Any ppl that frequently work at offshore oil and gas platform ?

[escaflowne]

Guys! Any offshore oil and gas brother sister here??
come share ur experience and maybe we can gather for some tt session or something..

 

[escaflowne]

No one?

 

[Dremel]

which company do you work for?

 

[waikiki]

bro.. perhaps .. u can share with us ur experience.. i believe it would give us some idea's on the offshore life . .

Well.. do u need to be highly qualified to join the offshore industry? ( sorry for the lame question) as i overlooked a paper cuttin last time regarding and openin for offshore vacancies..

turn out it was fake ...

 

[SkYwAlKeR]

yah, offshore engineers are highly paid.... thus, they need to have good qualifications as well....

they work for few months offshore for few months non-stop (means didnt come back mainland la)... after that, they get a long break....

working offshore is high risk.... thus, highly paid.... an offshore engineer can earn around rm5k per month as starting salary... normal engineer only about rm2.5k as starting salary...

 

[waikiki]

sounds... good!! ..
hehehe.. i wonder wat bout entertainment..
i heard the food os awesomely superb!! .. cun gila gila ..

 

[SkYwAlKeR]

hahaha.... entertainment, food and accomodation is one of the lousiest there.... dont expect so much when u working abroad... haha...

 

[waikiki]

hmmmm.. skywalker..
u got experience there?

 

[fstr]

they paid in RM? i dont think so, all platforms are paid in USD... some are paid EURO... even petronas dagang pays in USD.

and u save a lot during the months there, you dont buy stuffs cos practically there is nothing for you to buy in the middle of sea. what u get is great experiance, boredom, home sick, great money and when you cum back u see girls like you see water ehehehheheheh :p

 

[evo3]

yep...heard that they pay in USD.... highly paid, but u need to work for a few months dere and didn't have the chance to go to the mainland. No girls, all males, entertainment is lousy, no fun, ....thus i don think u have time for entertainment, cos u too tired after working for so long hours....

i have a frend who is a diver at those offshore oil rigs.... he need to dive down to repair/check the pipping below the oil rigs.... he say that the money is good but when u down dere, if u are eaten by shark, no body will know cos the water is too dark, no sunlight...even u put ur hand in front of ur face, u can't even see it... :)

p/s: when u go back to the mainland and see those gals, u r like RUsa masuk kampong....hehehe

 

[munky]

seriously, if u cant see your own hand when it's right infront of your face, how are you going to repair the pipings ?

 

[waikiki]

i think he was explainin on the water condition down there....

im sure they got super halogen lights while their doin the work..

 

[SkYwAlKeR]

hmmmm.. skywalker..
u got experience there?

lolz... no experience at all... i'm not even an engineer now.... currently studying electronics engineering.... havent even graduate... hahaha...

 

[csl]

Work in .MY is not a good idea cuz most of the people under paid. But rarely got a chance to work oversea if you don't start in .MY . Engineer doesn't mean need to go offshore. Some are working in town. About the pay, don't expect too much. Average only can get RM4-7k. I struggle with this type of pay over 7 years. But 3 years back I transfer to US then can get something different in currency. If you are young, don't joint oilfield if posible. The time you lost, $$ cannot buy back. Don't think about entertainment. What you can do is just watching porno and play with gojo.

 

[waikiki]

walao.. watch porno and play gojo ???

hmmmm ..... damn , not even a single lolita works on board ?

 

[evo5755]

im not an offshore employee, but i have friends that work offshore. ROV engineers, and commercial diver. Pay is good, but you will suffer for a bout 30-60 days. 12 hour shift work, under the high temeprature. Not something which everyone can take it, especially commercial diver.

 

[shay]

im working with oil & gas company but only onshore. haha Just in the office. also very bore.

 

[escaflowne]

yah..i am from a 3rd party inspection company..mainly offshore inspection for MY and any oversea platform..but for me ..onces the job is done can balik...take maybe 1 month to 3month max..depend on the job la usually

 

[SataniC]

heh...i think u guys are talking about NDT engineers...Non Destructive Testing....what a coincidence...im about to become one of em....hehehe....right now completed two course Magnetic Particle and Ultrasonic Inspector....both level II....shay & escaflowne...u guys mention ur working onshore and offshore...are you guys an inspector as well?i would like to hang out with fella ndt'ian once i get back home....and yes guys....most company pays in USD....close fren of mine who's in this industry got paid like £300 a day as a welding/penetrant inspector....which is why i myself is going into this line of job....pays damn good....sometime u just shake leg waiting for job...and get paid for that...hehehe

 

[kinki_kidz®]

i actually heard that shell's offshore plan goes like this:

2weeks onshore
2weeks break
thatsit, keep repeating, i guess its alright isit it, compared to 2/3months on shore
then come back long break