iiichidodo: Imagine an Ebola outbreak in the middle of nowhere offshore......Or a giant water squid invades a rig and picks off the workers one by one....digesting and drinking their bodily fluids....

rationalmind: Keenly following as the E-lies start

kissoflife: You read my mind. 50 Million likes for u!

calebo101:

Your mind my friend is dirty and your imaginations devilish!

88natzy: 88natzy: Please fellow Nairalanders, I am a graduate of microbiology from one of the prestigious universities here in Nigeria, I am result oriented and can work under any condition.
I would like to get informations about job alerts, advice and constructive criticisms to my mails.
Iro18emma@yahoo.com or 88natzy@gmail.com
Also my BB pin is
75F6B2EB. Thank you!

Lenzz:

Lol. Like Dave pointed out, your moniker is a contradition to your comment above. PiperAlpha was an offshore platform in Aberdeen Scotland where d worst oil rig disaster in history occurred, I think sometime in d fall of '89. I recall researching on it during oil pollution nd control class in my futo days.

Nice inputs all. @ocman, excellent nd articulate summary you put up there. That line 'one more night' got me thinking. Its an in-house joke I thought were only exclusive with folks I do shifts with. Nice to know we're not alone.

PiperAlpha:
Nah..Oh, is it because my location reads Gulf of Mexico? Oops, my bad!! I really wish to try life offshore

upengineer: well,
I work on a FPSO in Gulf of Guinea. I am in operations. Ironically, I got the job through an advert I responded to here on Nairaland. Its been three years now flying "chopper" and I have never had any regret whatsoever. The environment is challenging and interesting. Sights of sharks and Dolphins is normal then migratory birds also visit once its their time to migrate. Weather is a low side of offshore particularly when you have dressed up ready to go home after staying away from home for 14days only to be told chopper wont come because of bad weather and you will have to put on your coverall again back to work. Its fun and interesting. Food is also another negative side. You have to wakeup and eat as early as 6:30am. If you are not use to eating early then there will be a problem. In all, no regret working offshore!

iiichidodo: Blame it on the endless vigil standing on an oil platform staring into the vast emptiness that is the open ocean....The mind begins to play tricks on you.....the last time a mermaid was beckoning to me...

upengineer: well,
I work on a FPSO in Gulf of Guinea. I am in operations. Ironically, I got the job through an advert I responded to here on Nairaland. Its been three years now flying "chopper" and I have never had any regret whatsoever. The environment is challenging and interesting. Sights of sharks and Dolphins is normal then migratory birds also visit once its their time to migrate. Weather is a low side of offshore particularly when you have dressed up ready to go home after staying away from home for 14days only to be told chopper wont come because of bad weather and you will have to put on your coverall again back to work. Its fun and interesting. Food is also another negative side. You have to wakeup and eat as early as 6:30am. If you are not use to eating early then there will be a problem. In all, no regret working offshore!

desdichando: Well this s the thread u will see all nairaland whore5, women lookn for oil and gas husbands, babes looking for oil and gas boyfriends etc

Just check out the number of babes viewing this thread


pls oyee guys also tell us the amount of pms you will get after posting on this thread

upengineer: well,
I work on a FPSO in Gulf of Guinea. I am in operations. Ironically, I got the job through an advert I responded to here on Nairaland. Its been three years now flying "chopper" and I have never had any regret whatsoever. The environment is challenging and interesting. Sights of sharks and Dolphins is normal then migratory birds also visit once its their time to migrate. Weather is a low side of offshore particularly when you have dressed up ready to go home after staying away from home for 14days only to be told chopper wont come because of bad weather and you will have to put on your coverall again back to work. Its fun and interesting. Food is also another negative side. You have to wakeup and eat as early as 6:30am. If you are not use to eating early then there will be a problem. In all, no regret working offshore!

ikweremilitant: wait wait u guys re geting me confused.i have a friend dat droped out of school.but some how hs father managed to get hm a job wit agip wer he went 4 trianing nd 2dy he works in d ofshore operations wit agip,so hw cm a non enginer is workng their

salamso96: This thread is a highly motivating one. Am a student Of Mechanical and productions engineering here in Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi. and i wish that one day probably after graduation, i would get to work offshore.

I really need you that are into it aleady to give a little piece of advice on how to make it up there without being stressed up. Cus obviously you all sound relaxed and cool now. You know what u see on your pay slip makes you smile. Definitely u must have been through some hard times. Nothing good comes easy.

please give us aspirant areas where we should focus more on. God bless y'all.

bokoslayer:

You don't have to be an engineer to work offshore. We have more tradesmen/technicians working offshore than engineers.

trendiitee:
I don see u here again!!!! Chai!!!!!!!!

Adorayble: Tell us abt d pop corn,ice cream,pork chops and sm oda tins u dint add,lol.. I av an idea abt dese tins cos best friend works in the Gulf of guinea too,I enjoy long calls from him too*wink*

desdichando: sweeetheart...what are u doing here....i m already jealous

desdichando: ho0w do you guys cure kongi there...i heard that codedly and sometimes they usually bring babes for una there...confirm?

rationalmind: Keenly following as the E-lies start