Some of my friends worked on oil rigs and encouraged me to apply. Because getting an offshore role was so competitive ... There is a day and night shift on a rig, which are both 12 hours long.

I had an interesting conversation last week with one of our readers, Sal from Louisiana, who works on an offshore oil rig in the Gulf. This is certainly a "dirty job" but I was impressed by how ...

Working on an oil rig has always been my dream job ... Every day can have special or challenging moments offshore There is a day and night shift on a rig, which are both 12 hours long.

There have been dozens of armed attacks by pirates in the southern Gulf of Mexico, primarily on offshore oil rigs and vessels ... “They arrive at night in fast boats with powerful outboard ...