Reddit reviews Fire in the Night: The Piper Alpha Disaster

Then I challenge you to get it finished this week! It may still be alright; I'd ring up/email the admissions person of the uni you want to go to and see what they say. I'm a little rusty on the process as its been a while and my school did most of the work for me.

You'd be better off (in my opinion) getting a geology degree then working in the oil industry as you'll get paid a lot more. I guess it depends on where exactly your interest lies. Also in terms of the amount paid, my friend said that it's not actually as high as you would expect, although technically you are only working for about half the year so you are paid more per day than other jobs. I cant remember how much it actually was though.

Regardless of what you want to do (i.e. degree first or just go straight in), I recommend that you read a book called "Fire in the night: The piper alpha disaster". It is a depressing read but it's also important as that disaster signified a change in the way that safety was observed/controlled on oil rigs. Also I'm told it impresses interviewers if you have knowledge of it as most graduates haven't heard of that disaster apparently. There's also a documentary about it, which is probably on youtube.