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It is different. A offshore rig worker works on a rotational schedule. Generally, work is a straight 14 day hitch. In many foreign countries, a common hitch is 28 days. This would be called a 28/28, as you get 28 days of work and 28 days off work. The company pays for your transportation from your home base to the rig site.
There are no holidays. Hours are long. Accomodations are cramped.
For every job on a rig, there has to be two people, typically a day shift person and a night shift person. Bringing alcohol aboard a rig is prohibited. There may be special smoking rooms. All rigs have workout rooms.
Life means missing special occasions with friends and family. The internet and the many forms of communication helps greatly in this manner.
Work hours may exceed 12 hours, but you don't have to worry about meals, laundry or a commuting to work, so it doesn't seem that hard.
I've included a link on offshore life.
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What machine is used to drill for oil in the deep ocean?
An oil rig
Why was the deep water oil rig invented?
As the demand for oil grows, mankind ventures into more hostile or inaccessible territory to gain access to oil deposits. Deep water rigs were invented to access these deposits in deep ocean waters. Wells are drilled there and oil is pumped.
Why is there an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico?
There is not one, but there numerous oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. Their purpose is to pump the oil from the oil deposits located deep within the sea bed in that region.
What is the drilling platform in the sea that is two words?
Oil rig oil Derick
Are you more likely to see an oil rig on boat or on a truck?
on a oil rig boat
What are the different job positions on an oil rig?
I am looking for a job as a chef on an oil rig
What is the difference between and oil rig and an oil platform?
An oil rig is an oil platform or oil production platform. A drilling is different though.
How do you build a oil rig on oil tycoon 2?
St. Petersburg has an offshore field to build the oil rig.
How long does it take to build an oil rig?
It takes 20000 day to build an oil rig.
Is an oil rig known as a Christmas tree?
No a christmas tree is only part of an oil rig.
What is the longest time you can stay on an oil rig?
please tell me how long you stay on a offshore oil rig
Was there another oil spill in the Gulf?
A oil rig exploded on April 20, 2010 and oil gushed out for months before the hole was plugged. There was another oil rig explosion in the Gulf on September 2, 2010 when an oil rig exploded.
