My dad worked on rigs back in the 70’s. He lost a few fingers and had several near-death experiences. One story that was particularly spooky was when he was working on a rig in the south china sea. My dad came down with something and became violently ill while working on the rig. They flew him to the mainland to recover and had an alternate take his place. During his recovery the rig was hit by a monsoon and the whole platform flipped 180 degrees. Sadly there were no survivors.. If my dad wasn’t sick, he wouldn’t be here today and y’all wouldn’t be reading this comment.. Pretty crazy stuff
Wow Jesus definitely had a purpose for his life and yours like you said without him you wouldn’t be writing the comment I don’t think it was a coincidence your dad got sick and then that happen
Sounds like your dad is pretty incredible and anyone that does this work should be honored and thanked for all their hard work, dedication, and risking their lives for the rest of us. I, for one, am immensely grateful to your dad and all others who do this work.
Yes, I am so thankful that your dad is saved. No matter money is worth your health or your life. Some people up here are just saying hell yeah, give them the money but you don’t know what you’re signing up for or people are ignoring the red flags and the risk, not using your discernment going after fleshly things can have a detrimental effect. I just saw a movie based on a true story with Marky Mark they worked on an Oil rig in the middle of the ocean.
@@weaponsofwarfare9537 that’s what you would take from that comment I made huh? I never once said those people didn’t have purpose obviously they did we all do we are all created and put here on earth for a reason and we’ll have to die someday and maybe it was there time and that girl dad time wasnt up yet God STILL HAD A PURPOSE TO FULFILL IN HIS LIFE
No if you comprehend why business pay workers….. if you were sincere you would’ve thought to say that sports teams and the owners should make less than these workers but that statement sounds ridiculous as your notion towards anyone who’s risked their health by playing professional sports
@@BETONHIMLIVE now you sound ridiculous trying to sound smart 😂😂 it's supply and demand ppl are willing to spend 100's of millions of dollars to go to and watch sports and wear jerseys that's why they make so much. If a surgeon operated in a arena and ppl paid to watch him do surgery and paid to park and paid for snacks and beer as they watch then they would make as much as athletes. So complaining about how much money the players or owners make is stupid because ppl pay! It's called capitalism. 🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️
My father worked on the rog in qatar in 90's. As children u don't realise how hard fathers work to raise n protect their family. It's one of the riskiest jobs in the world. He would inform us before hand when a storm would be approaching. Any family gathering or get together he would always be occupied with work to provide for us, family of 7. To this day I'm amazed how he survived working this job for 38 years. Not a single hair was harmed. Alhamdulilah he died a natural death.
First off, monstrosities? These are fricken awesome, not unsightly 😅 Secondly, structural (and some mechanical) engineers! The engineering is insane lol definitely some of the coolest things humans have ever built.
@@FirelordArashi "horrendous task" and "monstrosities" both have negative connotation. I'm not the one incapable of reading "in between the lines" lol if anything you need to beef up your comprehension skills...
What do they do with them when the oil runs out? Are they moved to another location to be used again? When they are no longer useful what happens with them? Are they recycling them for scrap or become artificial reefs?
Getting your land legs is probably really tough! I spent a whole day on lake . When I laid on my sleeping bag in my tent! I felt like I was going to get kicked off my sleeping bag!
My mother is a Medical Surgeon that almost worked on an oil rig. When my mother was in her 20s, She applied for A Medical Surgeon Job in an Oil Company. She had to work 2 weeks on land and 2 weeks Offshore. She got accepted into the job. She was ready to work. But She had also got accepted into A medical school. She had to choose 2, Hospital? Or Offshore Rigs? She chose to work at A Hospital than rather to risk her life in an Offshore Rig. She Made the right choice, Why? The day She started working in the hospital, The Offshore Rig that She was supposed to work in had exploded due to a failure in the Drills.
My brother in law worked as a diver on an oil rig. His colleague drowned and they had to pull him up attached to the bell. He was unrecognisable and bloated all over. Shortly after this, my brother in law almost drowned himself and barely made it back inside the bell. These experiences caused him to lose his bottle to dive again and he had to quit completely..
I was trapped on a rig in the path of Hurricane Alicia. A pipeline inspection helicopter had to sit down on our pad because of the wind. The wind speed indicator went to 120 and it had already been destroyed. When our rescue chopper got there it couldn't sit down because there wasn't room. One plan was for us to crawl out to the chopper hanging on to the cyclone fence surrounding the pad. Needless to say it was vetoed. We had to ride it out for over 2 days with the rig shaking and vibrating like it was falling apart. Lightening kept hitting the flare boom and fire would roar out about 30 feet. I really thought it was going to be the end. We had been working 30 feet above the water line and all the equipment was washed away. When we flew into Houma we found out that we were the only contract hands left out there, we had made the news. Driving home to Houston it looked like a giant had flattened everything going west. It was hairy to say the least. And, you've never seen night until you get out a hundred miles, or so.
Thank you for getting us Oil brother. And feminist ask, "why do we need men?" Well, Ms. Feminist, men literally make just about everything you have. Thank God for real men like you my man!
@@ronysalim3493, not to sure how it’s calculated but- think of it… $50k a month? There’s 12 months. Yo SHOULD (the government gone be his best friend) see $600k/year.
Apparently yes. VICE Article features interviews with women who have worked on offshore oil rigs They share their experiences, challenges, and what it's like to work in such an environment.
@florencepearl9121 Vice? Nope. Sorry. Not a credible source. They have been caught making things up way too many times. They are essentially out of business. So...no.
@@crimson6172Oil Rig Worker Salaries It's important to note that compensation in this field tends to be quite competitive due to the demanding nature of the work: Entry-level positions typically offer salaries around $40,000 to $60,000 per year.Nov 29, 2023
Rig welder , Sept 70 thru Feb. 72 . Signed for 18 months. Offered $100,000 to sign on for two more years. Nope ! We lost a fitter swept away. Several , mishaps. Fingers, arms broken , legs . Braver men than me.
"Remind you of nature's immense power", but also proving the sheer power of human engineering as well. Those who built these rigs are truly master's of their work.
I would love to work on one of those. I'm sure it's tough, but I thrive in small circles and I love the ocean. It would be scary at times but at times it would also be paradise to me... Especially at night. I can only imagine all of the stars 🖤
I would definitely give it a try, but it is terrifying. The wind can blow you off at any second sharks and other fish wait below because they throw scraps of food if you fall in it over whatever it’s a dangerous place but I will give it a try. My friend did it for a while but he quit because he missed his wife. He’s stupid. He may like 85 a year but I think it was like six months or six months off. I forgot I would’ve gave it to try though.
I have never seen a woman on an oil rig. No disrespect but I don't even know what job you would be able to do out there. The pipe welders are risking their lives every single day ffs.
I worked on some for a while. I thought I was super strong and invincible. There were people on them with me that were half my size but could work for hours on end. For the first two weeks I was on pain pills everyday all day. I cried for days because I was doing movements I had never done in any gym or sport. My respect for these guys and this work can't be explained. They are true warriors. I miss the money and try not to ever remember the work.
Facts bro! You worded that perfectly I use to roughneck I worked on drilling rigs few years .. Man that’s some pain and cramps you can’t explain movements that I never experienced before. It gets up to 118 degrees out here so in the summer the heat everything metal and steel 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️ it was horrible. I do miss some of the work though but the pay should be a few hundred a hour we literally work like slaves out there. 🫡
@@baymansmith173 I miss the money but not the job. I came home one time and my son was walking. Came home again and he put his face in his arm and sneezed. I realized I was missing all those little things that turn out to be big things if you're not there.
I worked on the rigs all over the world as an electrician , it can be a very very scary place to be in a bad storm , I made enough money to retire at 55 but I can tell you that no one on the tools makes $50k a month...👍
@@zealman79 The saturation divers make very good money but they earn it , most have to give it up by the time they reach about 45 because their lungs carn’t take the strain anymore... 👍
@@nameless5r in Canada you make between 19-39$/hr to run the drills. Trust me it's not worth it. Especially BC if you get maimed they'll drop you and put up a legal fight against you for compensation. You'll make better money as a welfare/disability recipient or a prostitute.
