bigtalla:
But in all, when u see your pay slip, you somehow forget the pains

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!

PiperAlpha:
Impressive!! I wish to work offshore too one day.

davide470: Your name speaks the opposite.

IYIMAN: PiperAlpha, are u sure. You are Not there already...

Upengineer, but you also benefit from flight cancellations, "safety first",
I work onshore , using three transportation means Lagos to Niger-Delta by flight, 1hour on road to jetty and 1.5hr on water by Landing craft.....this happens every 2wks (to/fro) So stressful but interesting. The food aspect , breakfast in my location starts 6am-7:30.... I skip dis most times.

IYIMAN: PiperAlpha, are u sure. You are Not there already...
Upengineer, but you also benefit from flight cancellations, "safety first", I fly commercial Lagos to Niger-Delta and then connect to my location every 2wks (to/fro) So stressful but interesting. The food aspect , breakfast in my location starts 6am-7:30.... I skip dis most times.

upengineer:
How do you cope when the sea is rough I mean those days when ocean waves will not be friendly at all

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!

ojmaroni247: Plz u guyz should help us dat seek to work offshore,my only issue is swimming test,but heard its nt always neccessary sum companies jst give u a swim pass even if u don't knw hw to swim,moreover de truth is if u get into dat water its only baba God dat can save u,cuz dey say u cnt even swim de water,..life jackets nd safety equipments r provided. Courses like BOSIET,HEUT etc r a big hindrance for us dat can't afford it,tho I hear companies usually foot de bills for the training.
Am a graduate of mechanical engineering nd hav a certificate in electro-mechanical which covers de basics of HVAC,piping system,pumps,compressors,actuators,valves,diesel engine maintenance,H.S.E ...nd so on. I reside in PH,would appreciate if any vacancies in any offshore coy is sent to my email. Big_johniwu@yahoo.ca. Urgently in need of an offshore job,thnkz.

upengineer:
How do you cope when the sea is rough I mean those days when ocean waves will not be friendly at all

rationalmind: Keenly following as the E-lies start

bigtalla:
Usually, your would company pays for your BOSIET and HUET. It is mandatory and believe me DPR officials are seriously ensuring that u have these before going offshore. These training are not to teach you to swim during a mishap, but rather they will only teach you how to survive in water until search-and-rescue team arrives.. You can't swim across the ocean, don't even try.. The first survival lesson is "Conserve your energy to enable you stay alive for a longer time"

davide470: Your name speaks the opposite.

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

ocman: Offshore life is pretty interesting, challenging in some interesting and nostalgic manner. It is a working environment that comes with a lot of sweet and sour mood swings you would always love to relish both. It is a second home to us here because we spend half of year on this atlantic ocean with people who are related to us by blood. As i write now from Gulf of Guinea, i am in joyous mode because i would be going on time-off tomorrow (two weeks completion eminent).

Such a night as this, the personnel going on time-off the next day usually sing this song, "one more night" as they wind down the day's activity. I am also praying that the weather is clement tomorrow so that there won't be any delay in chopper arrival by the expected ETA. I can't wait to see my family. When you miss them much, the sour mood comes handy; and lots of other reasons that makes us moody. Example, when you miss your alcohol too much, mehn! you go wan deactivate. lol! Offshore work is very awesome and interesting. It is a nice place to work! It stretches your imagination, expands your thinking and engineering abilities. It is a place, i can say almost all, if not all engineering disciplines converged. It is a melting pot of some sort in that regard. The first time i landed here, i was like "wow". This is lovely, seeing live all what i have heard and read happen before me live and direct really left me with a great sense of accomplishment. I felt that aura of a real engineer in the making...lol.

In my early days here, i was astonished at how complicated and intertwined the whole platform was, i saw that all aspects of engineering was represented. One of such days, i was less busy, i took it upon myself to write out the engineering aspects that were represented in the offshore work. To my greatest surprised i couldn't pick an engineering course that was wanted. Aeronautic, marine, subsea, chemical, electrical, biomedical, mechanical, computer, civil, metallurgical, just name. I really felt so proud and happy to have chosen this field. Mind you, we have administrative officer here; so Art inclined graduates could handle such a position but a chemical engineer is our admin officer. Trust engineers (ubiquitous and versatile species).

Here, there is superfluity of food. buffet twice a week, tea break twice per day, and snacks points around the designated points on the accommodation platform. Beautiful sick bay managed by experienced and beautiful nurse and a doctor. I can't type more now maybe latter. A lot of experience and just a lot to say but it worth experiencing them by oneself. I need to go and pack. Missing my sweet family........

bye...........sinings* one more night, just give me that one more night.....................lol

IYIMAN: PiperAlpha, are u sure. You are Not there already...

Upengineer, but you also benefit from flight cancellations, "safety first", I fly commercial Lagos to Niger-Delta and then connect to my location every 2wks (to/fro) So stressful but interesting. The food aspect , breakfast in my location starts 6am-7:30.... I skip dis most times.