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 ...

Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessels, or FPSOs, are offshore production facilities ... aboard the vessel's deck and hydrocarbon storage below in the double hull.

Crew members aboard a NOAA research vessel reported conditions ranging from yellow-colored skies as far as 100 miles offshore to impenetrable smoke that required deck workers to don masks and goggles.

On calling for industrial action, Unite said, “1,350 offshore workers will now take part in ... production and mechanical technicians in addition to deck crew, scaffolders crane operators ...