Offshore at the moment?
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C997 said:
rossybee said:
That's not B location. One of the other locations in Al Shaheen but not B location. Could be part of B centre but that is made up of B,C,E,H and I locations. 
Edited by C997 on Sunday 19th July 04:51
Currently out on what can only be described as a floating Favela! Modec Cidade De Niterio MV18 in Brazil. I have never, ever been in a place like it in my life. Disgusting, filthy, stinking 6 man cabins that are barely big enough for 2 beds let alone 3 bunk beds. No curtains on any of the beds so its prison style shoelaces & towels/t-shirts. No toilet/bathrooms in your room either. Communal toilets and showers. 3 showers and 1 s
tter in total for everybody. All the bed sheets, pillowcases etc are stained - if you are lucky enough to have them. My colleague had 2 cockroaches in his bed with him last night. There is no housekeeping clearly. No lockers or changing rooms either so you get changed into your work gear in your room. Dayshift & nightshift are mixed so you constantly have folk coming in and out of your room, switching on the lights & getting changed out of work clothes for lunch & breaks, chatting to their mates etc through the day/evening. No computers with internet access & no electronic devices allowed offshore (someone had to walk across hot coal to get me dispensation for my laptop!). You are aloud lighters though! This is no exaggeration either, it's absolutely disgusting that people work offshore in these conditions. You can clearly see that Brazil is still a 3rd world country. To make matters worse, the vessel is only 4 years old. You would honestly think it's been on the go for 40 years its that battered & filthy. They have CRT TVs in the rooms with TVs FFS!! Where could you buy CRT TVs 4 years ago!?
Nevermind, only 27 more days to go. At least it's hot...
tter in total for everybody. All the bed sheets, pillowcases etc are stained - if you are lucky enough to have them. My colleague had 2 cockroaches in his bed with him last night. There is no housekeeping clearly. No lockers or changing rooms either so you get changed into your work gear in your room. Dayshift & nightshift are mixed so you constantly have folk coming in and out of your room, switching on the lights & getting changed out of work clothes for lunch & breaks, chatting to their mates etc through the day/evening. No computers with internet access & no electronic devices allowed offshore (someone had to walk across hot coal to get me dispensation for my laptop!). You are aloud lighters though! This is no exaggeration either, it's absolutely disgusting that people work offshore in these conditions. You can clearly see that Brazil is still a 3rd world country. To make matters worse, the vessel is only 4 years old. You would honestly think it's been on the go for 40 years its that battered & filthy. They have CRT TVs in the rooms with TVs FFS!! Where could you buy CRT TVs 4 years ago!?Nevermind, only 27 more days to go. At least it's hot...
^^
brings back memories of a job I was on in Angola early 90's
modec was the agent and they had a chap John Shilo turn up in Point Noire to get us down to luanda , the airport had been bombed the city was under rebel control and the rig had been abandoned in luanda harbour.
Up turns this yank (js) with the cowboy boots and hat on, and arranges a boat for us with armed ghurkas night sight binoculars , a brand new zodiac and outboard motor within a few days of arrival.
He also paid for hookers , and supplied cases of chivas regal and blue label smirnoff for the journey down to luanda.
the rig was picked up and eventually towed offshore , we had a monthly order of heinekin that came as ordered 'pork chops' a great bloke to work for!!!
ps the rig never produced a drop in the 2 years I was on it.
brings back memories of a job I was on in Angola early 90's
modec was the agent and they had a chap John Shilo turn up in Point Noire to get us down to luanda , the airport had been bombed the city was under rebel control and the rig had been abandoned in luanda harbour.
Up turns this yank (js) with the cowboy boots and hat on, and arranges a boat for us with armed ghurkas night sight binoculars , a brand new zodiac and outboard motor within a few days of arrival.
He also paid for hookers , and supplied cases of chivas regal and blue label smirnoff for the journey down to luanda.
the rig was picked up and eventually towed offshore , we had a monthly order of heinekin that came as ordered 'pork chops' a great bloke to work for!!!
ps the rig never produced a drop in the 2 years I was on it.
Silverbullet767 said:
Stark reflection of the O&G sector that this thread has been quiet for months!
Still not good 
I took up other land based employment until it picks up.
Few O&G companies are going to plan new builds, while the petrol and diesel are so low.
It's not as if the oil deposits thousands of meters below seabed are going any where soon.
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