{"id":5911,"date":"2017-05-04T13:22:25","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T13:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=5911"},"modified":"2017-05-04T13:35:02","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T13:35:02","slug":"can-you-rig-it-work-and-life-on-an-oil-rig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/can-you-rig-it-work-and-life-on-an-oil-rig\/","title":{"rendered":"Can You Rig It? \u2013 Work And Life On An Oil Rig"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever wondered what it\u2019s like to work on an oil rig? We have. Recent movies such as deep water horizon make it seem pretty tough, but is it really that bad?<br \/>\nIn this piece, we break it down by first looking at how to actually land a job on an oil rig. We then take you through all the different types of jobs on-board as well as the two main types of rig. Then we explore what it\u2019s like to live on-board, covering where rig workers sleep, eat, hang out etc.<br \/>\nFinally, we delve into how dangerous life on a rig can be, with stats and graphs as well as some common hazards you need to be wary of if you ever find yourself on-board an oil rig.<br \/>\nSo, take a look and see if YOU could work and live on an oil rig.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fuelfighter.co.uk\/blog\/can-rig-work-life-oil-rig\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fuelfighter.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Can-you-rig-it.jpg?w=955\" alt=\"\u201dCan\"  \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fuelfighter.co.uk\/blog\/can-rig-work-life-oil-rig\/\">Can You Rig It? \u2013 Work And Life On An Oil Rig<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fuelfighter.co.uk\/\">Fuel Fighter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever wondered what it\u2019s like to work on an oil rig? We have. Recent movies such as deep water horizon make it seem pretty tough, but is it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/can-you-rig-it-work-and-life-on-an-oil-rig\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":1708,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11],"tags":[6109,6108,5021,6110],"class_list":["post-5911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news","tag-life","tag-oil-rig","tag-rig","tag-work","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/offshore-drilling-rig11.jpg?fit=800%2C649&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-1xl","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2261,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/worldwide-rig-count-for-december-dips-amid-oil-price-drop\/","url_meta":{"origin":5911,"position":0},"title":"Worldwide Rig Count for December Dips Amid Oil Price Drop","author":"Samuel Kamau Mbote","date":"January 12, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Baker Hughes has in latest international rig count for December 2014\u00a0shown a decline to 1,313 from the 1,324 counted in November 2014, and down 22 from the 1,335 counted in\u00a0December 2013. The international offshore rig count for\u00a0December 2014\u00a0was 338, down 3 from the 341 counted in\u00a0November 2014, and up 32\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top News","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/top-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/land-drill-rig.jpg?fit=1200%2C798&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/land-drill-rig.jpg?fit=1200%2C798&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/land-drill-rig.jpg?fit=1200%2C798&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/land-drill-rig.jpg?fit=1200%2C798&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/land-drill-rig.jpg?fit=1200%2C798&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7091,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/pate-2-continued-drilling-set-continue-august-sakson-rig-arrives-mombasa\/","url_meta":{"origin":5911,"position":1},"title":"Pate 2 Well Drilling Set to Continue in August as Sakson Rig Arrives in Mombasa","author":"","date":"June 26, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Drilling of Pate 2 well in Lamu's Block L4 could continue this late July or early August after the much awaited ship carrying the 2600hp Sakson SK604 rig arrived in Mombasa last week. 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