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Oil Platform Personnel
Working on an oil platform
If you want a good salary and plenty of free time during a year you should be part of the oil platform personnel even though working on an oil platform requires a lot of physically strength and it can be very exhausting. You can choose to be part of the oil platform personnel almost anywhere in the world: Canada, USA, South and Central America, Europe, Eurasia, Africa, and of course the Middle East.
Oil platform personnel
Working on an oil platform you can be a drilling man, tool pusher or motorman etc. The following personnel is also required to work in the rig platform: engineers, mechanical drilling rigs, drilling rig electricians, platform engineers, control men, chief engineers and medical team etc.
The average salary on an oil platform worker ranges from 50,000$ to 200.000$ a year which I believe is very attractive even though being part of an oil platform personnel is kind of exhausting.
But not the entire oil rig personnel are required to do the heavily physical work. There are some jobs such as catering section or medical section that are not physically demanded but are expected to follow guidelines strictly. Sometimes, rig workers may get affected with various diseases while working within the platform due to the joining of the people from different parts of the world. The medical persons are expected to be able to speak and understand many languages to practically speak with their patients. Therefore it is no doubt why people are interested in the oil platform personnel. Apart from physical strength, the good salary and excellent services offered are very attractive to join in such career.
Oil companies that seek personnel
There are a lot of large oil companies in the world that seek for personnel and it is simple to find a job online, the most important companies who seek oil platform personnel are:
Shell, BP - previously known as British Petroleum, Chevron Corporation, ConocoPhillips Company and The Exxon Mobil Corporation.
Oil and Gas Industry
About
Oil and natural gas industry interact with our lives in many ways every day. Oil and gas industry supply more than 50 percent of the global energy. The oil and gas industry is one of the wealthiest industries in the world. Oil and gas provide fuel for our cars, heat our homes and even cook our food. But did you know that the oil and natural gas industry also produce the electricity that powers our lives day by day? Or that crude oil provides the building blocks for everything from dent resistant car fenders to soft drink bottles to garden tools?
The process of oil and gas extraction
Extracting oil and gas is not so easy and it has to be made in different phases. In the first instance, a mining enterprise will carry out exploratory work in order to detect the location of the minerals.
This seismic assessment can be compared to ultrasound scanning. Sound waves are created and then transmitted into the earth, the echoes of these waves then give an indication as to how the earth’s strata are composed and where gas and oil may possibly be located.
After gas and oil resources are located, drilling then takes place to determine whether or not there actually is oil or gas located in that earth area. And if there is, the field it is closely examined to decide whether or not the field can be developed and how. If an oil or gas company decide to begin extracting minerals from the field, production equipment needs to be constructed and a pipeline laid in the extracting area before any kind of work can begin. The eventual production can last for years and years. When the mining enterprise company decides to cease production, the production pits are filled with cement and the valves dismantled. On land, the ground is cleaned and sanitized and made suitable for other uses. Production equipment at sea is also removed. The final stage is to offer aftercare to avoid nuisance such as subsidence.
Oil Rig Work
Working conditions and benefits
Working in an oil rig company could be very challenge and very interesting. Beside of physical requirement, you can get a good salary and excellent facilities. Most of the workers rooms are similar to hi class hotels including food, laundry and any pension paid by the employer. The work schedule is very well organized by shift rotation with fourteen to twenty one days off. And even if that is not all after oil rig work there will be approximately three to five year offered to you as the vacation for your health recovery.
Working on an oil rig
Oil rig work on an oil platform can be physically demanded. The workers have to perform all the tasks as drilling man, tool pusher or motorman etc. These employers are also required to work in the rig platform as engineers, mechanical drilling rigs, drilling rig electricians, platform engineers, control men, chief engineers and medical team or what else is necessary.
However even though oil rig work is tough, workers can also gain lot of benefits such as convenient living life and high wage. Once the workers get on the rig platform, they will stay in the rooms that can clearly be seen as the luxury hotel rooms with other services like food and laundry included. Furthermore, one of the best benefits of oil rig work is to have fourteen to twenty one days off every year. And that means more than half a year you are free and you can do whatever you like.
Salary
There are a lot of oil rig companies located in many countries such as Saudi Arabia, USA, UK, Canada, Russia, China, Nigeria, Mexico, Norway, Kuwait, Venezuela or the United Arab Emirates. Working on an oil rig will probably bring you about 300$ per day or 50,000$ per year. The employment on specific positions will earn even up to $100,000 per year. So the average salary for an oil rig worker will range from about 50,000$ up to 220,000$ per year.
Safety
There are a lot of safety measurements that any oil rig companies must follow.
All workers should wear safety boots, helmets, safety glasses and other safety protection devices.
All oil rig workers have to stay alert during night time because they may require taking night shifts.
Smoking is allowed on the rig only in special places and oil rig workers have to remove their equipment when they want to eat. Weapons are strictly prohibited in the oil platform.