My dad lost friends on the Piper Alpha way back in 1988. It is the biggest oil rig disaster ever killing 160+ men 60 survived. My dad said it was horrific anyone who works on these deserves the football wagers utmost respect to them all.
I remember the Alpha Piper being on the news. Truly horrific - as are all similar. What makes it worse is that we now know Nicolai Tesla showed how we can have much more safely obtained energy very cheaply. Only the cost of the set up and it's maintenance.
I remember the Piper Alpha well. I was doing seismac lines right along side it. Mate and I said how lucky they were the thing is steady as a rock, when we were working in heavy seas. They probably have a snooker table. 3 months after coming a shore in Aberdeen the rig went down with many a life. They did not allow the rig to be shut off= too expensive and that was the result. Human error Human Corporate greed.
My ex boyfriend worked on one of these for about 6 or 7 years and he said the money was great but that he would never do it again, not even if he was offered 5 million dollars. So this must be a rough, nauseous, terrifying, nerve wracking job.
It's honestly pretty awesome. It's not like there's crazy waves and wind all the fucking time like these dumb video show. And the money is good but those 50,000 a month claims! Those are for company Men and the average dude I'm sure you know is making a middle to upper middle class wage
What this doesn't mention is that the biggest danger isn't the ocean / sea. It's the rig itself and the heavy machinery. Danger of having limbs torn off, dismemberment etc. Those that work on these rigs deserve $50k and more for what they do.
I've worked on quite a few rigs as a roughneck and roustabout and while doing my health and safety representative course, they were saying that at times the most dangerous is the chopper ride to the rig and back, if the chopper went down you had to not get disoriented once in the water and escape the chopper and then get to the surface if its going down under the water and you didn't get out before hand safely. Especially at night you may end up swimming down instead of up if your buoyancy vest doesn't inflate. Very dangerous working on the rig at times like you mentioned though, I'll very much agree with that.
I had a friend that worked off shore. I was going to do it back in the late 80's, when I left school, but went down another career path. He told me that they were loading stuff onto the rig and a cargo container broke it's moorings and fell on top of a roughneck. Instant death. They scraped him off the deck with a shovel. It was like something out of a cartoon. Completely flattened.
@travislee8961 I imagine the chopper ride can be insanely dangerous, especially during some of those storms. I used to work out in Nigeria, transporting UHNW families between locations, and half of the year there is stormy season. It doesn't make for particularly comfortable travel, so I imagine it's much worse out at sea with little to no support. 😬
Then this job is not Worth it....... Think about it the reason you are risking your life is for the good pay and if you are going to have 35 percent taken away why you really doing that job?
@RishiM-mx3ri We all pay taxes in US. Regardless of job we do. Taxes pay for our roads, emergency help and so on. And of course we pay for 100% of "immigrants" to live here for free. 🤬
My father worked on oil rigs during the 70's too. But he never told me or my mom about the dangers. Its this video that has opened my eyes to the dangers he was in. Thank God he lived way past retirement. Passed away in his sleep a couple of years ago.
Have a friend who was an underwater welder and master diver who worked the rigs. He made a ton of money and worked a 6 month on/off schedule. Once when he told me of his training and what his job involved I thought man, the S.E.A,L.S. deserve their credit but you ain’t far behind. Definitely a warrior in his own right.
Bruh what blows my mind is how they built those oil rigs in the middle of the ocean. How far are those beams going down in the ocean. Whoever built them got my respect 💯
It's installed there. Built from elsewhere and towed. They are floating. Search a few terms, might find a video explaining it. The reason why they don't panic at the waves is because it's floating. Waves seen are crests, which means the base swell is already lifting the buoyant platform before the terrifying high wave crashes into them.
I remember hearing that in 1912 when the titanic accident occurs , the survivor didnt even know that their ship hit an iceberg until morning because of how dark it was
I did this for 6 months, made $250k and transitioned into tech fully after lol. It was a true ordeal. Normally we do 2 weeks or 4 weeks on and off so alternate. I did 6 straight months. I almost lost my mind. I wasn't even out there on the rig most times, I was a data analyst and safety systems specialist, so was inside other than when troubleshooting safety devices needed to happen. Imagine the welders, the drill operators and others out in those conditions. Good money but a real scary and mentally draining job.
This is some of the most dangerous work. These men are tough and brave. You need both mental and physical strength to work so hard and be so isolated in such a dangerous environment. I am thankful for and commend these men.
Man,…. In all of my wisedom and enduring the stupid, the trials trying to get past evil, the trying to make life better to people than just doing nothing and complaining, instead to educate , strengthen, esteem, enlighten, the ones who do so much on the line , we should not show in body , mind, soul, or spirit that we do not show appreciation in atleast everything we do,with smart receiving that all energies from their endurances do not go in vain. Let us not treat one another as though we do services in any order, as though int is trivial, but yet, Ssooooo very, very, very important. The -- altogether is that we do a job of ,little or great, don’t show lack of appreciation. We cannot get the toilets cleaned and all in the office appreciate that, but to get the CEO to do the right thing for the whole company, we still will ALL of us humans need to serve each other, then ….. with wise and gracious leadership, being able to be thankful for our receivings of blessings, let us also do our givings of blessings at the upmost of our lives. Dont ever go to a job and do a mediocre or shit job, there are ones who are doing with so much courageousness though shalt not take a real move of boldness in vain. Not in Vain. NOT EVER TO BE IN VAIN, ONES OF STRENGTH, ONES OF BOLDNESS, ONES OF POWER THAT OTHERS NEVER WILL HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF, SO THEN SHOW THAT YOU EVEN HAVE LOVE FOR YOUR OWN LIVES, THAT YOU DO IT WITH GRATITUDE, THANKFULNESS, RESPECT, HONESTY , EVEN ESTEEMING YOURSELVES THAT IN THE DEGRADING TYPE OF JOBS REALIZE,…. YOU ARE IMPORTANT TOO, SO DONTTHINK DO LOWER YOUR ESTEEM AS THOUGH YOU HAVE A LESS APPRECIATED JOB…. IF GOD LOVE CLEANLINESS , DOESNT HE EVEN LOVE A. LEAN TOILET,.. AND HIS PEOPLE DO TOO, AND THENLET NO PERSON DEGADE YOU AS TO WHAT. ALUE YOU HAVE E AS TO WHAT JOB YOU DO, VALUE IS THAT YOU HAVE SHOWED LOVE TO ONE ANOTHER AND LIFE WAS. ETTER WITH YOU THAN WITHOUT YOU, LET NO MAN PUT YOU APART,…. THAT YOU AND YOUR SERVICE IN HUMBLENESSSHALL NOT SHINE AS THE RAYS OFF OF THE SUN ITSELF FOR EVERY HUMAN SHALL NEED SERVICE,…………… AND OF EVERY KIND,…EVEN WHEN HE IS AT HIS. …BEST !!!!
Haven't worked on an oil rig, but I have been on 4 surface combatant ships within the Navy. Deployed around the world. I have been on the decks between 10pm-4am. Some fog and no moon. Absolute darkness and crashing waves. I can only imagine an elevated platform in the middle of it. Professions like oil riggers deserve their salaries and then some.
Perhaps your experience was to encourage you to ponder God has said in the Quran: Or (the unbelievers’ state) is like the darkness in a deep sea. It is covered by waves, above which are waves, above which are clouds. Darknesses, one above another. If a man stretches out his hand, he cannot see it.... (Quran, 24:40) Revealed to an unlearned man, in the middle of a desert (Prophet Muhammad s.a.w) How could he have known.
I'm a welder. I did rope access welding offshore O&G for 10 years, from the spider deck to the crown and every bit in between. Mostly North Sea but Middle East aswell. The storms are humbling and beautiful, all rolled into 1. Best job I've ever had.
My grandfather built jack up rigs for LeTourneau. He went all over the world fixing them and setting them up. He died poor and physically destroyed. I’ll never forgive these oil companies and the corruption that comes from it. LeTourneau turned its back on the people that helped build that company. He held a revival every year. That was his shtick. “I’m a Christian man”
@@user-jn7bq8wh1eStart believing in God because there is an Almighty God watching over his children, I suggest you pick up a Bible and read it and realize that it's true. The end of the world is coming!
