Ambiência e condições de trabalho na indústria do petróleo em regime de embarque e confinamento: um estudo de caso da Província Petrolífera do Urucu

Abstract

The oil industry market has been steadily growing and is one of the largest and most important of the contemporary world markets. The surveys have not risen since there is a low production in the scientific literature on workers in this industry. The research seeks to understand how the work experience is felt by these workers. The result shows the implication of work in the worker's life pointing out aspects such as: night shift it difficult to adjust to working during boarding, family and social relations weakened, privacy and limited leisure, constant anxiety, emptied communication content and perception of different time. The objective of this study was to analyze the conditions of life and work in the current oil exploration units based on the vision of professionals, highlighting among others the following: shifts; adaptation to confinement; tiredness, safety at work, family and social withdrawal.