Life Inside Giant Offshore Rigs in the Middle of the Sea
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- 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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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.
I'm in Tulsa ok and I'm trying to work there.
I require an offshore job.
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''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
It is a rather handy feature.
That’s what I thought when he said it, like what’s the other option
@@BoutTime73 helicopter with nose mounted blades maybe???????? idk.
🤣🤣
Exactly what i thought!
Like what else u gonna do? Use a horizontal ass drag take off??
Vertical take off AND landing helicopters??!! WOW! 😲
I thought the same thing haha!!!
Is such a think even possible? lol
@@bullmiller3800 No they are submersibles.
Damn I knew someone would beat me to it. I’m sure glad he explained how that all works. It’s been perplexing me all my life. Now I understand though, helicopter’s take off and land vertically 🤔🤔
I prefer helicopters that take off horizontally. 😂
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.
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!
No business having alcohol on a job like that.
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.
Could you give me a company name that uses boats not helicopter
@@tylerbarrett8008 Apache oil is one. Most of the helicopters are used to transport to deep water rings. The production rings transfer people mostly by boat. I haven't been in the industry for several years now. But I still hear from friends who work out in the Gulf on what's going on .
Somehow this gets skipped in high school along with other lucrative trades …vs college.
@@charliedallachie3539 Ha! Yup, I'm a crane op, with a high school education, pulling down 150K a year, screw college!
I worked on an oil rig over 40 yrs. ago off the coast of New Jersey when they did experimental drilling. If i didn’t take the supply boat, overnight,from Rhode Island, I’d catch the helicopter from Atlantic City, then later, Cape May, N.J., but anyway, i put on over 20 lbs., there also being a full meal served at midnight, in addition to the other three meal times.
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.
Galley crews are way under appreciated. I’m thankful every time I get off of work in the evening and a fresh towel and my cleaned and folded clothes are on my bunk.
I bet part of your job was also rig psychologist. Some times after a long 12 hour shift someone stops by the galley for a quick meal and would like to talk about their day with someone. That someone could be you!
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.
Any companies you recommend? And what’s the main qualifications
@@mustbemeech BP, Exxon, Shell,
Quals; you need engineer
@@nolesy34 thanks for the info
They use vertical take off and landing helicopters. In other news they use light bulbs that turn on with the flick of a switch
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.
I'm so sorry that you got hurt that bad. I hope that you are doing well. Take care.
Plan Blaine: best wishes to you and Hope are doing OK. Sorry about the helo accident!
Dang sorry to hear that happen to u. hope u have a full recovery sir and hope that oil company still paying u a hefty check every here and there for that
Was it cuz of the weather or the pilot?
@@Bizzcuitz probly both
Don't all helicopters take off and land vertically?
More dramatic I guess
VTOL Helo
Optimally, yes.
The helicopter I rode on seated 10 people, and when it took off, it climbs maybe 20 feel, then moves horizontally
I did it for over 5 years was the best experience in my opinion
Wait, they use vertical take-off and landing helicopters? Who would have thought these things existed!
I worked in the field for years, I was a Driller on Land Rigs.
The reason why more people don't work Offshoe is that it's Tough as HELL to get on!
I make the same on land.
They just get paid 24 straight.
Most oil rigs are hiring like crazy it’s not hard to get on . The pay is shit starting at 20$ an hour roughneck pay is 23$ . It’s a dead end job unless you make it to a position that doesn’t require you do do physical labor
I worked on the drilling rigs here at home in saskatchewan Canada I was making $32 an hr rough necking idk where you were working but thats shut pay haha
@@jordanfiddler3497 it’s shit pay like that everywhere offshore
I’m currently an entry level production operator offshore and make $24/hr. I make my daily rounds at 6am and 3pm, other than that we are either watching tv, playing on our phones, or playing madden or 2K
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.