No way I wanted to work in the middle of nowhere in the ocean. Just by watching I was feeling dizziness. My respect to the oceans and these brave man. ❤❤
I used to work in very similar situations as a commercial fisherman and scalloper. 7-9 day trips but make anywhere from 18-27k per trip average 22k. My back don’t miss it but paid off my house within 5 yrs fished for 11 yrs in total and got into real estate.
I heard from a good source that commercial fishing pays on average of only like eighteen dollars an hour after u consider the costs. I don't believe you did that well, but I'm jealous if u did haha.
@@chaosdweller@rocko_M don't know about commercial fishing, which is a LOT more dangerous, but I highly recommend looking into working on the oil rigs, they work 3 months on 3 months off. Most guys are making at least 10-25k a month. My former partners father had a 10 million 30 bedroom small family hotel, he had a construction company, a company who supplied construction companies, a toy shop for his grandchildren and a dog groomers. He didn't like paying outsiders regularly. So he opened businesses in what he and his family needed. There's others but I can't remember them all. He was an Irish guy who left school at 8 to start working. He made his first million in his early 20s and bought his wife a hotel. He could have stopped there and lived perfectly comfortably for the rest of their life. But he kept grinding and he did 3 months on 3 off. He easily had over 50 million in savings businesses assets stocks and hidden rainy day funds. His brother did the exact same thing except he built his company in construction and drilling and he's a literal multi billionaire. You would know the name but you'd NEVER believe that crazy old bloke who sleeps upside down and dresses like a construction worker owns it. His company built much of Dubai and Saudi Arabia including the buildings you would recognise. If a guy who left school before he even started can achieve so much so can y'all! Throw yourselves into working while you're there and enjoy your time off wisely. Don't chase girls and fast cars, focus on earning money that can be invested into something you want to work in and that will bring you great returns. MOST of the guys end up doing one of two things, either p!ssing away all their money and having to keep coming back or they invest their earnings into another business and then they give up the rigs. It can be a great job where you'll create wonderful memories and stories to tell the grandkids, but it can mess you up physically if you try to do it too long. You have to work your way above the extremely physical lower level jobs if you intend on a long career, plus they also pay MUCH more. The modern safety equipment and standards have been a GAME CHANGER! When they started it was common to see a guy seriously hurt or killed on the jobs. Now they're EXTREMELY safe and yes you CAN still get injured or k!lled, but it's VERY RARE and usually because someone was doing something they KNEW they SHOULDN'T be doing. Stick to the rules and you'll be fine. You'll have a great time if you're not scared of hard work. If you can work on a boat you'll LOVE working on rigs. They're just giant funny shaped boats that rarely move. 😂 Many guy's get really addicted to it and can't stop themselves coming back. So make sure you find the right partners 😂 I HIGHLY recommend you go for it and give it a try if it interests you. You'll be SO thankful you did. It's NOT 🚫 for the wusses or cowards. But if you're strong 💪 ot the perfect place to earn starter money for you, and your family.
I did it for 20yrs , worked in the gulf a lot and the Atlantic Ocean and I tell you what when it gets dark it’s like a void out there. Very spooky sounds all around you, I was a diesel mechanic, you truly have to have the stomach and guts for that job !!!
Hell yah I'd work there. Being surrounded by the ocean, solitude and working hard and making a shit ton of bread in the process. I'm part nordic, irish and highland scottish and being on the ocean just feels like home to me
Nobody earns $50K Most workers are from Malaysia, India, Philippines, Indonesia, and local staff - many are on 2k a month because home pay is like 300 a month. The oil companies know this. They get the best workers from countries with lower salaries and maximise profits
@malektoufaha5337 um just get more information of the north see first. Crabbing, oil rigging are the most dangerous usually and at any moment your in the end phase. At least in the gulf sharks and deep water are usually the worst in that case of a disaster
@@davejohn2335yes she said "dated" You don't know how that courtship ended. I guess that's why you speculated "stepped up on someone". Is that because you would do just that? Either way, it's a horrible and unkind thing to say.
I knew two men who lost their lives on the rig. GOD rest their souls. It's a tough job. My Husband was a helicopter mechanic on a rig in the gulf of Mexico years ago for a shortwhile. He said it was a bit rough but not bad. Thank GOD he survived that job. Otherwise we wouldn't have met. 😊
Ok.. now I understand how my dad work conditions are when I was a kid, kudos to him for his bravery and hard work he put into making sure I grow up as a good grown man 🙏❤️
I met a seaman one time. He told the pain and also the mental struggle of working in the environment. When he was telling his story you can tell how hard it was. You live with a few people and back then there were no cellphones. He needed the money so he had to just keep pushing
At 18 I went to commercial dive school in 2003. I loved that life. Never slept better than a bunk offshore. 12 hour days at a minimum, good food, good guys, and decent pay. Young man’s life for sure although many family men out there. I can’t miss my kids for a month at a time. Get that money guys, wonderful time of my life.
Yep I graduated dive school in 07. Just like you said it was a lot of fun back then but now I have kids, and the ROV’s take a lot of the work now anyways lol
Oil Rig Worker Salaries It's important to note that compensation in this field tends to be quite competitive due to the demanding nature of the work: Entry-level positions typically offer salaries around $40,000 to $60,000 per year.Nov 29, 2023
@@jojoe.1817impossible ! False information anyways! Oil Rig Worker Salaries It's important to note that compensation in this field tends to be quite competitive due to the demanding nature of the work: Entry-level positions typically offer salaries around $40,000 to $60,000 per year.Nov 29, 2023
I just retired after 10 years of working offshore as a paramedic on deepwater production platforms, and Oil rigs. My very first hitch we were too late to evacuate and directly in the path of a category 5 hurricane. I have been out when the weather was so terrifying that all you could do is lay in your bunk and try desperately not to end up on the floor. The average offshore worker is not making 50k a month. High end is 300k a year for the top 2 or three supervisors. Low end is around 20 bucks an hour but 12 hour days for 14-28 days straight is a lot of overtime. It was rough work, but I am retired living in Thailand at 52.
One does what one has to. My hats off to these folks. It sounds like something I might of done when I was younger and would do something like that just to tempt fate in one direction.
My dad built these rigs for 30years and dragged us all over the world when I was growing up. The waves in the North Sea rise to over 100 feet, I've seen the men use pot roast to catch sharks off of the decks. It provided a wonderful living and life for us, but is a brutal job. Taking a crewboat out to the rigs or a helicopter is an adventure 🤔 ✨. It is necessary for the natural resources. Thanks to all who embark on this career 🙌
I was in college in the 70’s and had a dorm-mate who got his degree in electrical engineering. Very smart guy. He had arranged for a job with an oil company upon graduation. He worked on oil rigs in the North Sea. I can’t remember exactly, but it was something like 3 weeks to a month on the rig and then several weeks off. The company paid for a house in Denmark and paid for a live-in housekeeper. He was an introvert and I guess some would say he was somewhat of a nerd, but he said he really enjoyed the job and lifestyle. Not sure if I could handle it though.
I knew a guy that did three weeks on/three weeks off on a rig in the North Sea. He absolutely loved it but did say that he missed female company a lot. So he would spend up large when he got on dry land until I pointed out to him that he had to decide what sort of female company he was after because he was getting nowhere for all his flash and cash. He told me some great stories of how freaky the North Sea is, bearing in mind that they didn't have anywhere near the technology they have now, compared to the later 1970s, early 80s. He said the platforms had a rhythm in everything, from the rock and roll of the ocean, to the daily rhythm of work life, down time, meals etc.,. IIRC, divers got the most money because if you think just working the topside of the platform was scary, going in the water was a whole other level of challenge to one's fortitude.
Love it North Sea - Rigs - Magnus, Alwyn, Ninian, Armada, Alba, Forties, all fine and my first Janice Alpha- You just need to think positive - watch carefully and pray to God
Hello out there. I worked drillships, semi-sub rigs, cantilever jackup rigs and platforms, North Sea, SE Asia and other fields for quite a few years and I am not superhuman, special forces or even regular forces material. We are just ordinary working types, not that different from the people I started out with at British Steel. We go to work by helicopter and live on a rig or platform for a few weeks and sometimes the weather is shiteful, but generally those things stay together because the industry paid the right engineers to do their jobs properly. Yes, there was Piper Alpha and 167 dead in 1988. And there were others because beans get counted and pennies get pinched. When people die, the accountants should be held accountable.
