Offshore Oil & Gas Future Development

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…)

Remember last time i wrote about some detail of this SUJT-C jacket here >> Installation of SUJT-C Monopod Platform. Below is very interesting video taken during loadout of this jacket. One thing that unique about the operation is, the jacket was loaded & transported vertically offshore. Enjoy video & tell us what do you think?

Source : YouTube.com by aeropama

The incident that i presented here was not suppose to be released to the public. But again, we are unable to control the World Wide Web. Just before we proceed, i would like to make my self clear that the video was hot linked from a PUBLIC DOMAIN website and uploaded by someone that i have no contact with. Lets view the video and i’ll try to reply on most of the comments made about it. (more…)