Oil rig jobs can seem very appealing in any job market, but there are a number of harsh realities to working on them that ...

Top-paid oil rig operaters earn more than $89K. June 16, 2010 — -- The oil industry may be a magnet for controversy in the U.S. right now, with crude continuing to gush from BP's ruined deep ...

U.S. oil and gas companies are using automation and outsourcing to reduce their workforce, despite record production levels. The oil and gas industry is not expected to see job growth, and wages are ...

Equal-time rotations (e.g., 14/14 or 28/28) work about 182 days per year. We use: $Annualized \approx Day\ Rate \times 182$ and $Hourly \approx Day\ Rate \div 12 ...

The wildcatter may be an iconic figure in state history, but many Texans today would not go to work on an oil rig — even for double their current pay. That’s according to a new survey from TradeSafe, ...

There's no denying just what a time commitment working on an oil rig can be, nor how isolated one might feel while doing so. The latter in particular comes with the territory at times: The Perdido oil ...