Hey guys
Just thinking about trying to get into the oil and gas industry. Anyone got any sensible advice on routes to take or any of you tried the offshore path??
I had a 2 year spell offshore, every man and his dog is offshore in the town where i stay, the rig (jackup) i was on was a drilling rig and twice in the 2 years ran outa contract,first one was about 8 months after i joined it finished the wells and from derrickman down was paid off , then it won a 1 year contract in holland , 2 nights in amsterdam a month wayyyyyy, then after the years contract was up from derrickman down was paid off again , they bid for jobs the exact same way as we estimate just on a grander scale, the jack up i was on the galaxy 3 at that time its day rate was £180,000 a day,, i never went back as started on my own, i was asked back aswell,
While i was there i realised that only job on drilling rigs that resemble plumbing is what they call a house mouse, its basically a handyman, if you want to do pure plumbing then there are specialist companies that go onto rigs(construction sites offshore) that are being over hauled with new accomadation modules etc, i was approached by a guy from Buckie last year to do plumbing work in his house and hes a gaffer who works for SWACO who offered me a job with drill cuttings and there job handle is a thermal engineer, they seperate the drill cuttings from the oil based mud with this new thermal machine, they look for ex plumbers,, I never went as been doing good in business but i often think what if,,anyway my survival ran out 2 years ago, all my mates are rigs,
