You're a helicopter pilot for a small charter company hired by Trey Research to transport one of their Safety Inspectors from their refinery to an oil rig about 12 miles offshore in the North Sea. The rig is a new one, called T-25.
The weather is less than optimal, but as long as you stay low and follow the inspector's instructions, you should have no trouble finding the rig. The mission begins on the ground at the refinery, near Rotterdam, Netherlands.