My Dad worked as a trouble-shooting engineer in North Sea rigs in the late 70s, 80s and nineties. A lot of danger, but said on the plus side, the food was great (and the money) and they had a mini-cinema on the accommodation platform, saw movies like ‘Alien’ before they were released in the UK.
Yup. Had basically the same job out there. The food was bloody great too. Could eat Scottish filet mignon with Hollandaise sauce 4x a day if you wanted to. I ate a ton of it. 😁
My dad worked on rigs back in the 70’s. He lost a few fingers and had several near-death experiences. One story that was particularly spooky was when he was working on a rig in the south china sea. My dad came down with something and became violently ill while working on the rig. They flew him to the mainland to recover and had an alternate take his place. During his recovery the rig was hit by a monsoon and the whole platform flipped 180 degrees. Sadly there were no survivors.. If my dad wasn’t sick, he wouldn’t be here today and y’all wouldn’t be reading this comment.. Pretty crazy stuff
Wow Jesus definitely had a purpose for his life and yours like you said without him you wouldn’t be writing the comment I don’t think it was a coincidence your dad got sick and then that happen
Dude such an awesome story
Sounds like your dad is pretty incredible and anyone that does this work should be honored and thanked for all their hard work, dedication, and risking their lives for the rest of us. I, for one, am immensely grateful to your dad and all others who do this work.
Yes, I am so thankful that your dad is saved. No matter money is worth your health or your life. Some people up here are just saying hell yeah, give them the money but you don’t know what you’re signing up for or people are ignoring the red flags and the risk, not using your discernment going after fleshly things can have a detrimental effect. I just saw a movie based on a true story with Marky Mark they worked on an Oil rig in the middle of the ocean.
@@weaponsofwarfare9537 that’s what you would take from that comment I made huh? I never once said those people didn’t have purpose obviously they did we all do we are all created and put here on earth for a reason and we’ll have to die someday and maybe it was there time and that girl dad time wasnt up yet God STILL HAD A PURPOSE TO FULFILL IN HIS LIFE
To be honest these workers should make more money than sport athletes.
🏆🏆🏆 They work a hell of a Lot harder
Their lives is always at stake, Anything can happen to them
No if you comprehend why business pay workers….. if you were sincere you would’ve thought to say that sports teams and the owners should make less than these workers but that statement sounds ridiculous as your notion towards anyone who’s risked their health by playing professional sports
Athletes get paid millions because they bring in Billions for the owners,TV networks, and advertisers.
@@BETONHIMLIVE now you sound ridiculous trying to sound smart 😂😂 it's supply and demand ppl are willing to spend 100's of millions of dollars to go to and watch sports and wear jerseys that's why they make so much. If a surgeon operated in a arena and ppl paid to watch him do surgery and paid to park and paid for snacks and beer as they watch then they would make as much as athletes. So complaining about how much money the players or owners make is stupid because ppl pay! It's called capitalism. 🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️
Sometimes I forget how terrifying the ocean is. Not the creatures in it, but just the water itself.
Ofc ikr m not that afraid of fire as m afraid of water and ocean yk i even have aquaphohia
Come on guys, its just water 🥛💦
@@pentium1674 but theres a lot of water
work friends with sunglasses and swimming shorts: "yooo let's jump in, the water is so good today"
The water:
No force equals it.
My father worked on the rog in qatar in 90's. As children u don't realise how hard fathers work to raise n protect their family. It's one of the riskiest jobs in the world. He would inform us before hand when a storm would be approaching. Any family gathering or get together he would always be occupied with work to provide for us, family of 7. To this day I'm amazed how he survived working this job for 38 years. Not a single hair was harmed. Alhamdulilah he died a natural death.
Alhamdullilahi Rabbil allamin
Damn so you were rich growing up
What really blows me away is the balls on whoever had the horrendous task of constructing those monstrosities.
First off, monstrosities? These are fricken awesome, not unsightly 😅 Secondly, structural (and some mechanical) engineers! The engineering is insane lol definitely some of the coolest things humans have ever built.
He meant monstrosities in reference to their massive sizes. “Monstrous size” rather. Someone should learn to read between the lines, hm?
@@racecarrik I've never seen someone so confident but dumb like you.
@@FirelordArashi "horrendous task" and "monstrosities" both have negative connotation. I'm not the one incapable of reading "in between the lines" lol if anything you need to beef up your comprehension skills...
@racecarrik Bro, is arguing in a CZcams comment section your entire life? This comment doesn't even provoke argument holy moly.
Im just amazed by the engineering and the ability to build anything in the middle of the ocean
Hell yeah, I'm guessing building that thing would be much more terrifying than actually working on it.
It’s built on land and tugged out to its position. Some they build and bring it out and sink the bottom.
@@jeremyfowler1519wow
What do they do with them when the oil runs out? Are they moved to another location to be used again?
When they are no longer useful what happens with them? Are they recycling them for scrap or become artificial reefs?
Getting your land legs is probably really tough! I spent a whole day on lake . When I laid on my sleeping bag in my tent! I felt like I was going to get kicked off my sleeping bag!
My mother is a Medical Surgeon that almost worked on an oil rig. When my mother was in her 20s, She applied for A Medical Surgeon Job in an Oil Company. She had to work 2 weeks on land and 2 weeks Offshore. She got accepted into the job. She was ready to work. But She had also got accepted into A medical school. She had to choose 2, Hospital? Or Offshore Rigs? She chose to work at A Hospital than rather to risk her life in an Offshore Rig. She Made the right choice, Why? The day She started working in the hospital, The Offshore Rig that She was supposed to work in had exploded due to a failure in the Drills.
Good morning 🌞 idol dkitna idol
That's called saving grace
Your mother would hate the way you type
@@Jjchestna haha lol w commment
holy...Final Destination?
My brother in law worked as a diver on an oil rig. His colleague drowned and they had to pull him up attached to the bell. He was unrecognisable and bloated all over. Shortly after this, my brother in law almost drowned himself and barely made it back inside the bell. These experiences caused him to lose his bottle to dive again and he had to quit completely..
For whom the Bell Tolls
I was trapped on a rig in the path of Hurricane Alicia. A pipeline inspection helicopter had to sit down on our pad because of the wind. The wind speed indicator went to 120 and it had already been destroyed. When our rescue chopper got there it couldn't sit down because there wasn't room. One plan was for us to crawl out to the chopper hanging on to the cyclone fence surrounding the pad. Needless to say it was vetoed. We had to ride it out for over 2 days with the rig shaking and vibrating like it was falling apart. Lightening kept hitting the flare boom and fire would roar out about 30 feet. I really thought it was going to be the end. We had been working 30 feet above the water line and all the equipment was washed away. When we flew into Houma we found out that we were the only contract hands left out there, we had made the news. Driving home to Houston it looked like a giant had flattened everything going west. It was hairy to say the least. And, you've never seen night until you get out a hundred miles, or so.
Hello darkness my old friend?
@@andrewferguson8032indeed 👍🏻
Men like you sir is who the boogy man are afraid of. Big 🏀🏀's. My hat goes off to you. You and Sat divers.
Thank you for getting us Oil brother. And feminist ask, "why do we need men?" Well, Ms. Feminist, men literally make just about everything you have. Thank God for real men like you my man!
I make 50k a month and all have to do is deal with the most annoying customers in the world. Maybe you should try doing something a little safer?
Been there and did that for 44 years
What was the salary there
@@ronysalim3493, not to sure how it’s calculated but- think of it… $50k a month? There’s 12 months. Yo SHOULD (the government gone be his best friend) see $600k/year.
Scary😮
Hook me up with that job.
I would do it
Nobody works on an oil rig to “meet new people” 😂
Yeah that's common sense whoever came up with the narrations is an idiot
Being on the Ocean is intimidating by itself,So these Men's,And Women's working on the Ocean each Day deserves lots of Respect,and Very Brave,Courage
Women? Lol. I don't think so pal.
