Life Inside Giant Offshore Rigs in the Middle of the Sea

Do you want to know what it's like to live inside an offshore rig? This video will take you on a tour of one of the biggest and most famous offshore rigs in the world, and will teach you everything you need to know about oil and gas production.

This Jack up rig tour is a unique opportunity to see how life on an offshore rig works from the inside. You'll learn about the oil and gas production process, as well as the weather and ocean conditions. After watching this video, you'll have a better understanding of what goes on inside offshore rigs, and what it takes to produce oil and gas.

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[ashokkamble]

I worked on ONGC offshore rigs and platforms for 18 months. That one and half year taught me how to live life with whatever you have.I was a medic and hardly had any clinical work apart from minor injuries and ailments and checking food box which used to arrive every week by a supply vessel. Good food, ample time for exercise and fresh air gave me good health. Radio operator was my room partener and I learnt quite a bit of radio operation. All in all it was a good time.

[keith]

Had a job as a roustabout on a rig in the North Sea off of Aberdeen in the late 1970s and made enough in one summer to pay for two years of college. Twelve hours on, twelve off; two weeks on, one week off. Good times. As far as I could tell the oil company had an unlimited food budget; all I had to do was ask a chef for something and if he didn’t have it, he got it within a day or two. No alcohol on the rig!

[ashleynoelle]

Oil rig worker in Newfoundland Canada here. Pay is around six figures plus for most workers. Also we do three weeks on and three weeks off rotation. Most transport is by helicopter. Only use vessel transfer when the choppers are backed up due to weather. It's a tough job but it's also very rewarding.

[neverlate]

You don't always travel by helicopter. Some times you are transferred by boat and lifted to the rig by crane. Working offshore pays well and depending on your profession can be way over $30 an hour. The food is unbelievable, steak's, seafood, anything you want to eat the cook will order and make for you. The best part is you can live anywhere in the country and still work on an offshore rig. You just have to be at the site to either catch your flight, or crew boat on time.

[kyonshi]

''They use vertical take-off and landing helicopters''

Y-yeah... that's... the idea. That's pretty much one of the features that helicopters are insanely good at. o_O

[AlessiaOlivia]

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[Chris-pcks]

few things to add i get paid a base salary of about $3500 per month plus about $340 each day i "work" off shore, my day consists off playing ping pong, pool, staring out the window and eating all the cakes in the cake fridge. normal swings are 4 weeks on/4 weeks off. the semi submersible rigs are actually attached to the sea bed via cables/chains and anchors (unless it has DP- dynamic positioning then the rig will float there and will keep its location via GPS and thrusters built in to the rig) which can be pulled up and the rig can be towed to a new location, the "fixed platform" oil rig is actually called a "jack up" rig and again, the rig is floated in to location and the legs are jacked down in to the sea bed which then lifts the whole rig out of the water, these are used more often in shallow water, and used to "work over" a platform as the whole derrick slides out over the top.

[Sanguen]

I worked on an oil rig and it was the absolutely best experience i ever had in a work place.
phenomenal food! easily better than 80-89% of restaurants.
great atmosphere, great air, great vibe! excellent job, 10/10 would return to a similar job if let the possibility.

[centexan]

Vertical take off AND landing helicopters??!! WOW! 😲

[englishcee]

The roughneck life isn’t for everyone. I worked briefly as a Galleyhand and I can tell you even the safety training prior to deployment can weed out those who aren’t committed to the adjustment.

[cuntryby_prde]

I was a roughneck on a land rig (M&X rig) and my father has also worked on an oil rig for a long period of time. Rig work ain’t easy but it can be fun. Tbh this video makes it sound like a walk in the park compared to what it really is.

[rickharper]

Roughneck for Penrod and Transworld in the late 70's and 80's in the Gulf of Mexico. Loved the work!!

[heyitsnayaa]

When I first started working at the rigs I didn’t have my tickets yet so I was cleaning and I made $28, I worked 12hrs 7 days and 7 days off
after I got all my tickets I made $40 working 7 days on 7 days off.
I worked still 12hrs not including travel time.
Honestly out of that 12 hours I probably work hard for 4hrs because you spend most of your days waiting for permits or parts or just waiting to access some areas so most of your 12hrs are spend WAITING.

I remember my supervisor used to say “ working for Suncor is like robbing the bank slowly”.

[Inkphien]

I did it for over 5 years was the best experience in my opinion

[stanleykub]

I worked for about 1.5 years. It's a very hard job, especially the night shift.

[Michaelmarchio]

They use vertical take off and landing helicopters. In other news they use light bulbs that turn on with the flick of a switch

[planblaine]

Worked on the rigs from when I was 18 to 28 ten years until on the way to work our helicopter went down breaking my back and a spinal cord injury. It’s a great job and you can make 6 figures without a college degree but it’s dangerous. But hey you can get killed or hurt on land too. The oil companies have very big insurance in case they hurt you.

[stevethomas]

Worked at pump station #12 on the Alaskan Pipeline in '76. Same sort of conditions, isolated, well paying/long hours, great food, 6-9 weeks on with two off. Great thing is that you didn't have any expenses. First two week expense, $.25 for a Snickers candy bar in the commissary

[nahbro]

I used to do the ac off of oil rigs in seal beach, ca. That was such a gnarly job. We got our tools brought up by crane and had to swing from the boat to the oil rig with a rope and the ocean chillin below you.

[eightfoe]

I went off shore n 2014 Gulf of Mexico blessed to make it back it ain’t promised