I worked for nabors in north Dakota back in the day the difference is you make a lot more money on land than offshore ,it's crazy
75k a year for offshore drilling is actually a very conservative figure I'd say 25-50% more is about average in the south
Work rotations are usually equal, 2 week working 2 weeks off, 28 days on 28 days off. Only work half a year and make 75k, not bad
for a few years, I was an offshore paramedic for dive ships, underwater construction/welding vessels, recovery ships, crane lift boats, and did some rotations on a few oil rigs on the Gulf of Mexico. for the crew for sometimes a couple of hundred or so people I was the only medical person on board or on the rig. from burns, to medicals, to minor illnesses to trauma to simple cuts and sprains, I saw and treated it all. From Trinidad to Mexico I saw some amazing sunsets, sailed and enjoyed shipboard life. I met some of the most incredible people, and had some times I will never forget. t was one of the most fascinating, amazing career highlights I have had thus far in my fire/EMS career.
Cool👍
That 70k a year is starting out, believe me they have a lot of guys making 90-110k a year. That’s good money especially when you get weeks off at a time. A majority of America is surviving of 50-60k a year, so nearly double the national average…
You can make a helluva lot more than 110,000 on offshore rigs especially if u work for a contractor and not the rig owner itself but u earn every penny of it
I went off shore n 2014 Gulf of Mexico blessed to make it back it ain’t promised
Greta for singles in transition or on a career path. Every one of the riggers I know have told me it sucks for those with families. The rig divers are the only one’s who think it’s great; but those guys are crazy.
I've known and dated rig divers.. you are not wrong.
You have to really like your coworkers. I could never live so close to mine no matter how much we get along.
Did a few things on a submarine. THAT is living close to your coworkers.
34$ an hour ain’t worth it
Add in your per diem and hazard pay you’re looking at around 60 an hour
Thought about doing this for a while, I was a enginemen in the Navy, power plant operator now for a hospital. Looked up jobs to work in the power plants on these things….113k a year. To work half a year 🙃 but as some good family and friends have told me before…not all money is good money. And I would rather be here making about 3/4 of that and having my family and friends. Always still a interesting thought…just don’t think I want to be gone like that again and in that much danger after 6 years in the Navy.
As a mom of twins that didn’t sleep for the first 3 years you got me at the 8 hours of sleep! I’d have taken that job in a heartbeat!
Sure thing Michelle
not comparable, but keep exaggerating.
They really don’t make that much money considering the danger and isolation. Bless them all.
2:48 VTOL helicopters! WOW, that's a first!
Fossil fuels are Gifts from God----St. James 1:17
Helicopters rarely deliver supplies to an oil rig, that job is done by Platform Supply Vessels, or PSV's.
Helicopters aren’t the only way they get supplies. 100% of supplies comes out on the vessels. Worked in the Gulf of Mexico my entire adult life. I am 41 years old now.
The Gulf of Mexico isn’t the only oilfield or rigs in general. Though the gulf rigs do use vessels for the most part the other rigs around the world might use more helicopters or a even combination of both.
I would love to work on these oil platforms one day.
@@AAADADZIE anyone can work on these and most cases. Jus gotta google for your country. Most companies do pay for travel.
I understand that drilling is world wide, but due to the weight limits of helicopters they can only carry a max load of 12,000 #’s. I am referring to the largest used in the oil field which is the Sikorsky S-92. As for the North Sea helicopters are used a lot due to high seas all the time but still, if they need a winch for a crane it wouldn’t come out on a helicopter.
The cool thing about being an oil rig operator is the chance of saving our planet from an asteroid.
Wat
I'm on 37.25 per hour working in a food processing plant, add 15% shift loading onto that and it increases to around $42 per hour, clearing around $1500 per week after tax
For what they endure, they don't get paid squat. That should answer your question as to why more people don't work on such rigs. They'd just about have to have 2nd jobs on their off weeks just to make ends meet.
Do you think $34 an hour and being away from your family is a lot of money… you have to be kidding.
They use vertical takeoff and landing helicopters….WTF.
I know, Who uses vertical takeoff and landing helicopters anymore ?
i prefer helicopters that need a runway
Some people don't know what helicopters do, I guess.
Lmao 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂
@@edbrown6985 please explain, I really don’t know.
$34 an hour is not alot for offshore, I make that working onshore in a warehouse. Day rate when i’m out for inventory is $675 a day.
I honestly thought that they would make considerably more than that. That money can go far if a worker happens to live in a state where property is cheaper. Here in NYC though, you are making nearly as much at most union based jobs. More if you happen to work in a residential building (Doorman/Porter) cus of tips & end of the year bonuses.
