HUGE WAVE HITS DUNBAR OIL RIG NORTH SEA

[@flybers]

For anyone wondering how big those waves are. I can tell you this. The front leg on the left has 1 metre markers from sea level up to 10 metres. The top 10m marker lies halfway between 1/4 & a 1/3rd the way up the leg. So it's pretty safe to say those legs are sticking at least 100ft (30.5metres) up from the water...

[@SMX815]

flybers extremely choppy waters to say the least

[@krystingrant6292]

Omg

[@zephyr1969]

Watching the video I was like _is that it?_ Your comment gives an idea of how massive these waves are. For perspective, they would engulf 3 - 4 two-story houses stacked on top of each other.

[@larryslemp9698]

@@SMX815 Choppy?! What a friggin' land-lubber you must be!!

[@kevg3320]

@@larryslemp9698 I'd also call that a bit choppy.

[@MajorT0m]

Suddenly my call centre job looks much better than it did two minutes ago.

[@106ave]

U get paid $8 slave labor

[@TFrills]

boring

[@AChippendale]

😂😂😂 Unemployment too

[@saintniccage2818]

The pay is worth it

[@skulltaylor1616]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@1940limited]

It's amazing how those rigs withstand the rigors of nature.

[@theshadowpeople1493]

I worked on these during the oil boom in the early 80s southern Louisiana Texas Mississippi some of the things I saw and experienced were priceless those storms and hurricanes I would rather forget !

[@codprawn]

These are normal North Sea conditions! Probably the roughest waters in the world.

[@norml.hugh-mann]

@@codprawn not even close...The north Pacific and anywhere in the southern ocean get much worse for much longer than the north sea

[@codprawn]

@@norml.hugh-mann Southern Ocean perhaps but not the North pacific.My father worked for BP in Alaska and we travelled all over. He said the North Sea was worse and the Irish Sea worse again - Atlantic rollers coming into shallow water funnelling between Wales and Ireland. We can get 3 months solid where the minimum wind speed is force 8. We have had quite a few Force 11 and 12 storms recently. 45' waves in the Irish sea are common. Couple that with huge tides makes for some very dangerous conditions.

[@Maxe_well]

Wat is the monthly income of salary on working on OFFSHORE BOSIET COURSE IS ENOUGH TO GET JOB IN THIS OFFSHORE ? OR ANYOTHER COURSE TO DO ?

[@kathyakamimi4989]

Sai Krishna If you work on an oil rig, it’s a high-paying job. My husband was a Chief Electronic Technician and he made money that changed our lives - for seven years. He was highly skilled from being in the military for 24 years. I can tell you that most companies look for people with skilled trades but those who don’t have that training can start out as deckhands - and sometimes they are promoted up. Good luck to you.

[@alexpowers5117]

That oils rig never skipped leg day

[@the10thleper]

Wow, and I'm a ocean sailor, damn that was a big one, already breaking at its top and damn those hurt. Let me give some credit where some credit is due, to the engineers and those who built this. Incredible! Salt water weights over 8 pounds per gallon mates and someone said this wave was right at 100feet! Amazing, I must confess, I heard of this wave being recorded some years ago. That's when we were still questioning 100 foot waves. This was the proof of there commonality. These are the conditions that actually makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up. I'm not kidding, talk about a chill up your back. I bet the camara man had several. The waves are alot taller when seen from the deck of a sailboat. About ten times as tall.

[@commentbasher420]

This is not the wave your talking about. The wave your talking about is called the Draupner wave from 1995 and theres a vid on yt of it, scariest wave ive ever seen

[@denman3320]

I've worked on here ! done 4 trips and it's as sound as fuck!!! great food and the core crew are bob on!! steko! if you ever read this, you made the trips pal!! hope your still singing n strumming .

[@mattcullen6109]

den man better you than me mate. Id hate every second of that . Id be shitting myself on that thing

[@MokuTom]

you from the uk mate?? how did you get to working on oil rigs.. if you didnt mind me asking?

