Before you move on to a typical day, you might want to have a look at a day that is not so typical. It is a crewman's worst nightmare, the story of the Petrobras rig that sank off the coast of Brazil in March of 2001. The news article can be found here, and a dramatic slide show of the P-36 can be found with this download.
All days are different unto themselves.
A typical day offshore involves so many different operations it would be impossible to list them all. Offshore operations are a sight to behold for sure. This page is about what a typical day offshore is to different people doing different jobs in different parts of the world. These are real stories from real people describing real experiences in the patch. No matter where you are or what you do, if you work offshore or in the oilfields we want to hear what a typical day in the patch is for you.