Offshore Life

Definitions of Crude Oil on the Web:

1. A mixture of hydrocarbons that exists in liquid phase in natural underground reservoirs and remains liquid at atmospheric pressure after passing through surface separating facilities.

2. Liquid petroleum as it comes out of the ground as distinguished from refined oils manufactured out of it.

3. Liquid petroleum as it comes out of the ground. Crude oils range from very light (high in gasoline) to very heavy (high in residual oils). Sour crude is high in sulfur content. Sweet crude is low in sulfur and therefore often more valuable.

4. A mineral oil consisting of a mixture of hydrocarbons of natural origin, yellow to black in colour, of variable specific gravity and viscosity.

5. Crude oil is the mixture of petroleum liquids and gases (including impurities such as sulphur) that is pumped out of the ground by oil wells.

6. The basic raw mineral pumped from the earth. There are many different grades of crude, each containing various vapors, liquids and solids. This crude is changed at a refinery into products.

7. OPEC definition :Crude oil is a naturally-occurring substance found in certain rock formations in the earth. It is a dark, sticky liquid which, scientifically speaking, is classified as a hydrocarbon. This means, it is a compound containing carbon and hydrogen, with or without non-metallic elements such as oxygen and sulfur. Crude oil is highly flammable and can be burned to create energy. Along with its sister hydrocarbon, natural gas, derivatives from crude oil make an excellent fuel.

Crude oil reserves.

Note : One barrel equals 42 US gallons, or 159 litres or 7.33 barrels per each ton.

Source : http://www.opec.org

The first oil platform in the world is the Oil Rocks. It was built in 1947 near Baku in Soviet Union. Oil Rocks is a town on the sea, 45 km offshore on the Caspain Sea. Oil Rocks is unique town in the world because over 200 km of streets built on piles of dirt and landfill.

As a survivor on the open sea, we may face extreme heat or cold. We may also face thirsty and hungry. But never drink sea water.. if you drink, the water that makes up your body will be reduced and the cerebrum will be stimulated to required more water and consequently you are compelled to drink more sea water. You would become debilitated, your consciousness would grow dim and at last you would be driven mad.

NEW YORK - He wanted a couple of credit cards. He got a couple of thousand. Manhattan accountant Frank Van Buren found himself flooded with plastic in recent weeks, as the ExxonMobil cards kept on coming. Van Buren, who said he has had an ExxonMobil account for his business for 17 years, had ordered two copies of his card because it was expiring.

He got the cards he requested — and then got two boxes with 1,000 cards each. Van Buren said it took hours to shred the cards, which all had his name and account number.

“How could you send me 2,000 cards by mistake?” Van Buren said he asked customer-service representatives.

ExxonMobil Corp. spokeswoman Paula Chen said the Irving, Texas-based oil company was looking into the mix-up.

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Today was our safety training day which conducted by one of the largest oil company in Malaysia. The main objective was to refresh workers with Loss Prevention System (LPS) which has been in their safety system for 7 years.

LPS - The LPS is a systematic way to promote safe behavior or reduce incidents using behavior-based tools and proven management techniques. The goal of LPS is to prevent or reduce the following types of incidents:

• Personal injuries

• Equipment or property damage

• Product quality incidents

• Regulatory assessments

• Operational or system inefficiencies

• Near losses

LPS aims to prevent or reduce losses through establishing a work culture that :

• Promotes proactive safety activities versus reactive.

• Positive reinforcement of safe behavior

• Integrates LPS tools parts of daily activities

• Provides direction from top to bottom

• Solves problems from bottom to up

• Engages all workers

There were 5 tools within LPS which can prevent incident.

• JSA - Job safety analysis

• SPSA - Safe performance Self Assessment

• IPO - Incident revention Observation

• U see U act

Investigation tools - 5 why’s / Root Cause Analysis (RCAF) and TapRoot®

• Leadership and Stewardship

The slogan for this target is .. I will not get hurt today

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On 06 July 1988, 167 men died as a result of the explosions and fire on board the Piper Alpha Platform, Occidental Petroleum Ltd. and Texaco in the North Sea. 62 men survived, mostly by jumping into the sea from the high decks of the platform.

Piper Alpha was located on the Piper Oilfield, about 190 kilometres from Aberdeen in 144 metres of water. There were about 240 people working on the platform during the incident. The lost was estimated $1,270,000,000

There is a great difference between offshore work activities from those of a normal workplace. Strain on family relationships, 12 hours working a day, harsh weather condition, travel by boat or chopper, homesick, strictly regulated working and living conditions, lack of privacy, persistent noise etc. Health risks are greater in offshore drilling than on mainland. Obviously working offshore is different from working in an office at onshore.

Some find it a challenging, an interesting career, an opportunity to better themselves.

To be sure, the work is hard, but if you are in good physical shape and are willing to work, you shouldn’t have any trouble adjusting to the increased work load.

Offshore work is an immensely interesting field, and interest in learning your job and others, as well, sparks ambition. Once you get in and get some basic experience you can move into many different areas involved in all phases of the industry.

If you are interested in entering the oil industry then you need to be sure you have got what it takes to apply for these positions. There are a few aspects that need to be taken into consideration when you are thinking about joining this industry. If you have had little or no previous experience then you will need to work at an entry level job and work up.  

I list here some of the online job ads.

Oil Careers

Oil Careers is one of the recruitment site for the worldwide oil and gas industry. This website provides all of the latest industry job information, ranging from geosciences and engineering, to logistics and commercial. There is also a detailed job directory and search function, a premier jobs list and a range of company profiles. Oil Careers also offers a detailed advice section including CV and interview preparation, a careers service and an online industry discussion forum.

 Jobs 4U 

Jobs 4U is an online careers database supported by DfES (Department for Education and Skills) sponsorship. Simply type oil and gas industry  into the search area and you will be provided with a comprehensive list of industry job descriptions ranging from geologists and geophysicists, to health and safety practitioners and oil and gas engineers. Each job description provides information on what the work is like, the hours and the environment, the salary and benefits, the skills and qualities you will need, how to get into that discipline, the sort of training and development you can expect to undertake and career progression. Most job descriptions are also accompanied by case studies.

Work Offshore

Work Offshore are an oil & gas service company specializing in manpower planning and project recruitment. Their major focus is using latest online recruitment techniques to provide highly skilled professionals for oil & gas projects. Resumes are submitted to clients sorted by key skills to ISO 9001. Job applicants can deal direct; companies can select their preferred hire method; either direct or use their existing master vendor or preferred agencies agreements.

I read from one site :

Of course it will. Even the recent conclusions reached by an Exxonmobil about the future of global oil supplies are wildly optimistic and based on numbers that industry experts speaking off the record say are significant exaggerations of supply made for political reasons.

Oil is running out, period, and we may already be past peak oil. From here forward, oil is only going to get increasingly scarce and more expensive. Demand for oil will soon significantly outstrip supply. The growth of China’s consumption, combined with America’s unprecedented thirst for energy means that from here forward, it’s a bidding war over increasingly scarce supplies.