Blog

Friday 30 July 2010 - I was meant to be back on the rigs by now but the weather was too bad for the choppers, we've had to take shelter in a hotel. But its not all bad, we've been using the companies credit cards to live lavishly while playing poker and watching re-runs of old bottom episodes, quite frankly I hope the chopper never returns, well maybe not never as I found I'm not very good at poker, yet I am very good at finding more money to play poker with.!

Wednesday 28 July 2010 - Have just been rostered off for a few days and are soaking up every minute of it, on the flight back we flew over the north sea, I couldn't believe it, there are more rigs through there than I have seen in my life, they looked like giant pimples on mother earths face - but what can you expect from a stretch of water that produces nearly 6 million barrels a day, oops gotta go been on my back for too long, I don't want an uneven tan.

Monday 26 July 2010 - We had a mishap on the rig today, we were unloading a new piece of jewelry from the supply vessel, but the whip line snapped sending it into the sea. After the ritual 2 hours of yelling and pointing fingers, the boss decided to leave his throne and get the ROV team in to retrieve the lost equipment. So it looks like we will all be on cleaning duties for the next couple of days until they can arrive, where's my mop and brush?