The Harsh Cost for our Oil

[Walloper]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-22656829

Everytime we fill the tank we rarely think of the other costs.
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[Copycat73]

I have a mate who works off shore ... a scaffolder by trade.. the money is good!!! ... dam good !!! sure there are risks.. he talks of it some times... but when you go into a bike shop to collect your year old ducati and buy a new BMW on impulse... he knows the money is good... dam good !!! and so does everyone else
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[scorps]

When you consider how many people work offshore up here, the amount of accidents are very low, I live a few miles from the airport at Dyce and there are loads of flights to and from the rigs every day
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[Irn-Bru]

The money they earn covers the risks! Plus, think of the 3rd world countries that get destroyed by it not to mention oil spills and such. Oil is dirty business in many ways.
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[pits]

I believe my dad was there for Dan Air crash, something about them not removing something from the plane and it couldn't take off.

But there is more to it than just air craft disasters relating to the oil industry. You've got the Braer Monrovia, Piper Alpha which my uncle did body recovery on as he was a deep sea salvage diver (one of the few allowed to dive on The Kursk)
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[Sako]

I work offshore, and wouldn't work anywhere else now, the time off is great (Rota of 2 weeks on the rig, 3 weeks home), plus the money is pretty decent too. It's a good job once you get into it.

[Polarbear]

I was on the ships, pretty similar to off shore! Good pay, no tax if you are out the country for over 180 days a year.

I am now an office wallah and it sucks, lol
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[Walloper]

I never said the oil industry is difficult work.

I've been doing it myself for donkey's years.


All ah wiz sayin' is,

Awe fuck it the point is wasted on you hardened bastirts....


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[bazza]

They knew what they were getting into when they signed on the dotted line.
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[nowhere.elysium]

While I might have had some sympathy for those who have died, it's rather diverted by the fact that the memorial looks like it was designed in Second Life by a moron.
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[Kradmelder]

The same can be said for many primary industries: mining, forestry etc.

People want metals, people want wood and toilet paper to wipe their arses. Unfortunately, dealing with heavy machinery, or in harsh enviroments, has a cost.

Men often take such jobs to provide a better life for their family, hence accept the risk. I took jobs in really bad dangerous areas, purely for the money: to pay off my house quick and provide for my kids and wife. Obviously you need good life benefits as well, just in case.

You must just do it for a bit, to build up capital, then find something else. Last time for me was late 2007 on Togo, when they were taking hostages, and one of our helicopters had controlled crash, but we were landing in bush. same happened in morcocco in the atlas mountains. I said enough of rolling the dice for me. Don't need the money any more. Time to spend more time with kids. They are financially provided for now.
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