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Interesting comparison. How in your mind is a Siberian oil rig different from others?
by passerby1 5y ago
Interesting comparison. How in your mind is a Siberian oil rig different from others?
- chewbacha 5y agoWell, compared to the Santa Barbara oil rigs, I bet it’s a bit colder in the winter.
- flohofwoe 5y ago...or any oil rig north of the polar circle... hostile environmental conditions combined with too many people crammed into too little living space and nowhere to go. Basically a prison camp, but with (I assume) higher than average wages (but nothing to do with the money except sending it home to the family on Earth). (PS: this of course assumes that's there's anything to do on Mars, it's not clear to me what the Mars colonists would actually do there all day, except constructing the actual colony - but what then?).
- FredPret 5y agoWages on rigs are not just higher than average, they are in fact eye-wateringly high
- hef19898 5y agoOnly on the European ones. The UAE ones use cheap labor for everything not needing engineering masters.
- Arrath 5y agoAs well they should be considering the isolation, usually severe conditions, back-breaking work, and all the potential danger. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piper_Alpha https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piper_Alpha