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What It’s Like To Work On An Offshore Oil Rig

Drillers

Your employer also has the contact details of your family in case of an emergency. In essence, oil companies seek to make their workforce’s living conditions as comfortable as possible in the areas where this is manageable. The most basicand most physically demandingposition on an offshore oil rig is that of the roustabout.

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Welded Together

Permian Basin Oil and Gas Magazine

I never expected to be doing roustabout work and rentals, and now trucking, he said. Welding still accounts for about half of Shadows workload, with roustabout work at 30 percent and hydrotesting around 10 percent. He has also assembled a team of investors and partners to manage and help fund the ongoing expansion.