Vitisak Payalaw, of Chevron Thailand Exploration and Production's oil drilling team, wrote on Facebook: "On April 12, we found a dog trying to swim to a pole of our oil platform, about 220km from the shore".
A dog named Boonrod has been picked up by oil rig workers almost 200 kilometres off the Songkhla coast, before being greeted back on dry land.
The dog continued to hold on for dear life, watching the workers as they figured out how to get the animal safely on board.
"I thought that if we didn't move quickly, I would not be able to help him", said Mr Payalaw.
Oil rig workers recently rescued a dog they found swimming in the middle of the ocean, some 135 miles off the coast of Thailand.
Vitisak Payalaw, a worker on the rig, has shared the harrowing story on Facebook.
Mr Vitisak said the crew speculated the dog might have fallen off a fishing trawler, and dubbed it "Boon Rod", or "Survivor".
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Boonrod is now in the hands of a dog rescue facility in Thailand's Songkhla province, and that the dog's spirits have elevated since getting round-the-clock care.
"If he lost his grip, it would be very hard to help him", Payalaw told CNN. "He just kept looking up just like he wanted to say, 'please help me, '" said Paylaw.
The pooch made it to the rig, where workers eventually hoisted him to safety, reports the Bangkok Post.
They called out to the dog to encourage it to swim in their direction before using a rope to haul it out of the water.
It was declared to be in good shape after being delivered to the animal protection group Watchdog Thailand.
Mr Vitisak said if the dog was unclaimed, he would like to take it to his home in north east Thailand.
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