Ever wondered what it’s like to live and work on a massive structure floating in the middle of the ocean? Welcome to the ...

Kevin O'Connor spends four weeks at a time working on an offshore oil rig. Meredith Wilshere is a Society and Culture writer at PEOPLE. Her work has previously appeared on PS, Stylecaster ...

Speaking on the Club Random Podcast in January 2024, country singer and former oil rig worker Trace Adkins compared the hustle and bustle of life on an offshore installation as "a continuation of ...

Working on an oil rig has always been my dream job ... when they want to shut it down to change a new spool (pipe). Offshore life can be fun and sociable – and we're always well-fed When ...

However, some rigs have become a habitat for marine life in the decades since they ... this problem for tomorrow by leasing lands for offshore oil and gas, and in that case, we’re still ...

Offshore oil rigs have made it possible to collect oil ... and monetarily demanding structures set to live a life on unpredictable waters, after all. They need to be put through their paces ...

Love, who has spent the past three decades studying the aquatic life that now ... evaluate the fate of rigs worldwide based on science, not politics. Most of the offshore oil platforms that ...

"Offshore oil rig salary statistics in Australia as of 13 ... opening doors for advancement in the energy industry. Work-life balance – many rigs operate on rotational schedules (e.g. two ...

But some see a potential for preserving them as habitat for fish and other sea life. "An unintended consequence ... future of California's offshore oil rigs, and what's at stake for the underwater ...