A Raglan man has just come back from an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, akin to the one that is now resulting in a massive oil slick.

Specialists are worried to restrain a leak from a flooding cracked oil well, which intimidates an ecological disaster on US seashores.

During his career, Denis Edmonds was employed in more than 25 nations, and has till date never witnessed a catastrophe of such a scale.

He says that security is the first thought for persons who work and reside on rigs offshore.

He says, "I've been drilling on offshore rigs for over 20 years now and it's the most exciting career. I work for six months and have six months off, where I live in Raglan".

He remarks that the new 5th and 6th Generation very deep water rigs are very technical and for something like this to take place; it would require a sequence of things to go incorrect.

Edmonds says that there is an education program for Kiwis who would like to gain more knowledge regarding the industry and get work on a rig.

He adds that Kiwi has a good name in the industry as its people are very hardworking and are good problem solvers, so companies in both Australia and NZ desire more persons like them.