Apparently yes. VICE Article features interviews with women who have worked on offshore oil rigs They share their experiences, challenges, and what it's like to work in such an environment.
@florencepearl9121 Vice? Nope. Sorry. Not a credible source. They have been caught making things up way too many times. They are essentially out of business. So...no.
@@patrickmcauliffe755haha idiot.. jealous much
Yeah. 2 Women out of 1000 men
I did this for 15 years and my body is feeling it at 62. Love to my oil trash brothers.❤
How much did you make for doing this job sir?
And how about money?Did you ever get in danger?
Much respect to you sir
What was it like for your significant other (if you had one)?
@@crimson6172Oil Rig Worker Salaries
It's important to note that compensation in this field tends to be quite competitive due to the demanding nature of the work: Entry-level positions typically offer salaries around $40,000 to $60,000 per year.Nov 29, 2023
I think meeting new people is the least of their worries.
😂 Facts
I'd be happy enough just not to meet Davy Jones.
😂😂
I was going to say….I’m pretty sure they are not there to converse, lol.
Meeting a face in a rescue helicopter would do it.
Rig welder , Sept 70 thru Feb. 72 . Signed for 18 months. Offered $100,000 to sign on for two more years. Nope ! We lost a fitter swept away. Several , mishaps. Fingers, arms broken , legs . Braver men than me.
$50k a month ?! YEEEEEES 💯, im ready right now gimme the contract to sign 😂😂
For $50,000 a month hell yeah
Exactly lol
Hell no....money aint the best thing in life...its what keeps you a slave...feel sorry for you...
Yeah but...$50 g's per month tho, that's crack dealer wages but legal
@@moteroargentino7944 and i am glad that it is...
Consider that he says "up to", remember what media say when they talk about your job and calculate the real salary.
"Remind you of nature's immense power", but also proving the sheer power of human engineering as well. Those who built these rigs are truly master's of their work.
For show
Deepwater Horizon begs to differ...
I was about to say, how in the world did they figure out how to build things in the middle of the ocean!!!
Nature doesn't have power,God does,his power is unlimited. Good controls nature
@@purplelove3666and what did that have to do with giving credit the the guys who built these rigs…? Always someone with stupid comments like this.
Ain't no damn way I would work there, the ocean terrifies me enough already.
I was an oil rigger for 3 years. Whole different world. Changes you
My son did this for 10 years 😰I’m so happy he secured him and his families future and got back on dry land ♥️
How is he now? Did he suffer any major injuries?
And so what does he do now? (Curious 😊)
God bless him 🙏😎
@@Farhan_049 he’s doing very well,no issues ♥️
@@beefstew4698 he runs his own business now.
So thankful he made it home. I would be a wreck if my son was out there.
These are some seriously HARD men. God Bless them all. Respect.
Pause
...never say that first line ever again.
Amen
@@klyddkrosswhy?
Amen
I would love to work on one of those. I'm sure it's tough, but I thrive in small circles and I love the ocean. It would be scary at times but at times it would also be paradise to me... Especially at night. I can only imagine all of the stars 🖤
That’s called seeing the positive
You wouldn’t survive
Go than
Go work in the Gulf.
50k 😦? Im gonna have to risk it. I’m tired of eating cup noodle every night
I would definitely give it a try, but it is terrifying. The wind can blow you off at any second sharks and other fish wait below because they throw scraps of food if you fall in it over whatever it’s a dangerous place but I will give it a try. My friend did it for a while but he quit because he missed his wife. He’s stupid. He may like 85 a year but I think it was like six months or six months off. I forgot I would’ve gave it to try though.
It's really like 30k.
Sam isn't letting these ppl pass.
@@5hadœwbånnedbyyouonly the engineers make that amount.
I have never seen a woman on an oil rig. No disrespect but I don't even know what job you would be able to do out there. The pipe welders are risking their lives every single day ffs.
@@deepaklachman9340Engineer here 😂
I worked on some for a while. I thought I was super strong and invincible. There were people on them with me that were half my size but could work for hours on end. For the first two weeks I was on pain pills everyday all day. I cried for days because I was doing movements I had never done in any gym or sport. My respect for these guys and this work can't be explained. They are true warriors. I miss the money and try not to ever remember the work.
Facts bro! You worded that perfectly I use to roughneck I worked on drilling rigs few years .. Man that’s some pain and cramps you can’t explain movements that I never experienced before. It gets up to 118 degrees out here so in the summer the heat everything metal and steel 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️ it was horrible. I do miss some of the work though but the pay should be a few hundred a hour we literally work like slaves out there. 🫡
@@baymansmith173 I miss the money but not the job. I came home one time and my son was walking. Came home again and he put his face in his arm and sneezed. I realized I was missing all those little things that turn out to be big things if you're not there.
@@leemarie414wow 😮😮😮😮
❤
And yet people give hundreds of millions of dollars to people to play basketball/ football/baseball
I worked on the rigs all over the world as an electrician , it can be a very very scary place to be in a bad storm , I made enough money to retire at 55 but I can tell you that no one on the tools makes $50k a month...👍
i'm guessing the maintenance divers would though....their job is the worst even harder than on top
@@zealman79 The saturation divers make very good money but they earn it , most have to give it up by the time they reach about 45 because their lungs carn’t take the strain anymore... 👍
So what do they make? Who does actually make $50k/month?
How much?
@@nameless5r in Canada you make between 19-39$/hr to run the drills. Trust me it's not worth it. Especially BC if you get maimed they'll drop you and put up a legal fight against you for compensation. You'll make better money as a welfare/disability recipient or a prostitute.
At night that's pure nightmare
Isolation, big money, and the ocean? Sounds like my kinda job. Even if a scenario like Still Wakes The Deep occurs on that oil rig.
My dad lost friends on the Piper Alpha way back in 1988. It is the biggest oil rig disaster ever killing 160+ men 60 survived. My dad said it was horrific anyone who works on these deserves the football wagers utmost respect to them all.
I remember the Alpha Piper being on the news. Truly horrific - as are all similar.
What makes it worse is that we now know Nicolai Tesla showed how we can have much more safely obtained energy very cheaply. Only the cost of the set up and it's maintenance.
Stop lying 😂
Risking oneslife to fees their family...i ever wondee if woman would work on oil rigs and i am not talking about office jobs
I remember the Piper Alpha well. I was doing seismac lines right along side it. Mate and I said how lucky they were the thing is steady as a rock, when we were working in heavy seas. They probably have a snooker table. 3 months after coming a shore in Aberdeen the rig went down with many a life. They did not allow the rig to be shut off= too expensive and that was the result. Human error Human Corporate greed.
The worlds backwards n rewards evil
These guys deserve every penny it takes a special person to work in these conditions.
Darkness part of the video is so scary than any horror movies.
"Does this enviroment terrify you?"
Does the Byford Dolphin ring the bell?
My ex boyfriend worked on one of these for about 6 or 7 years and he said the money was great but that he would never do it again, not even if he was offered 5 million dollars. So this must be a rough, nauseous, terrifying, nerve wracking job.
It's honestly pretty awesome. It's not like there's crazy waves and wind all the fucking time like these dumb video show. And the money is good but those 50,000 a month claims! Those are for company Men and the average dude I'm sure you know is making a middle to upper middle class wage
And I would go back to working there in a second
Didn't ask lil bro
At this point you can say someone you used to know
Idgaf 😂
What this doesn't mention is that the biggest danger isn't the ocean / sea. It's the rig itself and the heavy machinery. Danger of having limbs torn off, dismemberment etc. Those that work on these rigs deserve $50k and more for what they do.
I've worked on quite a few rigs as a roughneck and roustabout and while doing my health and safety representative course, they were saying that at times the most dangerous is the chopper ride to the rig and back, if the chopper went down you had to not get disoriented once in the water and escape the chopper and then get to the surface if its going down under the water and you didn't get out before hand safely. Especially at night you may end up swimming down instead of up if your buoyancy vest doesn't inflate. Very dangerous working on the rig at times like you mentioned though, I'll very much agree with that.
@@666DevilsReject"you may end up swimming down imstead of up" That gave me the creeps, man! New nightmate unlocked😨😱
I had a friend that worked off shore. I was going to do it back in the late 80's, when I left school, but went down another career path. He told me that they were loading stuff onto the rig and a cargo container broke it's moorings and fell on top of a roughneck. Instant death. They scraped him off the deck with a shovel. It was like something out of a cartoon. Completely flattened.