[@D3cyTH3r]

@@MokuTom Pretty much every bloke I know up here on the NE coast of Scotland works/or has worked offshore. It was relatively easy until a couple of years ago, but the oil price drop and Covid have resulted in loads of them getting laid off (1/3 or 2/3's -can't remember off the top of my head). Normally you'd pay around a grand for your training (BOSIET from Aberdeen or wherever), and then wait for an agency to call back and give you your chance. You might get a job as a roustabout on a rig (kitchen porter etc), but usually you get put on the standby boats for your first couple of trips. If you're mad keen, you could still try it. You might be waiting 6 months -and that's if you move up here especially to work on the rigs (an agency will respect your determination?). The other route is to do an offshore-engineering degree at uni/college. -hope this helps.

[@MokuTom]

@@D3cyTH3r oh man i really appreciate the detailed reply.. thats some good info. i was just really curious as its a line of work you don't hear of too often round my parts.. feeling pretty lost and aimless these days so was just caught up daydreaming bout potential options i guess. i'll look into what you've said tho! thanks a lot mate

[@orchdork775]

Damn, you are crazy!!! Was it as scary as it looks?? 😅

[@justinneill5003]

Reminds me of my time on Piper Alpha 1978-1981 with Bawdens (yes Piper Alpha, for all those who think the money is worth the risk.) I can remember losing my hard hat while greasing the crown during a storm (big thanks to the bastard who sent me up there) and I watched it disappear towards Norway without falling in the sea. They always said the Piper had a dodgy leg which had been reinforced so it was ironic that the legs were the last part still standing in the end. I was long gone by 1988 but one guy I was roughnecking with was still out there; he jumped and was picked up by the Silver Pit. RIP to those who didn't. Health & Safety was a joke when I was out there I didn't do my Firefighting and Survival (it was before BOSIET) until my second year. I know all that has changed now. I can't say we were brave because like many of them I was still in my teens when I started, making serious money, and safety was mainly about keeping all your fingers. What I still don't understand is why everyone got jammed in the accommodation module; we had at least one emergency drill each trip and always made it to the lifeboat stations no problem but I guess when you know it's for real it soon becomes a stampede.Would I do it again? No thanks (too old now anyway.) Butat 19 I was living a dream I wouldn't have missed it for the world.

[@azertu2u2]

A very good post mate.

[@patbarnard6937]

thanks for sharing your experiences. 😊

[@ConnorLug]

+Neil Justin great post dude, loved reading it.

[@putirayner9375]

+Neil Justin All I can say is you and your fellow work mates must have balls of steel, I get scared just watching this. I was offered a job as a hairdresser on a cruise ship, my very first thought was storm at sea.....HELL NO!!

[@justinneill5003]

To be honest I did wonder what I'd let myself in for on my first trip, and once you're out there it's not so simple to get off; the wait for the next chopper would be a long humiliating one. We were evacuated back to Aberdeen once due to a storm warning but sometimes this wasn't an option as the choppers couldn't land due to poor visibility and the proximity of the crane, derrick etc to the helideck. Generally the intensity of work with the rest of the crew during one of 14 x 12 hour shifts and also the brief window before sleeping didn't leave much time (fortunately) to dwell on the environmental dangers around..

[@stephengrimmer35]

For those those arguing about wave height, the accommodation block (@1:22 grey wall) is six hi-cube containers or 57 feet high, and equivalent to just over one truss level on the jacket. Those waves are 60-75 feet high, maybe 90 feet @0:50

[@eternalyfeful]

I'd be so scared the whole time if I was working on a oil rig in the middle of a deep sea...I'd need therapy afterwards.

[@belive-cb8jp]

If you are a corpse eater you NEED therapy regardless your location...

