I am interested in working offshore, anyone with any experience that could tell me what its like? coming from a 3rd year apprentice mechanical engineer.Offshore work oil rigs?
As Paul already mentioned, the work is better suited for young, unmarried people. An offshore shift may be two weeks long for example.
The conditions are reasonable, but rather crowded. When I worked on land, I was somewhat careless about wearing my hardhat. Offshore, I never left the crew quarters without a hardhat on - to protect myself against air conditioners, pipes crossing walkways, etc.
There's no place to go if you get bored - and boredom can be a way of life. Everybody is always there ahead of time, waiting, so that the rig won't have to wait on them, so there is lots of sitting around. The food tends to be pretty good because eating is one of the ways that you pass time waiting to go to work.
The money tends to be a good bit better than on land. Some rigs are great, some are dumps.
I would work offshore again, but I would want to see a light at the end off the tunnel. I would not want to work offshore constantly. It's great for some people. Just not my cup of tea.Offshore work oil rigs?
I worked on an oil platform in the North Sea for 15 years. I was a mechanical tech (mechanical fitter), repairing turbines, compressors, pumps, engines etc. We were very busy the vast majority of the time. Working conditions are cramped for maintenance work, most mechanical jobs are awkward as space is at a premium. Accommodation in the North Sea is mostly good on the newer installations (I was on one of the first platforms in the North Sea, where it wasn't so good)
Because I was part of the permanent crew, a lot was expected of us. Outside our normal job, I was a member of the fire team, a certified lifeboat coxswain, and a couple of other things also.
With us, the discipline was normally quite strict, and they certainly got their pound of flesh out of us all. I finished up as a Maintenance Supervisor, and the workload was just phenomenal, way too much.
Since I transferred back to a refinery onshore, the workload is far less. There seems to be all kinds of people doing lots of things - offshore we did it all ourselves.
I didn't mind the first 10 years, but after about that time I started to hate it. The weekend before I used to travel back, I used to get the dark cloud descending. I was glad to finish my stint offshore, and it is definitley NOT on the plan to go back out there unless my a*se is against the wall and I really have to.
Thought I'd better add - there is a big difference between working on an offshore drilling rig (oilrig) and an offshore production platform. Production platforms are usually fixed, drill rigs are mobile. If you're part of the drilling crew on a drilling rig, you'll just be towed to various locations to drill wells (this is before the production platform is installed). There's quite a difference in the equipment you'll be working on too between them. On the drilling rig, majority of time will be maintaining and repairing the big drilling equipment. on the production platform it's usually more oil-related equipment you'll work on such as large pumps, pump seals, air and gas compressors, turbines, and any other mechanical equipment there. (In the early days we did all the accommodation maintenance too)
Good luck
I did it when I was younger and enjoyed it. I was working for an engineering consultancy and we would spend 1 - 2 weeks at a time off-shore, working 12+ hour days (nothing much else to do while you're out there) and getting well paid for it, with time off afterwards.
It probably suits someone without any family commitments who enjoys working hard and then reaping the benefits of that hard work afterwards.
I haven't done it myself, but I work with engineers who do. It doesn't suit everybody that's for sure. The hours can be long 12-15 hour days, you don't see your family %26amp; friends for weeks and you are stuck in one place for that time. No takeaways or cinemas! I guess the answer is to try it and if you don't like it don't do it again!
Saturday, December 26, 2009
I understand the need of oil but how can anyone feel more offshore drilling is needed in the U.S?
I live in Florida, and don't understand how people are ok with ruining coral reefs and so many other environments that we already hav few of, while we are trying to restore the everglades. ruin one restore another?
I have been reading up on the issue because it sickens me to kill so many organisms for fuel when there could be another way, could anyone justify it with links
that would be really helpful
ThanksI understand the need of oil but how can anyone feel more offshore drilling is needed in the U.S?
I think the more appropriate question is how can anyone feel that we shouldn't drill for oil? No one is talking about drilling in coral reefs. There are no coral reefs hundreds of feet down where the oil drilling will occur. And it is well established that the oil platforms behave like a reef and attract fish and organisms. The fishing around the oil rigs is excellent.
If you have been ';reading up on the issue'; you must be reading articles from the fiction department or blogs with an agenda. Try reading articles from a reliable source not articles from the New York Times or Newsweek or bloggers that do not tell the truth.
