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What It’s Like To Work On An Offshore Oil Rig

Drillers

Roughnecks operate cranes, run drilling engines and pipes, and are in general given more skilled tasks and paid more for doing them. The Derrick hands are responsible for the drilling mud and the mud pumps. The best-paid position on an oil rig, however, is that of the offshore drilling consultant.