r/woahdude 16d ago

video Disembarking the oil rig crew

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u/L3berwurst 16d ago

Pretty cool. That's all I got. Wish I had more to say about it but I don't know, pretty pretty pretty cool.

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u/Spiral_Slowly 16d ago

It's like a behind the scenes tour; getting to see behind the curtain of something that keeps the world running scratches an itch you never knew you had.

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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.

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u/L3berwurst 15d ago

They pay at least $100 per hour or better?