Working on an oil rig has always been my dream job ... A contract offshore worker will work three weeks on and three weeks off. I already had children before I started working offshore.

This week 40 years ago (March 7, 1985), The Stage spoke to an oil-rig worker turned ballet dancer. “A 21-year-old oil-rig worker from Whitby is giving up his £400 a week job to train as a ...

I had an interesting conversation last week with one of our readers, Sal from Louisiana, who works on an offshore oil rig in the Gulf. This is certainly a "dirty job" but I was impressed by how ...