Dive support vessels are the most specialised category in the offshore support sector. They carry saturation diving systems and surface-supplied diving equipment, and position themselves over subsea work sites to support commercial diving operations on pipelines, structures and subsea equipment.…
The maritime crew keeps the vessel or platform positioned and maintained. The production crew operates the equipment that actually produces oil and gas. On any production installation, from a small fixed platform to a large FPSO, the production operators are…
Every manned offshore installation of significant size is required to carry a medic. The distance from shore-based medical facilities, the hazardous nature of the work environment and the size of the workforce make medical provision an operational necessity rather than…
Anchor handling tug supply vessels are the heavyweights of the offshore support fleet. They tow mobile drilling units between locations, deploy and recover anchor systems for drilling rigs and semi-submersibles, and supply installations in the same way platform supply vessels…
HSE officers on offshore installations are responsible for maintaining the safety management system, conducting audits and inspections, managing permit to work systems and investigating incidents. They are present on every fixed and floating installation and on most mobile offshore drilling…
The driller is the person who operates the drilling equipment on a mobile offshore drilling unit. The position sits directly below the toolpusher in the drilling hierarchy and carries responsibility for the actual drilling process: weight on bit, rotary speed,…
Getting to an offshore installation is not like getting to a shore-based job. The logistics of crew transfer, the certificates required and the safety procedures involved are a distinct element of offshore employment that every platform worker goes through repeatedly…
Jackup rigs are the most common type of mobile offshore drilling unit. They operate in shallow water, typically up to 150 metres, by extending three or four legs down to the seabed and elevating the rig hull above the waterline.…
FPSO stands for Floating Production Storage and Offloading. It is a vessel type that extracts, processes and stores hydrocarbons at an offshore location and periodically offloads the stored oil to shuttle tankers. They are among the more complex and interesting…
Merchant navy officers who want to move into offshore platform work start in a better position than most people assume. What you already have is relevant. The gaps are specific and fixable. What You Bring That Matters DP certification is…
