How Do You Get A Job On And What To Expect On An Offshore Oil Rig?
Oil Rig Jobs aren’t hard to come by if you know where to look and how to start looking. You can, of course, try finding offshore jobs with the largest oil companies such as BP, Exxon, and Shell directly through their websites; but you will probably have more luck with an oil or well services company like Weatherford, Halliburton, Wood Group, Cudd, Boots and Coots, Etc. These types of companies are more apt to hire entry level people as helpers. You will then work with operators that specialize in such trades as Slickline, Pump, Tong, E-Line, Saw, Snubbing, Drilling, Coil Tubing and Boat Crews. This only scratches the surface of the varied types of work performed in the oil patch. The pay is generally very attractive for entry level jobs when compared with similar non-oil industry work. Just be warned that most jobs that an entry level employee will obtain in the oil industry will be physically and sometimes mentally demanding. You have to have some grit and perseverance in you to succe
