Sunday, July 10, 2011

Types Of Offshore Marine Jobs

By Tom Doerr


When looking for marine jobs dealing with offshore oil and gas there are five areas of focus to consider. Each of these five types of jobs has a specific specialization that is required to get the job done. You can look for jobs in the fields of drilling; operating; contracting; floating production, storage and offloading or FPSO; or service. Whichever field you choose it is important to train for your specific area.

The process that is used to reach the natural resource is drilling. The drilling companies are the ones that deal with this process. These companies are eager for work and will travel anyway on the globe to get the job. If you are working for one of the companies you will have the opportunity to see the world, but must be ready to leave at a moments notice.

An operating company is the one that is most known by the population. These companies obtain licenses to do the exploration and production that occurs in the ocean. For most of the companies they not only hold the license for production, but they also operate the facility.

When drilling and operations need maintenance on their equipment they hire the contracting companies. The jobs of these companies are to keep everything working and in good order to allow for efficient production.

If you are looking at the FPSO field then you will deal in storage. These companies are in charge of all the equipment dealing with floating storage and offloading devices. These machines are built in the shape of a normal ship, but are designed to sit in a single spot for an enormous amount of time. These vessels are equipped with all necessary processing tools.

The last area of focus for this type of work are the service companies. These are the workers that are hired to assist with some other part in the system. These companies find themselves dealing with drilling and operations in the industry.




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