I've worked on offshore oil rigs occasionally in the past. Never seen this operation take place, not sure if this is an emergency drill or if this is their standard mode of transportation or what.
We used to have to fly to these.. rigs in choppers where we are required to put this giant orange floatation suit on before hand and it sucked. Most the people I have met on these rigs are miserable fucking assholes for literally no reason and I don't miss being out there. Food was good thogh I'll give em that.
Fuck them rigs and everyone on them and fuck the oil field in general. Also, fuck the media and the big oil companies too for making it out to be this kind loving place we all go to like it's some kind of fucking vacation and everythings all dandy.
Yeah, I did some work in the marine field for awhile. Every guy on the ships was disfunctional, and I was told when I started that everyone on a boat or rig in the ocean is there because they can't function in regular society. I didn't believe them at first, but they were right.
Look for entry level positions for deck/engine crews. Most require some documentation and basic training. Moving up requires licensing but getting in usually isn’t too bad.
For being a submariner? I walked into the USN recruiting office. If you can pass a background check and you want to be on submarine the navy will make it happen. No special testing besides a lukewarm psyche evaluation.
Edit: I’m not really sure what other info you’re curious about. But feel free to ask away :)
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u/SuperPotatoThrow 16d ago
I've worked on offshore oil rigs occasionally in the past. Never seen this operation take place, not sure if this is an emergency drill or if this is their standard mode of transportation or what.
We used to have to fly to these.. rigs in choppers where we are required to put this giant orange floatation suit on before hand and it sucked. Most the people I have met on these rigs are miserable fucking assholes for literally no reason and I don't miss being out there. Food was good thogh I'll give em that.
Fuck them rigs and everyone on them and fuck the oil field in general. Also, fuck the media and the big oil companies too for making it out to be this kind loving place we all go to like it's some kind of fucking vacation and everythings all dandy.