SIMUL PETROLEUM CORPORATION NIGERIA LIMITED

High Income Job Opportunities
On  Oil Platforms!

The Oil Industry is responsible for thousands
of job positions every year, and allows people with
minimum scholarity and no previous experience to grow
and develop a profitable career.SIMUL PETROLEUM CORPORATION NIGERIA LIMITED, has developed a new & unique
career advancement service in which we assist the
applicant in his pursuit of a new career within the 
Oil Industry.

Under exclusive arrangements we have arranged to supply some of the human resources necessary to ensure that their operations continue to run smoothly.

simul petroleum corporation nigeria limited service has already helped hundreds of men and women around the world to find well-paid oil jobs! We can help you too! Interested applicants should be between 20-50 years and in excellent health.

There are a variety of positions on an offshore oil platform. Some positions are only available for highly skilled applicants such as Engineers, Geologists etc. However, other postions (so called entry-level positions) are also available for applicants with no previous experience or education related to the Offshore Oil Industry. Some of these positions are; Roughneck, Roustabouts, Catering personnel etc. Basically the personnel onboard an offshore oil platform are divided into two categories:

A) DRILLING PERSONNEL There are two drilling crews on each rig and each respective crew is comprised of oil drillers, roughnecks, roustabouts, roustabout pushers, derrick men, tour and tool pushers and various assistants. There are also operators, electricians, motormen, rig engineers, welders etc. When drilling on the platform is concluded the process engineering personnel start the processing of oil. If you are attracted to work in the drilling sector, you normally begin working as a roustabout (helper) and as time passes and your work experience increases you can be promoted to a roughneck (drill deck worker) and then to an oil driller.

B). MAINTENANCE AND SERVICE PERSONNEL A platform and a floatel (separate hotel platform) is a considerable organisation that naturally requires food and service. About 500 people are served 4 main meals on different shifts each day. The cabins (living quarters) are kept clean, clothes are laundered and recreational activities planned. Naturally this huge organisation requires various types of service and catering personnel, e.g. cooks and kitchen staff, waiters, cleaners, helicopter staff etc. For those interested to work in the service sector we expect an expansion of job opportunities for experienced as well as for inexperienced personnel.

It would be impossible for us to cover all positions onboard an offshore oil platform on this page. We have therefore selected a limited number of positions of which you can read more about below;

Barge Captain
Barge Engineer
Barge Master
Chief Mechanic
Clean Out Crew
Control Room Operator
Derrick man
Driller Floor
Crew Floorman
Gang Pusher
Motorman
Mud Engineer
Roughneck
(floorman or rotary helper)
Roustabout
Storeman
Toolpusher
Sub Sea Engineer
Nurses (GNM & Bsc.)
Hotel Management Professionals

Financial Department

Barge Captain:
The person in charge of a floating drilling unit, such as semi submersible and its crew.

Barge Engineer:
The person in charge of the equipment on a floating drilling unit such as a semi submersible.

Barge Master:
The legal master of a floating drilling rig. The Barge master is in charge of the marine department on the rig and is responsible for the crew, the stability and ballasting of the vessel, and supervision of the loading and back loading.

Chief Mechanic:
He is responsible of supervising and training the mechanic crew; Mechanic Grade 1 and Mechanic help with maintenance and repairing of mechanical equipment.

Clean Out Crew:
A work over crew that removes sand and paraffin from wells.

Control Room Operator:
An employee on a semi submersible who supervises the ballast control room that stabilizes the rig. The operator also monitors marine traffic, the rig alarm system, and the weight distribution during loading and unloading.

Derrick man: The senior rig man of the drilling crew who climbs the derrick to stand on the monkey or derrick board to latch and unlatch elevator to stack drill pipe trips. The derrick man mixes the drilling mud and can maintain the mud tanks. The derrick man also maintains the machinery and is second in charge of the crew on his tour.

Driller: He is directly responsible for the rig and its crew on his tour or shift. The driller is responsible of the drilling operations on the drill floor and operates the hoist and rotary equipment. This is done from the driller's position on the drill floor near the driller's console on a land rig, and in the control cabin or doghouse on an offshore rig. The driller is also responsible for preparing the driller's report and pipe measurements. The driller is accountable to the tool pusher at the rig.

Floor Crew:
The workers on the floor of a work over or drilling rig.

Floorman:
A junior member of the drilling crew, who works on the floor of the drilling rig. The Floor man set the slips, manipulates the tongs, latches and unlatches the elevator, and handles other equipment on the drill floor.

Gang Pusher: A person in charge of supervising and training a crew of roustabouts. The gang pusher works under the production foreman. Top Motorman: The crew member on a drilling rig who is responsible for the operations and routine maintenance of the prime movers. The motorman can do minor repairs and will do other duties when needed.

Mud Engineer: An employee of a service company, drilling contractor, or operator on a drilling rig who is in charge of the drilling mud. The mud engineer prepares, tests, and adjust or conditions the drilling mud while the well is drilled. A drilling-fluid engineer works with drilling mud and other drilling fluids such as air, natural gas, and foam.(mud man).

Roughneck: (floorman or rotary helper) A junior member of a drilling crew, an assistant to the driller, who works on the floor of a drilling rig. The roughneck set the slips, Manipulate the tongs, latch and unlatch the elevators, and handle other equipment on the drilling floor. Two to four roughnecks are normally used on each shift.

Roustabout: He primary works in the drilling and marine department . Roustabouts unload supplies from the surface boats, producing wells and well service units, used on a drilling rig to maintain the area. This is an entry-level position. Top Storeman: A crew member who maintains stocks and distributes equipment and parts on an offshore platform.

Toolpusher: He is in charge of drilling operations at the drill site. The tool pusher supervises the crew and operations. The tool pusher often has the authority to spend money and keep purchase and accident records. The drillers are under the tool pusher who is under the production superintendent. The tool pusher is sometimes called the rig manager or superintendent (drilling foreman).

Sub Sea Engineer: A hydraulic and control-system engineer who supervises the installation, maintenance, and testing of the sub sea blowout preventers and controls on a semi submersible or drill ship. Additional positions required to keep the operation working includes catering personnel (like hotel staff, cooks, chambermaids, cleaners, etc.) and service personnel (like technicians, divers, radio operators, etc).

 

I really like this job, and I’ll stay here until they won’t have anymore or until my health fails”.
Tianjen Doen
Norway

“I have achieved much more than I could ever have dreamt. I am glad I worked in the offshore oil industry when I had the chance to do it”.
Diame Nuevela.Venezuela

“We have great exercise facilities in the platform and can pursue such activities as aerobics, cycle training and hockey”.
Robert John
United States

I always look forward to coming back to this working environment and the job I do. As long as there is plenty to do there, offshore life is the best. When it also offers a good working environment and a meaningful job, I see no reason to stay on land."
Jean Madeiros
Brasil

"This life is exciting, interesting, challenging and meaningful, and there's no reason why you can't combine it with a family. "
Kelvin O’Donnell
Australia

"I was 20 years old and ready to break the convention, so I seized the opportunity. Now it has been almost 10 years since I first set foot on an offshore oil platform, and I have never”
Cynthia Williams
Australia

“The oil business is unquestionable a suitable place for women. In educational terms, plenty of female career choices can be combined with platform jobs and there are no physical reasons why they shouldn’t do any type of offshore job. Also, the working environment is generally positive to females.
Maria Cinchita Morales Mexico

“I got a North Sea Job for the money, so I could afford to do up my house. And the job suited me. It’s the sort of work which women fit into just as easily as men. It is just a great place to work”.
Mary Anne po
Japan