I am on an offshore production platform

[Kadarin]

Sounds like an interesting job. I wonder how much you get paid for it...

 

[Red Squirrel]

That's pretty cool. I personally can't imagine a job where I have to be away from home for that long though. Heck, we're going on a 1 week vacation and I'm already worrying about stuff. What if a pipe starts leaking, what if something electrical goes screwy, what if my UPS fails and it shuts off my servers, what if someone breaks in and the alarm system does not go off etc... Guess you just kind of get used to it, since 99% of the time nothing will happen.

Oh, and why do you guys have the olympic torch? Yeah I know what that's for, but it totally makes me think of the olympic torch.

 

[roguerower]

That's pretty cool and it would be an interesting experience.

 

[JulesMaximus]

OP,
Why are you bragging being on an oil rig?

There's nothing special about cleaning latrines and taking out the trash in the mess hall as a full-time job on an oil rig.....

I bet it pays 5x what you're making though.

 

[herm0016]

Given enough notice of severe storms, they will evacuate non essential personnel. These vessels are massive and very stable, so for the most part, you really would not feel the waves.

we are only in 80 meters of water. the ASV is a jack up, it has giant steel legs that are embedded in the sea floor.

the other platforms are permanent structures. You can feel a little movement in the ASV, but not on the actual platforms.

 

[SolMiester]

brag thread.


I am working on my first offshore job, on one of the words highest producing offshore production platforms.

http://www.offshore-technology.com/projects/bayu-undan/

more current picture with the Jack up accommodation vessel that we are staying on:

http://www.conocophillips.com.au/EN/business/OurProjects/Pages/Bayu-Undan.aspx

Gday mate, hows the weather!

 

[Raincity]

I bet everybody and their brother wants a short term gig where you land a stack of cash without the time or energy to drink or spend it away.

 

[John Connor]

I would love to own an oil platform and turn it into my house.

 

[natto fire]

I bet everybody and their brother wants a short term gig where you land a stack of cash without the time or energy to drink or spend it away.

I think that getting paid for nothing is much more in vogue, but yeah it is funny how much my expenditures went down after a I stopped working on the road.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I would love to own an oil platform and turn it into my house.

That would be awesome, and put up some solar panels and wind turbines. The ultimate irony. :biggrin:

 

[KK]

hope it doesn't blow up, its probably a long swim back to shore.

 

[herm0016]

Gday mate, hows the weather!

hey mate! :awe:

its a touch balmy for me, being from the Rockies. Good thing it's winter here. But I do like not having to worry about things freezing up!


hopefully one of my off hitches will be spent in NZ. I have always wanted to go there.

 

[RedCOMET]

we are only in 80 meters of water. the ASV is a jack up, it has giant steel legs that are embedded in the sea floor.

the other platforms are permanent structures. You can feel a little movement in the ASV, but not on the actual platforms.

I was on one jack up rig in the Gulf of Mexico... It was a tiny sucker... Only had 3 legs and we were close-ish to shore. On rig I was on in the GoM was once caught in a wicked loop current. I could definitely feel that the rig was slightly "off". The MWD guys at one point had a little level float so you see how far from the rig was in any direction.

 

[Murloc]

I was on one jack up rig in the Gulf of Mexico... It was a tiny sucker... Only had 3 legs and we were close-ish to shore. On rig I was on in the GoM was once caught in a wicked loop current. I could definitely feel that the rig was slightly "off". The WMD guys at one point had a little level float so you see how far from the rig was in any direction.

now that's the scary shit I wouldn't like.

I would love to own an oil platform and turn it into my house.

it's not an oil platform but similar: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Sealand
not an easy life though.

 

[tboo]

How is the food? I have heard they bring in pretty good chefs to those rigs.

 

[iRONic]

brag thread.

I am working on my first offshore job, on one of the words highest producing offshore production platforms.

OP, on crew change days are you flying out or taking a boat?

Repost but it fits here;

The mid 80's... I was a helicopter mechanic on two oil & NG platforms 150 miles out in the Gulf of Mexico. HI561 & HI330. The days before all the big oil mergers.

The money, fishing, and food were awesome. The 14 & 14 schedule not so much.

Approach to HI561

Short final to HI330

Good day

Funky day

Bad day

 

[iRONic]

Given enough notice of severe storms, they will evacuate non essential personnel. These vessels are massive and very stable, so for the most part, you really would not feel the waves.

Hurricane evacs sucked for us on the CNG contract. After the pilot brought everybody in our field to the beach, I was the last to get picked up. Then we had to stop at each rig (4) to verify that the gennys were shut down and secured.

 

[Sonikku]

I wish you luck in not having your platform blow up.

 

[iRONic]

hope it doesn't blow up, its probably a long swim back to shore.

I wish you luck in not having your platform blow up.

Shit happens so he better take the safety briefings and drills seriously.

Been there done that. It sucks.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Cool.

MOAR PICS PLZ.

 

[Scarpozzi]

Wow...you all need to switch to solar power. I saw this:

http://www.offshore-technology.com/projects/bayu-undan/bayu-undan4.html

I didn't realize those rigs required a gas pipeline to power them.

 

[herm0016]

Other way around....its sorta the point of the whole thing....

 

[John Connor]

That would be awesome, and put up some solar panels and wind turbines. The ultimate irony. :biggrin:

Well, if there was still a flare off I channel that to a generator. I thought that is what they are doing now with flared offs. At least that is what they are doing in North Dakota.

 

[SolMiester]

hey mate! :awe:

its a touch balmy for me, being from the Rockies. Good thing it's winter here. But I do like not having to worry about things freezing up!


hopefully one of my off hitches will be spent in NZ. I have always wanted to go there.

LOL, NZ is a lot greener than Oz, but dont forget to have a good look around Oz, its got some great sites and places....What coast are you on?

 

[RedCOMET]

OP, on crew change days are you flying out or taking a boat?

Repost but it fits here;

The mid 80's... I was a helicopter mechanic on two oil & NG platforms 150 miles out in the Gulf of Mexico. HI561 & HI330. The days before all the big oil mergers.

The money, fishing, and food were awesome. The 14 & 14 schedule not so much.

Approach to HI561

Short final to HI330

Good day

Funky day

Bad day

Cool pics. I had a friend who flew to South African, and then sailed backed to the Gulf of Mexico from Durban on one of transocean's new drill ship. He made bank for being ona rig for almost 35 days straight, only shame is that he ran out of stuff to do since he was both third party contractor and finished setting up his gear..

I was took a crew boat from a rig once .. I was sick for the 10 hr or so boat ride from the rig. I got lucky though as the seas were too rough, or else we would have stopped at other rigs to pick up materials that were head into port.

I've been on about 8 or so drilling rigs, from jack ups to drill ships, and the larger the rig, the bigger the galley and therefore the better and more food options that you have. Best meals I've had had been Christmas, thanksgiving and Easter.