I make more than that as a bricklayer on a prevailing wage job right here on the mainline. I would not trade jobs because the pay is actually better on the mainland but not everyone is afforded the opportunity
Entry level is 70k a year. Also, once you hit 40 hours you are on Overtime for every hour you work till you hit land.
Imma stick with my $21 an hour driving forklifts and working 8 hour shifts. One thing I gotta be able to do is go home when I get off work for the day and the last thing imma do is stay at my job when my shift is over
I agree with you 100%. To be honest though, that kind of job (oil rigs) is not for everyone. I make close to $70,000.00 as a skycap and wouldn't charge my job unless I win the mega million. To get a three month break sometimes is tempting though.
the thing is to have a full week of off time every other week... they are technically working less than you are
@@justinpigg1694
…and making more than $45,000 a year before taxes.
That’s chump change for that type of hard work and sacrifice, they should make a minimum of $50
That $71k is an approximate starting average. Most offshore drilling and production personnel make 6 figures in the USA Gulf of Mexico after only a few years. Cooks and galley hands make the least, but typically they work 28/28 and travel back and forth to countries like the Philippines where their money makes them kings.
70K a year isnt that great considering the risk involved and the lifestyle change. Utility workers in Calif in many cases make over 100K/year with OT
Vertical take off and landing helicopters you say?? What other kinds of helicopters are there????
You lost me after that
Can't fix dumb.
Anybody in the industry have any useful tips, tricks or suggestions about getting a job on a offshore rig with no experience? Or even where to fill out applications? Any advice or comments are appreciated
Find a driller on a land rig or try to get on a mudlogging crew to get your foot in the door. I started with a small mudlogger and soon worked up to MWD hand. Looking at $100 my first year as MWD but ex was burning through money faster than I could make it. / The smaller companies seem to not be very safety conscious and have some really sketchy people.
You can also get all your certifications before hand but you will have to pay.. I took 8 classes and the THUET was the most expensive..
the sea was angry that day my friends- like an old man sending back soup at a deli-suddenly the great beast appeared
This video and the comments were very interesting; thanks for the insight....it would scare the bejesus out of me but I think I would love to be on the rig during rough weather (at least I think I would)🤔
71 k a year aint enough there, 150 probably
I literally drive a forklift and I make $35 an hour, $42.5 overtime, $70 an hour on the weekends 😂
Wow!
No imagine a forklift driver ON the oil rig
Must be Elon musk salary then
@@nolesy34 But imagine actually exhaling your cigarettes
@@kangenathan9703 yeah nah yeah nah kent
Even with all those costs and extra logistical hassles. It's profitable enough to do it. It makes more then enough money to make it worth while.
So what do they do if hurricane force winds come in. Can those rigs flip or break apart. And do they leave the rig during violent storms?
They won't go anywhere they just bounce up and down
Think of a ping pong ball tied to the bathplug, now splash water around
Rode out a hurricane on one in the gulf back in the 80s. Was scary for awhile until I was assured by the veteran crew that they'd seen worse. A hawk blown offshore flew in through a porthole window in the galley during it. Gave us a little excitement while eating lunch. The galley hand caught it and stuffed it back out. After the storm we found a pigeon with a band on it's leg on the deck. One of the guys took it in on the helicopter and attached a note to it's leg stating where it had been found and turned it loose. Never saw that guy again so don't know if he got a response. I found a sparrow the same day. Put it in a coffee can with holes in the lid and took it in and released it on land.
Work is hard pay sucks, unless you are management.
$71,000 a year is not a lot of money.
No, it's really not alot of money.
I would love to turn one of these into a Mansion resort.
You know cruise ships exist right
Awesome video
make WAY more than that!!
The number of inaccuracies in this video is off the chart
Lighting is very important. It can get awful lonely out there.
Blimey, I was a power station/ petrochem rigger. The number of times I got invited offshore, but I'd made good money for the year.
Once, I took the plunge, did my offshore survival cert.
Guess what, couldn't get a start.
I think that was about £1500 down the drain about 30 years ago. Ouch.