I feel sorry for the young in our country. They will not recognize the country they are about to inherit because of the propaganda they have been fed, believe and are using as the basis for their political decisions. I hope you get a good education or have a good skill. The ignorant and the unskilled will have a difficult time.I understand the need of oil but how can anyone feel more offshore drilling is needed in the U.S?
Because those people aren't ignorant. They know the facts and know that with the technology we'd be using to drill, we would be doing little to no harm to anything. And what is this crap of oh... we have few environments left... Where'd you hear that? CNN? Seriously, I'm tired of hearing about save the trees, save the polar bears, blah,blah,blah. The fact is, we have more trees than there have ever been in the history of the world, and the polar bear population is actually increasing not decreasing.
And... what other way to get oil would you suggest? Bio-fuels? Oh that's great... We're basically using food we need to do this. People are starving in other countries while we selfishly use up food when we have a clear alternative of simply drilling for oil here.
People have spent lots of money on equipment to drill for oil and they want to use those toys. It is how they make money and buy stuff they don't need to avoid thinking about whayt they do to the planet.
Its simply greed.
with resepct i think you should rewrite your question as you cannot do something 'offshore' in a country.
I suggest you mean this.
How can the US need more offshore drilling?
Money can buy ethics
Your getting confused mate. Offshore drilling isn't ruining coral reefs or marine life at all. Coral reefs are organic and need sunlight to survive so they are situated at shallow depths. Offshore drilling occurs in the deep sea where reefs and most sea life cannot survive. Oil, gas, petoleum are all hydrocarbons which have evolved fom organic matter such as reefs and marine life. When the sea level rises these coal reefs die due to lack of sunlight and over time they are buried and solidify into limestone. The intense pressure from the burial of this limestone cook the organic matter (the dead reefs and marine life) into hydrocarbons. So when you hear about these offshore rigs drilling reefs, they are talking about drilling a hydrocarbon reservoir that use to be a reef millions of years ago. It doesn't ruin any coral reefs at all!
Also the reason why more drilling is needed in the US is because they don't have enough oil to supply the consumers. People in the US are not educated enough to realise that the planet is nearly devestated of our #1 resource, yet everybody drives SUVs and massive cars that consume massive amounts of fuel. Everyone wonders why the price of fuel is so high... Its because idiots such as these uneducated morons who drive SUVs (for no reason at all) consume so much fuel that our reservoirs are drying up and we need to find other reservoirs. Thats easier said than done. We do have other known reservoirs but they are uneconmonicable to extract because the price of oil is low. So fuel companies jack up the price so they can make a profit.
In otherwords, the oil companies are the ones who are greedy and the consumers are the ones who are ignorant. Thats the problem!
I have been reading up on the issue because it sickens me to kill so many organisms for fuel when there could be another way, could anyone justify it with links
that would be really helpful
ThanksI understand the need of oil but how can anyone feel more offshore drilling is needed in the U.S?
I think the more appropriate question is how can anyone feel that we shouldn't drill for oil? No one is talking about drilling in coral reefs. There are no coral reefs hundreds of feet down where the oil drilling will occur. And it is well established that the oil platforms behave like a reef and attract fish and organisms. The fishing around the oil rigs is excellent.
If you have been ';reading up on the issue'; you must be reading articles from the fiction department or blogs with an agenda. Try reading articles from a reliable source not articles from the New York Times or Newsweek or bloggers that do not tell the truth.
I feel sorry for the young in our country. They will not recognize the country they are about to inherit because of the propaganda they have been fed, believe and are using as the basis for their political decisions. I hope you get a good education or have a good skill. The ignorant and the unskilled will have a difficult time.I understand the need of oil but how can anyone feel more offshore drilling is needed in the U.S?
Because those people aren't ignorant. They know the facts and know that with the technology we'd be using to drill, we would be doing little to no harm to anything. And what is this crap of oh... we have few environments left... Where'd you hear that? CNN? Seriously, I'm tired of hearing about save the trees, save the polar bears, blah,blah,blah. The fact is, we have more trees than there have ever been in the history of the world, and the polar bear population is actually increasing not decreasing.
