Oil Rig Worker – Our Heroes

Women on oil rigs: 'Some men don't think it's right that women are there'

‘Gives enemies the slip’

Many may, or may not, have noticed that the new Marketplace Loot that Zynga called ‘Oil Rig Worker’ is female. The timing of the release of this loot item comes just over a week after the death of Sarah Darnley in a North Sea helicopter accident that killed 4 oil rig workers. Sarah Darnley had a small, but significant, role that women play on offshore platforms.

According to The Guardian, “Since 2006, there has been an 18.7% increase in the number of women travelling offshore for oil and gas companies, but they still make up a tiny proportion of the offshore population – just 3.7%. Just under a third of these women work in catering, with around 1,500 women in other jobs, mainly maintenance and health and safety.”

Did Zynga add the ‘Oil Rig Worker’ to pay homage to Sarah Darnley or as a general acknowledgement of women who work on offshore platforms? We may never know.

We, here at Mafia Spirit, would like to accomplish both with this post. We would like to thank Sarah Darnley and all those who work on the offshore platforms for the risks that they take to provide the world with the oils and petroleum that we take for granted everyday. Most of the time we do not consider the dangers of the work that you do to provide us these things. In my mind, You are heroes.