Offshore Oil & Gas Future Development

Studying geosciences at the university level will qualify you for several types of positions. Once you have finished your education, you will not be limited to positions in the United States and Canada. Job opportunities also exist overseas for people with this type of training.

Geoscientists work in the field, often in remote locations. They study the Earth’s structure and composition and may be involved in work involving locating ground water, minerals, and petroleum. Some geoscientists choose to work with environmental agencies to preserve the environment. (more…)

In today’s society, news headlines are fixated on the price of oil and gas, as overseas negotiations and an ongoing battle in the Middle East continue to affect the perception of this vital commodity. However, behind the scenes - there are plenty of employees who make decisions, transport the oil, and facilitate business deals for the United States. When looking to learn more about the careers centered on oil and gas, consider the following employment possibilities: (more…)

Local authorities, insurance companies or anyone that has had to hire in teams of professional divers to Inspecting underwater structures, sea protection barriers and water tanks, know only to well it can be a very costly business indeed. These modern days of health and safety awareness bring many problems associated with working underwater in poor conditions and with it the extra costs involved. Breathing compressed air in water has time limiting restrictions for divers and depending on the depths the diver has to work, the danger of air bubbles becoming trapped in their blood stream increase. Professional divers therefore have to stick stringently to following dive tables or dive depth computers that limit the amount of time that they can spend working underwater. (more…)

” Darrell Jenkins that Died in an Oil Rig Accident “  and ” Darrell Ray Perkins that Died in an Oil Rig Accident “.  Is this incident is really happen?  Appreciate if someone could give some details or brief story about the above incidents.  I’m writing this post because the two phrases giving a high search rate in the net but again when i google it, i cannot find any records about it.  These two incident must be very popular & if we got details, we might learn something from it.  Please Share …

From Left : Rigger, Leaderman, Field Engineer (Now Operation Engineer), Superintendent, Barge Foreman, Rigger Foreman, Anchor Foreman, Safety Officer

Last week I’ve been given piles of resumes to perform the ‘First Filter’ for candidates of Junior Field Engineer. Only about 1% pass my filter. The 1% again will be reviewed by my direct boss GM of RESQHSE Business Unit (Risk-Engineering Support-Quality-HSE). Since I’ve receive many emails from visitor of this web; asking about any jobs vacancies… Here is the qualification required to pass the 1st Filter for Junior Field Engineer position ; (more…)

Working on an oil rig is demanding work. For example, a person who is working on a land rig in Alberta can expect to work two weeks straight and then get one week off. They will be working 12 hour days, which works out to 84 hours per working week. Pay is calculated based on 44 hours of regular pay and 40 hours of overtime.

Offshore oil rig workers will likely be scheduled for two weeks on and two weeks off. A roughneck can expect to make between $60,000.00 and $70,000.00 per year, plus bonuses. These workers also get excellent bonuses.

If you are interested in working on an oil rig, you will want to be prepared for what working (and living) in this type of environment will be like. A number of companies offer courses for new workers. (more…)