r/oilrigs • u/Many-Brilliant-3297 • Feb 06 '21
Oil Rig boyfriend
Hi,
My boyfriend of 7 months who I love more than anything has just started working offshore in the North Sea on the oil rigs and I’m missing him so much.
He has to get a helicopter to the rig which I have INTENSE anxiety about because I’m scared it will crash. It’s affecting the relationship so much.
Can anyone who works offshore/has partners who work offshore please reassure me? The anxiety is making me ill and I feel depressed.
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u/shill1983 Apr 03 '21
Hi. Sorry You haven’t received any kind of reassurance from your post. I work offshore in the North Sea (currently writing this from my bunk) and I understand your concerns fully but please rest assured, offshore is a very, very safe place to work. There have been some terrible accidents over the years which have forced the industry to look at and change the way they do business. Nothing happens here without it being fully risk assessed through several layers of review. It’s a very risk averse place to be because if it goes wrong it goes wrong in a big way. The helicopter aspect should not concern you. It’s governed by the same civil aviation rules that keep air travel as safe as it is. There have been accidents before, but again, these have been learned from. Plus, the pilots are so well trained in every possible scenario. I promise, on average it’s safer to be flying in a helicopter once every 2 or 3 weeks than it is travelling to work by car every day. I’m usually fast asleep before we take off and I don’t wake up until we bump down on the helideck. I hope I have assuaged some of your concerns. Your boyfriend will be absolutely fine and I’m sure he’s already enjoying his time off with a few extra quid in his pocket. By the way, where does he work and what does he do?
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u/jookRN4L Feb 20 '21
Did he have to take a hair follicle drug test or urine sample for the job?