Place of birth : 07.05.1977/Alanthalai

    Nationlity : Indian

    Religion : Roman Catholic

    Next of Kin : Paula (WIFE)

    Technical Qualification : Govt.I.T.I Fitter (N.C.V.T)

    Present Address Permanent Address

    G – 24,Room No 10 105,North Street

    M.L.Camp, Alanthalai (P.O)

    Matunga, Tuticorin Dist

    Mumbai – 400 019 Tamilnadu – 628 221.

    Tel# Tel # 04639 242779.

    Mobile -9987283859 CELL: 09790125579

    DOCUMENT DETAILOS

    DOCUMENT
    NO
    DATRE OF ISSUE
    EXPIRY

    PLACE OF ISSUE

    PASSPORT
    F.7759597
    24.04.2006
    23.04.2016
    Trichy

    CDC(INDIAN)
    MUM 82200
    22.12.1998
    22.12.2013
    Mumbai

    U.S. VISA
    68087714
    03.03.2004
    01.03.2009
    Mumbai

    STCW COURSES

    COURSE
    NUMBER
    DATE OF ISSUE
    PLACE OF ISSUE

    E.F.A.
    EFA/487/06/2004
    30.01.2004
    MUMBAI

    F.P.F.F.
    FPFF/02/068/1307
    01.06.2002
    CHENNAI

    P.S.S.R.
    PSSER/1401/98
    15.06.2002
    CHENNAI

    P.S.T.
    PST/0590/98
    09.08.1998
    CHENNAI

    O.T.F.
    TFC/073/677
    18.05.1998
    CHENNAI

    D.C.E(Oil)
    M/0/1/E/04/15547
    05.02.2004
    MUMBAI

    C.T.F.
    VJ/04802/3186
    07.12.2002
    MUMBAI

    D.C.E(Chemical)
    M/C/1/E/04/15548
    05.02.2002
    MUMBAI

    G.T.F
    BPMA/LGT/2/9/2004
    05.04.2004
    MUMBAI

    PSC & R.B
    PSCVRB/1326
    07.06.2002
    CHENNAI

    Watch Keeping
    ER/MMD/MUM/3751
    26.11.2002
    MUMBAI

    INDOS NO
    01RL 5068
    08.10.2002
    MUMBAI

    Yellow Fever
    YF-19/08
    08.09.2008
    MUMBAI

    H .U.E.T
    SSS/HUET/0621/08
    09/05/2008
    MUMBAI

    SEA SERVICES

    CAMPANY
    VESSEL
    TYPE
    DWT
    BHP
    RANK
    FROM
    TO

    E.S.M
    M.T.BRITISH VINE
    TANKER
    1,10,000
    16540
    MOTOR MAN
    26/09/07
    12/03/08

    E.S.M
    M.T.BRITISH ENVIRONMENT
    TANKER
    45,000
    12870
    MOTOR MAN
    03/07/06
    10/04/07

    E.S.M
    M.T. JO ROGN
    CL TANKER
    40,000
    11470KW
    MOTOR MAN
    0903/05
    26/12/05

    E.S.M
    M.T.OLMECA
    CL TANKER
    15,000
    4440KW
    MOTOR MAN
    20/04/04
    19/01/05

    O.S.S.CO
    M.T.Al Boureiqh
    TANKER
    74789
    17300
    MOTOR MAN
    06/02/03
    23/11/03

    Barco International
    M.T.Sea Star
    TANKER
    30076
    12000
    MOTOR MAN
    24/12/00
    14/05/02

    Snows Shipping
    M.V.City of Liver Pool
    Bulk
    23380
    8090
    MOTOR MAN
    10/06/99
    29/07/00

    A.k.saraf
    Sagar laxmi
    rig
    jakkep

    MOTOR MAN
    07/09/96
    26/07/98

    PLACE : Mumbai SIGNATURE

    DATE :

  2. james curnel December 17th, 2008 5:20 pm

    I am interested in offshore drilling…please let me know how to get started in this field….817 532 7416

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