[@fuckdaworld3295]

I’m be scared every move sound anything

[@forestdenizen6497]

@@aksbs3700 rofl. You are incredibly naive if you think that north sea oil workers are _"very poor people"_ lmao.

[@andrewf9557]

@@aksbs3700 "Very poor." Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahhahahaahhahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhaahahhahahaahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahaahahahahhaahahahahah.

[@LaVitaNouva]

So there was a deleted comment saying deep sea oil workers are very poor.... Funniest shit i read this month lmao

[@goardy67]

We were on the Safe Caledonia when this storm hit. Thats the accomodation vessel where the guy is filming from. There is usually a bridge between the two. I was actually working on the bottom level two days before the storm hit and was sent this film by my supervisor. There is another film somewhere , shot from the rig looking at the accomodation level. It gives you an even better idea how bad the sea was that day. My mate spent most of his time being seasick.

[@orchdork775]

Wow, I can't even begin to imagine what it would be like to work on an oil rig. You must have balls of steel 😂

[@ronaldbyrum8361]

I wonder how many vikings drifted into this kind of stuff.

[@ronniea3697]

FSMNoodlyAppendage They stayed at home in the bad weather. They were rugged, not daft.

[@stevem842]

Those that did usually weren't coming home to tell the tale about it. That's why first hand accounts of monster waves is rare

[@mrg7917]

Ronald Byrum qRonald Byum

[@norml.hugh-mann]

@@QueenJess-gv8fo they couldnt steer boats??? First off, the oars steered, second the keel points the boat forward and allows the wind energy to be transferred to forward motion from whatever direction its coming from, sail placement and trim also helps with steering.....and then there is the rudder, which they most certainly had that steered the boat...Your comment has to be the most uneducated, misinformed comment I have ever read about boats

[@ptsmith4660]

they had Scandinavian women , why go out in bad weather, stay in the hot tub and sauna .. and f........

[@JaneDoe-ci3gj]

Wow, the ocean is both majestic and terrifying!

[@nomamda2627]

imagine how big the God is who created the ocean!

[@allanfoster5418]

Amazing how a oil rig can withstand those waves

[@dexywatt]

Remember it well. It was December 12th 2008. I was night cook baker on the Safe Caledonia then. The Caley being a flotel was moving about quite a bit and we had to be extra careful working in the galley. One or two hairy moments I can tell you. The Safe Caledonia's contract with Total is now finished and I start on a platform on Nov 3rd. Which one? Yep it's the Dunbar. Looking forward to it though as it's a nice platform.

[@sanford198]

The sea was angry that day, my friends!

[@briansmith8730]

Like an old man returning soup at a deli...

[@flexibleatheist]

sanford198 Lmao George Costanza from Seinfeld.

[@spam1028]

Well its a normal day at sea

[@jimsmith9853]

"Is that a Titleist" ?

[@Dan23_7]

So much power in that water !!! It looks like it just could just snap those legs to pieces. There’s real proof there of an engineering genius 👌🏼

[@gmoar]

Many trips watching exactly that kind of weather on the Dunbar from the 706, and the 706 from the Dunbar. Poor weather often meant multiple days where the semi had to withdraw.

[@javedsultan4830]

looks like a nice place to hang out.. if they have nice cafeteria at the rig

[@samdilworth1989]

are those 40 foot waves? and are they filming from another oil rig next to it?

[@iandonchi1034]

Yes ,filming from a semi submersible (floating) rig , which has moved away because of the weather ,the other rig is a steel jacket platform fixed on sea bed with piles and grouted

[@81eastie]

@parmo4life do you work on the rigs out in the north sea ? i work in an oil storage terminal down in wales and am really keen to try and get into upstream, but dont know where to begin. have you got any pointers ?! i have heard that trying to get onto the rigs in the north sea can be a bit clicky and that you need to know the right people is this the case !? I find the job fascinating and would seriously love to get up there and see what its all about.