Oh well you tried, you got one just to be shore, to be shore
I smashed the subscribe button and broke my monitor. Bill in the mail. ;)
Anybody else think that guy was doing cocaine for a second at @2 mins in LMAO
$34 same as working as a cleaner in a hotel 😂
Are you 14 years old ? Clearly you've never had a job before bud try cutting that number in half. Might wanna run the next comment you post by your parents before you embarrass yourself again.
Thought they would have made way more
We do or they do now ,I retired at 54 . 36 years and I had enough,and they make way more than 71k now ,trying to think how long ago it was that I made 71 k offshore,maybe like 1990 or so .$35 an hour x12hours a day + safety meetings is well over 100k a year ,then you got schools and spud meeting and don’t forget when you will work more than 12 hours a day ,it will happen
Made that as a tankie working in the field 34.00 an hour plus per diem of 75 a day.
Rolling in the dough? 😆
I feel like the money should be more than just $71k
That's way too little money for all the risk and uncomfort.
It’s a great job you can make six figures without a college but it can be dangerous. I worked in the Gulf of Mexico until our helicopter crashed into the water breaking my back and leaving me disabled for life. But the oil companies have big money if they hurt you. I retired at 28.
They are not 8x more likely to die than any other occupation, it's a dangerous job but logging and aircraft crews are more....
$71.004 is not a good scale for a risky job
"...and roll in cash" "...paid relatively well..." $70K is barely sufficient to pay rent and bills in SoCal. The donor class makes more in a day than most of us make over multiple years.
71K per year? lol...
Not going to lie, the second time you begged for me to subscribe, i clicked off the video. Chill with that
How much of the marine life is damaged by oil rigs?
good view
Working 12-16 hours a day is pretty standard in corporate America. Not sure why that's considered a tough schedule. The difference is other jobs don't give a week off after a week of working 16 hours a day.
You need to put quotation marks around "working" in your comment. Few in corp. America actually do more than 6 or 8 hours of honest, legit WORK. But many try to APPEAR as if they do.
Whoever told you they make 71k is wrong. I know a few guys and every single one of them CLEAR 150k no problem.
They make way more than the base pay.
6 figures a year is common
Vertical helicopter take off and landing? Is there another type I'm not aware of for helicopters??
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This is probably brutto salary and after taxes their payment are basically garbage
Ahhh yes, the rare VTOL Helicopter lol.
wOw I worked for Homa Industries in the 80's for $7.50 hour + overtime, worked up to 100 hours a week, I worked 30 days a month and off 15 days, these guys are soft
In gulf in the late 70s 8 an 12 hour shift
I can tell u this no way would i work on a rig for 34.00 an hour I have worked on offshore rigs a few times but for a contractor and no one in my crews got less than 48.00 an hour and more not even worth it for 34.00 bucks no way
I test them but I don't go out and work on them. I should though because I am told the food is wonderful.
Wonder how many breaks you get on those shifts. Surprised smoking is allowed on those rigs. And I guess no tree for you guys even when you're off I'm sure they piss test quite often
Where was I for the adequate breaks & 8 hours of sleep?
Just get some sleep when comfortable
That cold floor next to the drill station looks good, is good with a jacket on the ground
SNORE AS MUCH AS YOU LIKE NO ONE CAN HEAR OVER THE EQUIPMENT
Always wanted to work in the galley of rig or as a steward, but couldn’t ever get the right connection.
I don’t know where you are located but there is a HUGE entry level career fair at the Cajun Dome in Lafayette, Louisiana!! It on February 1st. I hope you see this before the time passes. They are hiring warm bodies right now!!!!!!
Hw to get an offshore job?
I m a Mechanical engineer with 15 yrs experience in repairing n maintenance of heavy earth moving equipments.
That's it. I make over $100 per hour washing peoples windows and I get tips in the form of cash, pies, cookies ,cakes,pops etc ... Plus 5 months off in winter
My biggest wish I worked here
That's not a lot of money for what they do. My brother in-law works for a gas company and makes $32 an hour. These guys need to know their worth. Terrible.
"Vertical take-off and landing helicopters." Is there any other kind?
I come from poverty and I tell you that the streets are much harder than that job. Sign me up!!
I make more just Watching TH-cam at work and Watching machines mark parts for me... no heavy load.
Do u need a Twicc how do u apply
I make more than that 30 miles from my house running heavy equipment..I'm pretty sure they make double that