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What is it like to work in an offshore drilling platform?

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That means I spend most of my time in the workshop or office planning projects, but very frequently go to the rig to run a project for a few weeks. I work in the ultra-deepwater Gulf of Mexico on floating drilling rigs doing subsea oil well control -- basically preventing Deepwater Horizon type accidents. read more

I work on some of the biggest, nicest drilling rigs in the world. I work on some of the biggest, highest-profile energy projects in the world. I am a part-timer on multiple rigs instead of being part of a permanent rig crew. read more

Offshore jobs no longer involve pulling thundering machinery around platforms in oil-soaked clothes. Today, most oil and gas jobs centre on automated operations, and the heavy machinery is monitored and remotely controlled by advanced computers. read more