SO vietnamese oil rigs hire Kiwis. Sounds odd.
I think most folks like that are contractors from English speaking countries who have attended schools like UT, Texas A&M, Colorado School of Mines, etc.
Why?
Internationally, New Zealand Oil & Gas has an interest in onshore Sumatra, Indonesia, where an exploration well is currently being drilled. We hold interests in further prospects in both Tunisia and Indonesia.New Zealand Oil & Gas holds a 15 per cent stake in dual listed Pan
Pacific Petroleum, which has non-operated interests in New Zealand,
Australia, Vietnam and Timor Leste-Australia Joint Petroleum
Development Area. NZO&G
Oil rig workers come from all over the world based on experience. Many of the foreign platforms hire them because they don’t have enough people with the “right” credentials.