Find Jobs On Offshore Oil Rigs

Offshore oil rigs can cost nearly $700 million to build. Each oil rig creates hundreds of jobs that are necessary to keep them running around the clock.

With the current demand for oil, there is a new race to find new offshore oil fields and extract the precious black gold from the depths. The boom also means that there is an extremely high demand for oil workers around the world.

There is so much work to be done it borders on ridiculous. Just take the North Sea for an example. There is estimated to be 40 to 60 billion more barrels of oil there in around 300 undiscovered oil fields that have yet to be tapped. Then there's the Gulf of Mexico, oil fields off South America and Africa, and in Asian waters. New deepwater drilling technology is making it possible to tap into oil fields that were previously untouchable. The 2010 oil rig disaster in the Gulf didn't put a stop to offshore drilling by any stretch of the imagination.

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Offshore oil rigs are an impressive place to work. And there are so many cool types of deep water drilling platforms to work on. You could find yourself on a fixed platform in the Gulf of Mexico, a compliant tower in the middle of the North Sea, a tension leg platform off the coast of Newfoundland, a jackup rig in Brazil, a drillship near Angola, or a semi-submersible in South East Asia.

If you don't know about these deep water drilling platforms or these oil rich areas of our world, OilJobFinder will teach you all about them.

It's hard to turn down a job opportunity on one of these offshore drilling platforms in an industry that is set up to be hugely successful. Who knows where the offshore career path will take you?

OilJobFinder will explain all the jobs and the common job ladder of offshore oil rig workers. Depending on your background you could fit anywhere on the offshore rig team:

• Roustabout - A roustabout is responsible for cleaning, painting, and helping out with anything and everything at all times.
• Roughneck - This is the typical entry-level position where you must be a jack-of-all-trades.
• Motorman - The all around mechanic who makes sure everything on the oilrig functions properly.

• Derrickhand - This job keeps you busy with ensuring the drill is functioning and guiding pipe 80 feet above the platform.
• Driller - As manager of a small crew, you'll operate the drills that extract the precious natural resources.
• Toolpusher - The oilrig supervisor who is responsible for all oilrig operations, costs, and safety.
• Company Man - The oil company representative who helps with training, regulations, or other problems that arise.
• Commercial Deepwater Diver - A diver takes care of all of the maintenance, repairs, cleaning, exploration, and general operations of a drilling platform that are underwater.

Additionally, employers in the offshore oil and gas industry continually recruit for subsea and petroleum engineers, geoscientists, and other positions that require a high degree of training and education.

Worldwide the oil industry faces an ongoing shortage of qualified workers.

Now, these jobs are not child's play. You'll be working long hard hours in physically demanding conditions, extreme weather, and sometime hazardous situations. Rigs run 24/7. It's always a rush.

OilJobFinder will help you learn all about the world of deep sea oil drilling, where to look for jobs, what companies are hiring, what jobs you are qualified for, the typical offshore oil worker salaries, and much more.

If you're ready for a life of adventure on an offshore drilling platform, or in support of the industry, then OilJobFinder can prove an invaluable resource.