@travislee8961 I imagine the chopper ride can be insanely dangerous, especially during some of those storms. I used to work out in Nigeria, transporting UHNW families between locations, and half of the year there is stormy season. It doesn't make for particularly comfortable travel, so I imagine it's much worse out at sea with little to no support. 😬
@@666DevilsRejectwhat do you mean by swimming down instead of up?
50K per month, minus 35% for taxes to feed the politicians' endless spending! That's terrifying!
Then this job is not Worth it....... Think about it the reason you are risking your life is for the good pay and if you are going to have 35 percent taken away why you really doing that job?
@RishiM-mx3ri We all pay taxes in US. Regardless of job we do. Taxes pay for our roads, emergency help and so on.
And of course we pay for 100% of "immigrants" to live here for free. 🤬
@@RishiM-mx3riwelcome to todays world. Most jobs aren’t worth it anymore even before taxes. That’s why countless people work 2-3 jobs now.
Literally nobody in America pays that much taxes. Learn how tax brackets work.
My father worked on oil rigs during the 70's too. But he never told me or my mom about the dangers. Its this video that has opened my eyes to the dangers he was in. Thank God he lived way past retirement. Passed away in his sleep a couple of years ago.
Those rigs are incredibly strong!!!
Rest in peace old hand
Happy Father’s Day to him. Rest in peace to Linda’s father.
@@lisasanchez7597
That was so nice of you, thank you!🥲
I'm sorry for your great loss.🙏
Have a friend who was an underwater welder and master diver who worked the rigs. He made a ton of money and worked a 6 month on/off schedule. Once when he told me of his training and what his job involved I thought man, the S.E.A,L.S. deserve their credit but you ain’t far behind. Definitely a warrior in his own right.
And now i'm left hungering for more information on what he had to face😅😅
@liveandletlive7152 I wanna know more too!
Y'all didn't know Isis has trains sharks to go into combat in particularly look for underwater welders😮
What?!
Lol
I don't know about isis, but I read North Korea was trying to weaponize dolphins, as spies.
@@dynamicdopamine that’s absolute bs bro, u gotta not believe everything u see online
Wow..much respect and prayers to all on these rigs. These hard workers deserve every penny.❤❤❤
I love it, love the darkness and the sound of the ocean.
I worked in WHS, and psychology.
Bruh what blows my mind is how they built those oil rigs in the middle of the ocean. How far are those beams going down in the ocean. Whoever built them got my respect 💯
Pretty sure the beams are partially solid structure and partially very large powerful ropes that go even further
BRUH!!! LOL , I'll bet you say BRUH 22 times a day!
Divers, we pave that path.
It's installed there. Built from elsewhere and towed. They are floating.
Search a few terms, might find a video explaining it.
The reason why they don't panic at the waves is because it's floating. Waves seen are crests, which means the base swell is already lifting the buoyant platform before the terrifying high wave crashes into them.
That was my thought. Wow respect to those who built it and those who work it
My Dad got that offer. The whole family sad “F No”😂🙏🏽 The house we live in is just fine. I still have my Dad he’s 80 now🙌🏽😎
🤗🤗🤗
I'm glad your family is fine and especially for your dad.Take care of him my friend!
Amen
No amount if money is worth 💯 your life !!
💝👣❤️🔥I'm Schwaraka ❤️🔥👣💝
@@man7987 💜hey 💋 majestic is king of all kings💜 ❤️🩹 welcome to my home ❤️🩹
Urs 2
I remember hearing that in 1912 when the titanic accident occurs , the survivor didnt even know that their ship hit an iceberg until morning because of how dark it was
Respect to everyone working this job.
Yes and 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽Bless them ALL ‼️
These are people with real 🎾's.
Shits not even dangerous. Try working for Starbucks. Takes way more brains to do that. 👎🏻
Respect for the biggest destroyers of the earth? losers is what they are
I did this for 6 months, made $250k and transitioned into tech fully after lol. It was a true ordeal. Normally we do 2 weeks or 4 weeks on and off so alternate. I did 6 straight months. I almost lost my mind. I wasn't even out there on the rig most times, I was a data analyst and safety systems specialist, so was inside other than when troubleshooting safety devices needed to happen. Imagine the welders, the drill operators and others out in those conditions. Good money but a real scary and mentally draining job.
This is some of the most dangerous work. These men are tough and brave. You need both mental and physical strength to work so hard and be so isolated in such a dangerous environment. I am thankful for and commend these men.
Man,…. In all of my wisedom and enduring the stupid, the trials trying to get past evil, the trying to make life better to people than just doing nothing and complaining, instead to educate , strengthen, esteem, enlighten, the ones who do so much on the line , we should not show in body , mind, soul, or spirit that we do not show appreciation in atleast everything we do,with smart receiving that all energies from their endurances do not go in vain. Let us not treat one another as though we do services in any order, as though int is trivial, but yet, Ssooooo very, very, very important. The -- altogether is that we do a job of ,little or great, don’t show lack of appreciation. We cannot get the toilets cleaned and all in the office appreciate that, but to get the CEO to do the right thing for the whole company, we still will ALL of us humans need to serve each other, then ….. with wise and gracious leadership, being able to be thankful for our receivings of blessings, let us also do our givings of blessings at the upmost of our lives. Dont ever go to a job and do a mediocre or shit job, there are ones who are doing with so much courageousness though shalt not take a real move of boldness in vain. Not in Vain. NOT EVER TO BE IN VAIN, ONES OF STRENGTH, ONES OF BOLDNESS, ONES OF POWER THAT OTHERS NEVER WILL HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF, SO THEN SHOW THAT YOU EVEN HAVE LOVE FOR YOUR OWN LIVES, THAT YOU DO IT WITH GRATITUDE, THANKFULNESS, RESPECT, HONESTY , EVEN ESTEEMING YOURSELVES THAT IN THE DEGRADING TYPE OF JOBS REALIZE,…. YOU ARE IMPORTANT TOO, SO DONTTHINK DO LOWER YOUR ESTEEM AS THOUGH YOU HAVE A LESS APPRECIATED JOB…. IF GOD LOVE CLEANLINESS , DOESNT HE EVEN LOVE A. LEAN TOILET,.. AND HIS PEOPLE DO TOO, AND THENLET NO PERSON DEGADE YOU AS TO WHAT. ALUE YOU HAVE E AS TO WHAT JOB YOU DO, VALUE IS THAT YOU HAVE SHOWED LOVE TO ONE ANOTHER AND LIFE WAS. ETTER WITH YOU THAN WITHOUT YOU, LET NO MAN PUT YOU APART,…. THAT YOU AND YOUR SERVICE IN HUMBLENESSSHALL NOT SHINE AS THE RAYS OFF OF THE SUN ITSELF FOR EVERY HUMAN SHALL NEED SERVICE,…………… AND OF EVERY KIND,…EVEN WHEN HE IS AT HIS. …BEST !!!!
You are wrong. It is THE most dangerous job out there. And the pipe welders who even go into the ocean to wield, it's fckng crazy.
Offshore lighthouse: am i a ghost to u?(work alone in the middle of the ocean)
It's really just 95% sitting in tea shacks and 4% sleeping. The rest of the time the bosses expect us to work😒
I have nothing but the utmost respect for people who work in those conditions
Haven't worked on an oil rig, but I have been on 4 surface combatant ships within the Navy. Deployed around the world. I have been on the decks between 10pm-4am. Some fog and no moon. Absolute darkness and crashing waves. I can only imagine an elevated platform in the middle of it. Professions like oil riggers deserve their salaries and then some.
Perhaps your experience was to encourage you to ponder
God has said in the Quran:
Or (the unbelievers’ state) is like the darkness in a deep sea. It is covered by waves, above which are waves, above which are clouds. Darknesses, one above another. If a man stretches out his hand, he cannot see it.... (Quran, 24:40)
Revealed to an unlearned man, in the middle of a desert (Prophet Muhammad s.a.w) How could he have known.
would love to work there for such salary
Thank you for your service. 🙏🏼🇺🇸🙏🏼
Imagine going thru all this hassle instead of just harvesting the energy already emitted by the sun, wind and hydro.