[@barbarahammer9037]

i am not scared of the sea and the oceans . i just don't like put myself in danger.i don't like the sand on the beaches and eat sand in my food at the beaches too How do them oil workers not be scared of them giant waves ?? i like that show .. thank you.. I am proud of all of them oil rigs workers who work off shore on them oil rigs..

[@zem6300]

North Sea and oil rigs. It may have oil. But is it really worth it...

[@marcovanbaston1]

@eaglei009 dont think you need a permit for a phone on the safe cal, you need it to get it on to the rig.

[@azertu2u2]

So how high was the biggest? I guess you could tell if you knew how high that platform was.

[@rwatson1985]

Any idea who filmed this footage? or who owns it?

[@DJrockinXXL]

the airgap between water and first deck is approx. 30 meters. waves are 8 - 12 meter high

[@bobrodgersonsmostlymotorcy9265]

When will people get it t right. The video is of an Oil drillling platform not a drilling rig. The platform is fixed to the sea bed and oil is produced via risers to oil wells on the platform or from wells on the sea bed with risers up to the platform. After drilling of the wells that's it until repair work on the wells is required as far as drill crews are concerned. An offshore drilling rig is usually either one of three types. a jack up rig that puts legs down to fix its position, a Semi submersible that floats and is positioned using either chains and anchors or Dynamic positioning and the third type is the Drill ship.again positioned by Dynamic positioning or chains and anchors. The jack up can drill in depths of up to around 400 ft whereas the drill ship and the Semi sub can drill in water depths over 4000 ft.

[@KJTEJ]

What if someone falls off the rig? How you rescue him?

[@Boudicca46]

We just do not appreciate what the oil rig workers go through to earn their wages.

[@kwinkzpower]

At the what point doe the big wave hit?

[@MyScotty7]

I worked on these platforms and let me tell you the guys inside will be drinking tea playing pool watching movies in full size cinema or in the gym or even tucked up really snug in bed oblivious to the weather outside! You dont even feel it,unbeatable feats of engineering made by men and women.

[@jackiebayliss]

Still wouldn't get me on one of them no matter how big the paycheck. I'm just not capable of that, water terrifies me.

[@patreilly6826]

The thing this does not show is the movement that is going on the rig when a big one hits. When I was on a platform in similar weather on nights like this I would sleep fully clothed and in my life jacket. The last platform I was on was in 550 feet of water and it would sway about 6 feet when a big one hit. Very unsettling to say the least.

[@Ipdex]

there's no way it could sway 6ft, it would come apart

[@rivco5008]

Generally, how often does the North Sea have conditions like this? Or, maybe not so bad as this but still rough. Obviously it's worse in winter, but does this go on at any time of year?

[@mikewalrus4763]

+Californian a lot and yes it can get up bad most anytime of the year!

[@Azzlad]

+Californian Been fishing up there, regular swells of 50 feet or more.

[@rivco5008]

+Malsipots Man that's crazy. And unbelievable cold I imagine. I think the North Sea was where a British aircraft carrier was ambushed by 2 German battleships, and barely anyone survived. Over a thousand guys lost, but im not sure. If they weren't killed during the attack they wouldn't have lasted long in water that cold. Awful.

[@mikewalrus4763]

Looks about normal for the Northern North Sea, the main difference between summer and winter is that in the summer you get a couple of days and then reasonable calm for a while but in the winter one storm can run into the next. If you are thinking of working in it just remember they used to fish out of open boats back along - those boats were in the region of 30 feet long. and before you ask I spent some 15 to 16 years working on Supply boats up there - yes it got interesting at times but the loss of life wasn't all that bad as long as you didn't push it - at time you had to and lost people! Not a forgiving environment I'm afraid

[@christopherhogg8364]