And... what other way to get oil would you suggest? Bio-fuels? Oh that's great... We're basically using food we need to do this. People are starving in other countries while we selfishly use up food when we have a clear alternative of simply drilling for oil here.
People have spent lots of money on equipment to drill for oil and they want to use those toys. It is how they make money and buy stuff they don't need to avoid thinking about whayt they do to the planet.
Its simply greed.
with resepct i think you should rewrite your question as you cannot do something 'offshore' in a country.
I suggest you mean this.
How can the US need more offshore drilling?
Money can buy ethics
Your getting confused mate. Offshore drilling isn't ruining coral reefs or marine life at all. Coral reefs are organic and need sunlight to survive so they are situated at shallow depths. Offshore drilling occurs in the deep sea where reefs and most sea life cannot survive. Oil, gas, petoleum are all hydrocarbons which have evolved fom organic matter such as reefs and marine life. When the sea level rises these coal reefs die due to lack of sunlight and over time they are buried and solidify into limestone. The intense pressure from the burial of this limestone cook the organic matter (the dead reefs and marine life) into hydrocarbons. So when you hear about these offshore rigs drilling reefs, they are talking about drilling a hydrocarbon reservoir that use to be a reef millions of years ago. It doesn't ruin any coral reefs at all!
Also the reason why more drilling is needed in the US is because they don't have enough oil to supply the consumers. People in the US are not educated enough to realise that the planet is nearly devestated of our #1 resource, yet everybody drives SUVs and massive cars that consume massive amounts of fuel. Everyone wonders why the price of fuel is so high... Its because idiots such as these uneducated morons who drive SUVs (for no reason at all) consume so much fuel that our reservoirs are drying up and we need to find other reservoirs. Thats easier said than done. We do have other known reservoirs but they are uneconmonicable to extract because the price of oil is low. So fuel companies jack up the price so they can make a profit.
In otherwords, the oil companies are the ones who are greedy and the consumers are the ones who are ignorant. Thats the problem!
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I passed a offshore training and safetey class for oil rig work with flying colors.?
To obtain my TWIC card will I be denied due to a aggravated assault charge with no injuries stemming from a traffic accident? It happened 5 years ago and I spent 3 years in prison because cops lied.I passed a offshore training and safetey class for oil rig work with flying colors.?
You should be ok. they only go back three years is what we were told.
Now if it was serious involving murder terrorisim expolisve or weapon convictions they go back forever.
You should be ok. they only go back three years is what we were told.
Now if it was serious involving murder terrorisim expolisve or weapon convictions they go back forever.
Do you hate offshore oil drilling as much as I do?
No. Do you hate offshore oil drilling as much as I do?
If you hate the idea of offshore drilling then you should know that other countries around the world are already drilling as close as 90 miles from the U.S. When are the people of this country going to pull their head out of their *** and see what is really going on. There is not a oil shortage in and around our country, need to stop hugging trees and wake up. Everyone else in this world already knows what they need to survive in this century and the next.Do you hate offshore oil drilling as much as I do?
I don't understand the big deal with drilling anyways. Why should we make the middle east more rich? We have the oil, why not use it ourselves. With the advancement of technology we won't need it in the future anyways. Obama is so stupid. He talks about taxing the oil companies more. If he took econ in college, he would realize that the oil companies would just raise the prices on our end. We are so behind it is not even funny. We should be taking advantage of nuclear technology and drill our own oil.
It is ugly and it needs to be done. In life we must not be on the left nor right then we r backwards. We need to be in the middle. May be a little bit but we NEED it to boost our economy. We need to construct green tech so it is avalible to the ppl then we can start worring about creating an economic depression. IDK ask Ron Paul. I just hope u read my messege and think about it.
No, Why do you hate it...We need to explore all of our resources and find new ones also to survive. We need to start now...this has dragged on for 30+ years with nothing being done.
Not as much as I hate gas at 4.00+ a gallon, higher prices on goods and services and the idea of people freezing because they can't afford heating oil.
No I love it! Drill here... Drill now....Drill offshore....Drill ANWR....Drill everywhere.
if the environmental concerns are real threat to human health, we might end up paying atleast 4x more on the cost of healthcare..what we were thinking we'd save on a gallon of gas.