Just stupid af
It must've been tough being four different ships. I don't know how a man becomes one ship! Much less four...
Me thinking of the new horror game about an oil rig 💀
As a Michigander that lake is scary level 10 this is level 100 on a scale 1-10
I'm a welder. I did rope access welding offshore O&G for 10 years, from the spider deck to the crown and every bit in between. Mostly North Sea but Middle East aswell. The storms are humbling and beautiful, all rolled into 1. Best job I've ever had.
How much did they pay you for a month
Hope that you were able to retire on the 10 years of working on a rig. ❤❤
Rig workers depending what trade/Level are on at least £3000 a month and that’s the Very least. Top earners will be 4 to 6K a month.
So you are a millionaire now
My grandfather built jack up rigs for LeTourneau. He went all over the world fixing them and setting them up.
He died poor and physically destroyed. I’ll never forgive these oil companies and the corruption that comes from it.
LeTourneau turned its back on the people that helped build that company.
He held a revival every year. That was his shtick. “I’m a Christian man”
Father God 🙏🏻 please protect the workers from any harm 🙏🏻
Amen.
❤ Yes please, good Father. Protect them all and bring them home safely.
I don't believe in God...but yeah...I'd sure love an invisible force Mother nature! to shield the men working here!
@@user-jn7bq8wh1e Positive good energy. Good Spirit.
@@user-jn7bq8wh1eStart believing in God because there is an Almighty God watching over his children, I suggest you pick up a Bible and read it and realize that it's true. The end of the world is coming!
My proffesor previously used to work in oil rigs as an healthcare staff I mean he is docotr and hence use to work to provide health facility to people
My father too had worked in this oil rig platform in Malaysia in the 80's only for few months and had a photo of that platform as his remembrance!😊😊
That music is scarier than the job itself 😂
True. I was thinking the same lol.
Hoist the Colors
Colm R. McGuinness
Nah.
Thought it was that dwarf song from the hobbit
@@InfinateRadiantMore Pirates of The Caribbean.
No way I wanted to work in the middle of nowhere in the ocean. Just by watching I was feeling dizziness. My respect to the oceans and these brave man. ❤❤
Then you have the he helicoptered in an out from work so if something happens you j your crew does
They should be well paid. $50,000.00 is too small to do a job like this.
@@natacianatacia916
It's closer to 60k per year for beginners . 100k max per year. That 50k per month is false info.
The wave at Night in the Darkness is absolutely Terrifying
May God protect every father out there doing this kind of jobs
How the hell were they even built? The engineering is absolutely mental
Como diablos se construyeron. Mi pregunta es cuantas vidas se perdieron ay para esa construcción 😮😮😮😮😮😮
You can see them out of the water in Sabine Pass Port Arthur Tx.
@@florsalazar8451Mismo
They were probably built on land and then put in the sea.
@@DrumickD but how???? This truly does blow my mind...
I used to work in very similar situations as a commercial fisherman and scalloper. 7-9 day trips but make anywhere from 18-27k per trip average 22k. My back don’t miss it but paid off my house within 5 yrs fished for 11 yrs in total and got into real estate.
I heard from a good source that commercial fishing pays on average of only like eighteen dollars an hour after u consider the costs. I don't believe you did that well, but I'm jealous if u did haha.
@@chaosdwellerif the rig was his then he most definitely did!
@@chaosdwellerIt's CZcams ...there all full of shit, this dude definitely didn't "pay off his house" lol
@@RFSpartan I know but if I don't lie I expect others to be honest too , so I said something.
@@chaosdweller@rocko_M don't know about commercial fishing, which is a LOT more dangerous, but I highly recommend looking into working on the oil rigs, they work 3 months on 3 months off. Most guys are making at least 10-25k a month. My former partners father had a 10 million 30 bedroom small family hotel, he had a construction company, a company who supplied construction companies, a toy shop for his grandchildren and a dog groomers. He didn't like paying outsiders regularly. So he opened businesses in what he and his family needed. There's others but I can't remember them all. He was an Irish guy who left school at 8 to start working. He made his first million in his early 20s and bought his wife a hotel. He could have stopped there and lived perfectly comfortably for the rest of their life. But he kept grinding and he did 3 months on 3 off. He easily had over 50 million in savings businesses assets stocks and hidden rainy day funds. His brother did the exact same thing except he built his company in construction and drilling and he's a literal multi billionaire. You would know the name but you'd NEVER believe that crazy old bloke who sleeps upside down and dresses like a construction worker owns it. His company built much of Dubai and Saudi Arabia including the buildings you would recognise. If a guy who left school before he even started can achieve so much so can y'all! Throw yourselves into working while you're there and enjoy your time off wisely. Don't chase girls and fast cars, focus on earning money that can be invested into something you want to work in and that will bring you great returns. MOST of the guys end up doing one of two things, either p!ssing away all their money and having to keep coming back or they invest their earnings into another business and then they give up the rigs. It can be a great job where you'll create wonderful memories and stories to tell the grandkids, but it can mess you up physically if you try to do it too long. You have to work your way above the extremely physical lower level jobs if you intend on a long career, plus they also pay MUCH more. The modern safety equipment and standards have been a GAME CHANGER! When they started it was common to see a guy seriously hurt or killed on the jobs. Now they're EXTREMELY safe and yes you CAN still get injured or k!lled, but it's VERY RARE and usually because someone was doing something they KNEW they SHOULDN'T be doing. Stick to the rules and you'll be fine. You'll have a great time if you're not scared of hard work. If you can work on a boat you'll LOVE working on rigs. They're just giant funny shaped boats that rarely move. 😂 Many guy's get really addicted to it and can't stop themselves coming back. So make sure you find the right partners 😂 I HIGHLY recommend you go for it and give it a try if it interests you. You'll be SO thankful you did. It's NOT 🚫 for the wusses or cowards. But if you're strong 💪 ot the perfect place to earn starter money for you, and your family.
WASTED SHIP GREEN APPLE OWNER :
🦍I'm HungrY-I'm CominG-GivE Me FooD🦍
The people who work here need to be respected. 😎
Men, you mean MEN... This is NOT the "equality" women want!
Of course, they make 50,000/month
Not until we have 50/50 female representation
Everyone deserves respect until they show they don’t
I had to deal with a couple of male karens and female karens in those jobs. There are shitty people everywhere
I did it for 20yrs , worked in the gulf a lot and the Atlantic Ocean and I tell you what when it gets dark it’s like a void out there. Very spooky sounds all around you, I was a diesel mechanic, you truly have to have the stomach and guts for that job !!!
Any cries for help ....the sea sirens?
@@jimmyjimmy9497 👀👀👀 That’s for another day 😈😂
I want to experience that
The void and spooky sounds peak my interest, quite honestly.
Care to elaborate please on the sounds👀🙏🏽
Hell yah I'd work there. Being surrounded by the ocean, solitude and working hard and making a shit ton of bread in the process. I'm part nordic, irish and highland scottish and being on the ocean just feels like home to me
Apple also disappears in my backyard
Nobody earns $50K
Most workers are from Malaysia, India, Philippines, Indonesia, and local staff - many are on 2k a month because home pay is like 300 a month.
The oil companies know this. They get the best workers from countries with lower salaries and maximise profits
Its the North sea in this video. No one makes less than 20,000 a month. Unlike the Gulf of Mexico ones maybe making 5,000 a month
You spoke the biggest truth on the universe!! God bless you. They do that here in Nigeria too💔💔💔
@@wattsinc. how can someone get a job there
What's your source of information?
@malektoufaha5337 um just get more information of the north see first. Crabbing, oil rigging are the most dangerous usually and at any moment your in the end phase. At least in the gulf sharks and deep water are usually the worst in that case of a disaster
Wow! Men who work on rigs are extremely brave, mentally and physically. Your dad is quite a man.
Spent 38 yrs in the industry and it was great.
imagine working there as a chef
Nope, ain’t enough money in the world to make me wanna do this job, much respect for these guys!
Depends on what you do maybe ? You can also stay inside and clean :)
@@saywhat524...and not make enough money to live a debt free, middle class lifestyle.
