What It's Really Like To Work On An Offshore Oil Rig

Following a few days of ground-based safety training, according to People with Energy, a new oil rig worker will take a helicopter ride to their new home. Once there, they'll join a couple hundred of their new friends, with whom they'll live and work for the duration of their contract.

The living quarters are described as "like a cross between a hotel and an office," with two to four workers sharing a room (although a lucky few may get private rooms), and everyone sharing communal bathroom facilities. According to NES Fircroft, workers will eat at a canteen facility, where professional kitchen staff will do all the cooking and cleanup for them, with fresh food being flown in from time to time. Similarly, a cleaning crew will keep the living quarters nice and tidy.

When they're not on the schedule, workers will have access to in-room TVs, as well as game rooms equipped with pool tables, large-screen TVs, and the like.

However, there will be no relaxing with a tall, cold one after a hard day at work, nor will there be any mellowing out by sparking a bowl (of cannabis). Due to the safety-forward nature of life on an oil rig, alcohol and non-prescription drugs are banned.

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