Yes. Hate it but that don't mean I am the baby's daddy. Lies, lies lies. Trust me.
no
we need oil or youll be bled dry
gas is at a crazy price
soon itll be $5+
I just think that its' ugly. OK, ANWAR does make some sense.
No. We need it.
kneau
swish.....two points
Nope. im all for it!camera
If you hate the idea of offshore drilling then you should know that other countries around the world are already drilling as close as 90 miles from the U.S. When are the people of this country going to pull their head out of their *** and see what is really going on. There is not a oil shortage in and around our country, need to stop hugging trees and wake up. Everyone else in this world already knows what they need to survive in this century and the next.Do you hate offshore oil drilling as much as I do?
I don't understand the big deal with drilling anyways. Why should we make the middle east more rich? We have the oil, why not use it ourselves. With the advancement of technology we won't need it in the future anyways. Obama is so stupid. He talks about taxing the oil companies more. If he took econ in college, he would realize that the oil companies would just raise the prices on our end. We are so behind it is not even funny. We should be taking advantage of nuclear technology and drill our own oil.
It is ugly and it needs to be done. In life we must not be on the left nor right then we r backwards. We need to be in the middle. May be a little bit but we NEED it to boost our economy. We need to construct green tech so it is avalible to the ppl then we can start worring about creating an economic depression. IDK ask Ron Paul. I just hope u read my messege and think about it.
No, Why do you hate it...We need to explore all of our resources and find new ones also to survive. We need to start now...this has dragged on for 30+ years with nothing being done.
Not as much as I hate gas at 4.00+ a gallon, higher prices on goods and services and the idea of people freezing because they can't afford heating oil.
No I love it! Drill here... Drill now....Drill offshore....Drill ANWR....Drill everywhere.
if the environmental concerns are real threat to human health, we might end up paying atleast 4x more on the cost of healthcare..what we were thinking we'd save on a gallon of gas.
Yes. Hate it but that don't mean I am the baby's daddy. Lies, lies lies. Trust me.
no
we need oil or youll be bled dry
gas is at a crazy price
soon itll be $5+
I just think that its' ugly. OK, ANWAR does make some sense.
No. We need it.
kneau
swish.....two points
Nope. im all for it!
Under UNCLOS1982, what is the requirement governing the offshore oil and gas activities?
Drilling activities can't take place in federally protected areas and must be within national waters.
But many of these regulations are superceded by the governing state and they usually have final say.
More info can probably be obtained from the Dept. of the Interior, Dept. of Energy, and the EPA.
But many of these regulations are superceded by the governing state and they usually have final say.
More info can probably be obtained from the Dept. of the Interior, Dept. of Energy, and the EPA.
If we took all the crude oil from offshore drilling in the US, and only used that oil, how long would it last?
I hear them say: Drill, Drill, Drill, and I wonder...will it be worth more later...after it is gone??If we took all the crude oil from offshore drilling in the US, and only used that oil, how long would it last?
perhaps a week or twoIf we took all the crude oil from offshore drilling in the US, and only used that oil, how long would it last?
First off, America use 25% of the world's oil. It owns 3%. Drilling will take 7-10 to produce a drop. And then it will all be sold to Japan and countries that are developing, like India. By 2015, we will have hydrogen away. We already have the technology for natural gas powered cars and soon hydrogen. If we used wind, solar, plasma waste incineration, and nuclear power we could use electric. We could be much, much, more efficient if we used electric and invested in the expensive technology. It would pay for itself really quickly. We could sell natural gas to India and other countries and put America on the export part of the world economy, for once we would sell more than corn and wheat. Th oil we would drill would do nothing to help the prices, and any company interested in it would go for profits, not American. There European and Asian companies anyway.
We estimate reserves of offshore oil will last 100 years or more. They go up every year with new technology.
You'll here stuff like the AWR will only produce enough oil for 5 years, but that's if you pumped it and it supplied all of the US and you shut off all the other wells.
If you take the attitude of, why drill, it'll take 10 years to get to market, then why research any fuel, electric cars, solar, anything. That is being just plain ol pig headed, the ol, my way or nothing attitude.