@@rivco5008 was during attempts to occupy Norway ahead of the Germans iirc. HMS courageous I think was the carrier, not sure about loss of life. The "battleships" were neither fish nor fowl and were hopelessly undergunned. When the heavy escort shadowing the carriers intervened (battlecruiser HMS repulse) they turned and ran rather than fight it out. The Norwegian campaign was a pyrrhic victory for the German navy, their losses were catastrophic but they successfully occupied. As for the scharnhorst and gneisenau, they went raiding in the Atlantic with a high level of success, again using speed to flee from HMS Rodney (at the time the most powerful battleship afloat. Very slow though). Eventually gneisenau was pinned down in dry dock by the RAF, before being towed out and scuttled late in the war. Scharnhorst was kept in an anchorage on the north cape to threaten the convoy routes. Eventually it was tricked out to sea and ambushed by the new battleship HMS Duke of York and was quickly sunk. She capsized with her propellers still turning and owing to the conditions there were few survivors.

[@NostalgicMem0ries]

it sitll is unbelievable how ppl made this structure in middle of sea :O how deep it is in water and underwater in ground?

[@MrRb9325]

MindaugasLegend I don't know how deep the rig goes into the water, but it is floating on top of the water like a gigantic buoy and anchored to the bottom. The drill bit is the only thing that goes into the ground.

[@iandonchi1034]

It's a steel jacket platform sitting on sea bed and has piles driven hundreds of meters down ,one pile for each leg

[@NostalgicMem0ries]

@@iandonchi1034 whoa pretty old reply :) but glad someone answered it :) still cant believe piles of any material can withstand that power of sea water and waves of storm

[@nogunk147]

the waters literally breaching on to the bottom floor. id need new britches after seeing that....

[@analizatampos1740]

The rig is just floating right?

[@Pauly421]

Damn the sea is a terrifying thing sometimes! Never ceases to leave me in awe 😮

[@vfiore0]

i understand rigs float, right? or they try to...

[@jtarantula3390]

Are there people stationed in said place?

[@VALENTINE876]

@parmo4life How risk this accident to offshore worker man?How they escape as fast possible in this situation???

[@MrNooneseesme]

massively angry sea, just how the heck does a rig manage to withstand that day in day out?

[@TKPRODUCTIONS87]

What keeps these rigs stable and from tipping or sinking?They look really top heavy

[@TigerBand21]

Looks like a fixed platform rig, which means it's connected to the sea floor in relatively shallow water (2k' or so).

[@TKPRODUCTIONS87]

Bob is it possible for it to be tipped

[@dillonh2118]

Yes

[@TigerBand21]

It's not likely. This platform isn't designed for the horizontal and vertical displacement. So I'm guessing the engineers would've taken that into consideration when choosing to go with this fixed platform over a semi-submersible platform (floating platform for greater depths & is capable of handling that horizontal and vertical disp.).

[@jimdreferee]

@azertu2u2 If you look at the left hand leg, the marks on it are 1 metre apart, the rig itself is over 600 feet from to to bottom ( sea bed )

[@battyryda]

How did it go? just booked mine

[@theflanman1986]

That is so damn terrifying. I couldn’t imagine being out at sea on any size boat and seeing that rolling towards the ship.

[@williamhoskins7818]

how high? 15-17 mtrs?

[@JoRddMin]

My dads a senior operations manager for CAN offshore and I think senior operator for Apache in Aberdeen. He got offered top quality jobs in London or Australia but the prices of living in e.g is not worth it because ideally you'd be earning nearly the same

[@alex042687]

"give me 700 Krusty burgers"!

[@tomski0812]

i heard the only thing that can crak these legs apart from a explosion or a boat crash is a sound frequency ?

[@rob16248]

00:50 - That must've been over 60 ft, easily.

[@LordOfNothingham]

"The sea was angry that day my friends..."

[@robsargent4]

I take it it's probably a bit deeper West of Shetland? (I heard there's been some new developments over that way a while back, or at least plans for developments).

[@Abanamat85]

Are those rogue waves?

[@erock1309]

If you're sleeping would you feel those waves hit?

