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

Drillers

To apply for the most menial job on a platform, you need to be at least 18 years old and have a high school diploma or an equivalent education certificate. Roughnecks operate cranes, run drilling engines and pipes, and are in general given more skilled tasks and paid more for doing them. Next on the ladder is the roughneck.