@@Farhan_049 You can easy earn 90 k by cleaning and have 8 month free time a year. How is that bad ?
Dated a guy who worked the rigs. What a life, God bless and protect all who work these rigs.
@@davejohn2335 WTF are you even saying man? Sound a liiiiiittle bitter 😂
@@davejohn2335yes she said "dated" You don't know how that courtship ended. I guess that's why you speculated "stepped up on someone". Is that because you would do just that? Either way, it's a horrible and unkind thing to say.
@@davejohn2335and I’m sure you wouldn’t have even lasted a week on the rig
@@heidisauceda7685 I don't know...maybe you are right, I lasted 2 deployments to Afghanistan ...maybe I wouldn't on a rig 🤷♂
@@davejohn2335 green zone warrior
Personally worked on the Ocean Ranger and the Ocean Victory and loved every minute it was wild .☮️🙏🏻
My utmost respect to these men 🙏🏻
I knew two men who lost their lives on the rig. GOD rest their souls. It's a tough job. My Husband was a helicopter mechanic on a rig in the gulf of Mexico years ago for a shortwhile. He said it was a bit rough but not bad. Thank GOD he survived that job. Otherwise we wouldn't have met. 😊
I'm glad it worked out for you.
If one can do the work for a few years, and save money, a very nice life can be had.
😮 No I wouldn't work in an oil rig platform. My mental health is more valuable than $50K a month.
A MONTHLY salary of 50k??? No son, it's yearly
Ok.. now I understand how my dad work conditions are when I was a kid, kudos to him for his bravery and hard work he put into making sure I grow up as a good grown man 🙏❤️
I met a seaman one time. He told the pain and also the mental struggle of working in the environment. When he was telling his story you can tell how hard it was. You live with a few people and back then there were no cellphones. He needed the money so he had to just keep pushing
My friend works in merchant navy makes a lot of money
Yeah we make money
I Love to Work Here.
These workers should make more money than Nigerian politicians.
At 18 I went to commercial dive school in 2003. I loved that life. Never slept better than a bunk offshore. 12 hour days at a minimum, good food, good guys, and decent pay. Young man’s life for sure although many family men out there. I can’t miss my kids for a month at a time. Get that money guys, wonderful time of my life.
As a girl I would like to have a job there
I want that job
Yep I graduated dive school in 07.
Just like you said it was a lot of fun back then but now I have kids, and the ROV’s take a lot of the work now anyways lol
Oil Rig Worker Salaries
It's important to note that compensation in this field tends to be quite competitive due to the demanding nature of the work: Entry-level positions typically offer salaries around $40,000 to $60,000 per year.Nov 29, 2023
@@jojoe.1817impossible ! False information anyways!
Oil Rig Worker Salaries
It's important to note that compensation in this field tends to be quite competitive due to the demanding nature of the work: Entry-level positions typically offer salaries around $40,000 to $60,000 per year.Nov 29, 2023
YES, IF I DIDN'T GET SO DAMN SEASICK!!!
I want to work there. Not even lying about that
I just retired after 10 years of working offshore as a paramedic on deepwater production platforms, and Oil rigs. My very first hitch we were too late to evacuate and directly in the path of a category 5 hurricane. I have been out when the weather was so terrifying that all you could do is lay in your bunk and try desperately not to end up on the floor. The average offshore worker is not making 50k a month. High end is 300k a year for the top 2 or three supervisors. Low end is around 20 bucks an hour but 12 hour days for 14-28 days straight is a lot of overtime. It was rough work, but I am retired living in Thailand at 52.
I'm definitely not working out there for 20/hrs..... that's wild af
Hope you are OK after the recent earthquake😭😱
@@vickigonya9432 That earthquake was in Taiwan.
My brother just started working as a paramedic on an oil rig off shore Louisiana, and seeing this terrifies me for him!
One salute for you
We love our cars...thank you to the people who work there.
Finally! A car enthusiast who knows!!👍🏁
@@terryschnereger8531 yes. Love big block power. Electric sucks.
@@user-cw1bt3vh6vWhat's wrong with electric?
@@Luka_3D great for golf Carts
@@user-cw1bt3vh6v I think they're pretty good as long as you don't have to haul or tow anything
I was out there in the Gulf Of Mexico in the 90s. True darkness is right.
One does what one has to. My hats off to these folks. It sounds like something I might of done when I was younger and would do something like that just to tempt fate in one direction.
My respect for those workers
Just hoping they don't throw apples at the sea like that!!
My dad built these rigs for 30years and dragged us all over the world when I was growing up. The waves in the North Sea rise to over 100 feet, I've seen the men use pot roast to catch sharks off of the decks. It provided a wonderful living and life for us, but is a brutal job. Taking a crewboat out to the rigs or a helicopter is an adventure 🤔 ✨. It is necessary for the natural resources. Thanks to all who embark on this career 🙌
Royal navy head towards sea like that. Gives them cover from radar
❤🤲
Did he build them single-handedly using his hands?
😮😮You couldnt pay me enough to work on a floating death trap.
Hatsoff to the people working at such places😮
I was in college in the 70’s and had a dorm-mate who got his degree in electrical engineering. Very smart guy. He had arranged for a job with an oil company upon graduation. He worked on oil rigs in the North Sea. I can’t remember exactly, but it was something like 3 weeks to a month on the rig and then several weeks off. The company paid for a house in Denmark and paid for a live-in housekeeper. He was an introvert and I guess some would say he was somewhat of a nerd, but he said he really enjoyed the job and lifestyle. Not sure if I could handle it though.
I'd love it
I’m too scared
I knew a guy that did three weeks on/three weeks off on a rig in the North Sea. He absolutely loved it but did say that he missed female company a lot. So he would spend up large when he got on dry land until I pointed out to him that he had to decide what sort of female company he was after because he was getting nowhere for all his flash and cash. He told me some great stories of how freaky the North Sea is, bearing in mind that they didn't have anywhere near the technology they have now, compared to the later 1970s, early 80s. He said the platforms had a rhythm in everything, from the rock and roll of the ocean, to the daily rhythm of work life, down time, meals etc.,. IIRC, divers got the most money because if you think just working the topside of the platform was scary, going in the water was a whole other level of challenge to one's fortitude.
@@pmacc3557
If you're in a position to do so, then look into getting work on one. I can certainly see the attraction.
@@annakeye never even considered what going in the water was like? Would be interesting to hear what they have to say
Total respect to these men
When women say we don’t need men. Show them this.
Yes. Brave sea men.
Honorable and Heroes!
Love it North Sea - Rigs - Magnus, Alwyn, Ninian, Armada, Alba, Forties, all fine and my first Janice Alpha- You just need to think positive - watch carefully and pray to God
“ so would you work here? “ after throwing an apple. Throwing apples for 50k a month, I’ll throw an apple three
It's terrifying to know that someone was there to install this stuff long before worrying about surviving here
They don't build that while on the ocean.
@@korbendallas12that’s what I was thinking😂
Deep sea rigs are towed and anchored there.
Hello out there.
I worked drillships, semi-sub rigs, cantilever jackup rigs and platforms, North Sea, SE Asia and other fields for quite a few years and I am not superhuman, special forces or even regular forces material.
We are just ordinary working types, not that different from the people I started out with at British Steel.
We go to work by helicopter and live on a rig or platform for a few weeks and sometimes the weather is shiteful, but generally those things stay together because the industry paid the right engineers to do their jobs properly.
Yes, there was Piper Alpha and 167 dead in 1988.
And there were others because beans get counted and pennies get pinched.
When people die, the accountants should be held accountable.
Honestly speaking, this is my dream job and I hope to work on a oil platform soon ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Introverts dream job 🤣
My Dad worked as a trouble-shooting engineer in North Sea rigs in the late 70s, 80s and nineties. A lot of danger, but said on the plus side, the food was great (and the money) and they had a mini-cinema on the accommodation platform, saw movies like ‘Alien’ before they were released in the UK.
Imagine seeing Alien on an oilrig! That must be true imersion!
Yup. Had basically the same job out there. The food was bloody great too. Could eat Scottish filet mignon with Hollandaise sauce 4x a day if you wanted to. I ate a ton of it. 😁