[@erock1309]

i would still have to give that profession a no

[@Positive_rate_gear_up]

@iputonchrist they move with the waves, u can feel them swaying side to side in these conditions, they are built to withstand conditions 3 times as bad as this

[@herlastvoyage]

Do you have any videos of conditions three times as bad?

[@Sxm_8]

Damn nature you scary

[@MrAndycfar]

ive worked on the Dunbar platform! what a mission of a chopper ride! 4 hours flying time via sun bough on way home

[@donaldculp3759]

I wanna know how they install these things in those conditions. I can’t even tarp my boat in 25mph winds!

[@anni50ful]

how high is that rig ?

[@bulgingbattery2050]

Does it float or is it anchored to the seafloor?

[@robertsheridan8601]

The rig is fixed to the seabed on the legs.

[@bulgingbattery2050]

@@robertsheridan8601 How deep does the jacket go?

[@jonathanstrauss2083]

how do they secure the rigs in the first place to the seafloor?

[@KippoHound]

I have no idea. That's a good question.

[@legion6049]

It depends on the type of rig. The one shown is for shallow water and looks to be a fixed platform though it could be a compliant tower platform. Both are secured to the seafloor with piles.

[@codprawn]

Many are secured with giant anchors. They are carried by anchor handling vessels - a very dangerous job in itself.

[@Xantec]

@dunno414 normal for north sea, its because its so shallow, you get the tidal surges from the atlantic coming around the top and bottom of the UK, and in the northsea the two tidal streams collide, magnifying themselves. same thing happens in the Irish sea but not as big as there is room for the waves to dissapate in the depths,

[@NotoriousNFM]

How do they build oil rigs out there at see

[@chrisb.865]

My question too

[@fonkyman]

they arent..... they are built somewhere else towed out and sunk....

[@Hedphelym]

fonkyman You sea they sent out out to see.

[@fonkyman]

Hedphelym lol what ??

[@JH-qj4uj]

The platforms are constructed on land in shipyards, then brought out on barges to the site. For fixed leg platforms such as this, the platform is built in two parts: the jacket (the steel structure supporting the entire thing), and the topsides (the rest of the platform sitting on top of the jacket). For floating platforms such as TLPs or Semisubmersibles, the entire thing is built in the shipyard then towed out to the site using tugboats. Like this: ww2.hdnux.com/photos/23/05/47/5003761/91/960x540.jpg

[@bulgingbattery2050]

How does the rig remain stable if it's not connected to the seafloor?

[@pbb120]

It is connected to the seafloor

[@graememcfee23]

c,mon its an oil rig in the north sea what do you thinks gonna happen in a storm.

[@megadeath45]

I remember exploring an oil rig once. Of course back then I was a beautiful well-endowed British woman with a pair of berettas lol.

[@donsmith3857]

and your point is???

[@zosothezephead837]

Lara Croft!

[@flybers]

I have film exactly like this on my phone. I worked on the Sedco 706, which was attached by bridge to the Dunbar, in 2006-7. My film of a storm like this was in late sept 2006. In 2009 I also worked on the Dunbar Platform. The film I have was shot at night & the waves were smashing into the floor of the Dunbar. The floor (lower deck) is 100ft above sea level. I also worked on the Safe Caledonia too. But that was when it was in Norway in 2010.

[@flybers]

flybers We also had to disconnect the bridge, loosen anchors & move 100 metres away so as not to risk bumping into the Dunbar when our anchors were torn loose. Which they always were in bad weather. They spent almost all the next day tightening the anchor chains back up.

[@neildesai8873]

flybers damn. Rigorous yet awesome experiences. It has to be insane to be standing on a lone platorm and see nothing but open sea.

[@bananabunch1000]

I worked on the H unit, the 703, 706, & 708….. Invigorating ……days like this!