As for hydrogen, it will NEVER EVER BE a fuel. H2 is man made, there is no H2 gas anywhere on this planet. There are two ways to make, from oil/gas or from electricity. If you use electricity to make H2, that would be sinful. You see, for every kilowatt of electricity you put into making H2, you only get .6 kilowatts out, that means you just wasted 40% of the power of that plant making electricity. If I went out and left my lights on in my house and wasted the power and that meant you didn't get any, would you be very happy?
Stop listening to just one side, think about, vote with your brain and common sense, not because of others that will not compromise. Build solar, wind, whatever, but think about the cost and the real technology.
IFFFF.....we figured out,funded and got on the conservation band wagon; developed safer ways to get that oil from the ground,were using many other alternitive fuesl, by 2020, we (the US) would no longer be dependant on oil from people that want us dead. The things that must be concidered are more complicated then just to drill or not to drill. The reality of the number of people living on this earth will tripple in the next 30 years. The greenhouse gasses omitted by the use of dirty fuels MUST stop and must stop very soon. Every year we do not get going on the ECO trail the farther behind our country becomes on the global playing field. I do not have the exact figures, but I have heard quoted there is more then enough oil on earth to support evryone for many many years if we stop using it as our primary source.
Your point is a good one. Say you had ownership of proven reserves, and you see oil prices going up fast. You might be tempted to wait and pump that crude later. That may happen some. Some but not much.
Here is the issue. You will be pumping oil for three to five decades. Over that time frame, you dont know how prices will fluctuate, but the constant stream of income will be nice. With that money you might buy more oil fields, for example. If the well were a more short-term investment, then it would be different, of course.
perhaps a week or twoIf we took all the crude oil from offshore drilling in the US, and only used that oil, how long would it last?
First off, America use 25% of the world's oil. It owns 3%. Drilling will take 7-10 to produce a drop. And then it will all be sold to Japan and countries that are developing, like India. By 2015, we will have hydrogen away. We already have the technology for natural gas powered cars and soon hydrogen. If we used wind, solar, plasma waste incineration, and nuclear power we could use electric. We could be much, much, more efficient if we used electric and invested in the expensive technology. It would pay for itself really quickly. We could sell natural gas to India and other countries and put America on the export part of the world economy, for once we would sell more than corn and wheat. Th oil we would drill would do nothing to help the prices, and any company interested in it would go for profits, not American. There European and Asian companies anyway.
We estimate reserves of offshore oil will last 100 years or more. They go up every year with new technology.
You'll here stuff like the AWR will only produce enough oil for 5 years, but that's if you pumped it and it supplied all of the US and you shut off all the other wells.
If you take the attitude of, why drill, it'll take 10 years to get to market, then why research any fuel, electric cars, solar, anything. That is being just plain ol pig headed, the ol, my way or nothing attitude.
As for hydrogen, it will NEVER EVER BE a fuel. H2 is man made, there is no H2 gas anywhere on this planet. There are two ways to make, from oil/gas or from electricity. If you use electricity to make H2, that would be sinful. You see, for every kilowatt of electricity you put into making H2, you only get .6 kilowatts out, that means you just wasted 40% of the power of that plant making electricity. If I went out and left my lights on in my house and wasted the power and that meant you didn't get any, would you be very happy?
Stop listening to just one side, think about, vote with your brain and common sense, not because of others that will not compromise. Build solar, wind, whatever, but think about the cost and the real technology.
IFFFF.....we figured out,funded and got on the conservation band wagon; developed safer ways to get that oil from the ground,were using many other alternitive fuesl, by 2020, we (the US) would no longer be dependant on oil from people that want us dead. The things that must be concidered are more complicated then just to drill or not to drill. The reality of the number of people living on this earth will tripple in the next 30 years. The greenhouse gasses omitted by the use of dirty fuels MUST stop and must stop very soon. Every year we do not get going on the ECO trail the farther behind our country becomes on the global playing field. I do not have the exact figures, but I have heard quoted there is more then enough oil on earth to support evryone for many many years if we stop using it as our primary source.
Your point is a good one. Say you had ownership of proven reserves, and you see oil prices going up fast. You might be tempted to wait and pump that crude later. That may happen some. Some but not much.
Here is the issue. You will be pumping oil for three to five decades. Over that time frame, you dont know how prices will fluctuate, but the constant stream of income will be nice. With that money you might buy more oil fields, for example. If the well were a more short-term investment, then it would be different, of course.
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