[@summerdaze1820]

I can't believe man can build something to withstand the forces of nature (cliche but true!) Thank you to those who risk their lives so i can have fuel in my car and use my gas heater!

[@tonyrandall3146]

Here here, god bless the petrodollar for uniting us all

[@vacciniumaugustifolium1420]

Tony Randall the petrol is the cause of the war in midle eastern and the terrorism...

[@Tarheel13]

PLVS VLTRA bs

[@popcornegg4405]

Lin Grazziano this is an oil rig...

[@BadAndUgly]

Makes me wonder if there are any lifeboats on oil rigs in case the construction fails and it goes down..

[@struanmorrison7032]

Yes there is lifeboats on at least 3/4 of the sides so that people can accesses them from multiple routes in case of an emergency

[@forestdenizen6497]

@@struanmorrison7032 you would not be able to deploy them in this kind of swell. You cannot get a grasp of the scale from this, but it's got to be at least 50m (150ft) swell. I guess you could try pulling the release lever just as the ocean hits, but if you're a couple of seconds late that's a fatal drop for all inside. All the North Sea platforms are designed to survive the _hundred year wave._ a wave so abnormally gigantic that the combination of frequencies required to create it only statically occurs about once every 100 years.

[@nigelft]

@@forestdenizen6497 Ahh, rogue waves ... There is still so much to learn about them, but as you said: a combination of the right wind direction, and strength, plus constructive interference, can easily produce a 120ft+ wave out of seemingly no-where ... There is a great BBC documentary, abet quite old now, where various Captains, old Salts whom have seen almost all, describe pitching over a wave, only to find themselves, and their ship, being plunged into a huge hollow, and above them, a wave unimaginably large. The only option, iirc, was to max out the engines ahead to try a ride up, and over, without, hopefully, tipping backwards ... ... but I can easily imagine how some ships could be sunk like that, such as the 'Edward Fitzgerald' ... from the position of the lifeboat that was recovered, and the forces that tore it off of the ship, it was hit by a colossal rogue wave that must have rolled her so badly, so fast, there wasn't even a chance to send out a 'mayday' ... iirc, she sank with all hands, with none recovered (may they rest in peace ...) ... As the --- very --- old saying goes: never underestimate the power of the Sea ...

[@rhkent1965]

I have a question that I would like to ask. What job position on an offshore platform oversees the Rec and Fitness Areas? I can't see to find the information from any of the sites. Thanks in advance for anyone that might be able to help me.

[@stuartbromley3513]

Not sure, mate

[@hindleyfc]

So where's the big wave?

[@1michael71]

This Rig is north of Aberdeen, Scotland

[@vet137]

what wave? USS RANGER CV-61 GO NAVY!

[@crossofcalvary2212]

Where do they get their electrical power from?

[@dkrink3]

Cross of Calvary Longley extension cords😂

[@gmoar]

Normally there's a gas turbine which powers the platform, run from partially refined gas diverted from production, although I think that the Dunbar may have an interconnect with the much larger Alwyn which provided some/all of its power.

[@Kamelhaj]

dkrink3 - don't forget the adaptor. XD

[@angelakay2899]

Oh dear God. Nobody with a loved one working offshore should watch this. 😳

[@NicciAW]

My loved one is currently on a North Sea platform, I wasn’t very happy during the two big storms we just had. He said he could feel a lot of juddering and movement this time round and they had to suspend work for the day, at one point.

[@Positive_rate_gear_up]

@marcovanbaston1 rules were a little relaxed on the safe cal, as long as u dont walk about the main platform videoing everything

[@azertu2u2]

The big one comes in after the one at 0:34, its like 5m higher than the others!

[@theheathster5179]

And I thought my videos of 10-15 foot seas in the GOM were cool. Lol

[@sibiris8474]

Suddenly I want to be an oil rig engineer.

[@hanneschris]

Yes we were bouncing around on an errv as well but i've seen worse in the north sea.a guy that winched down from a rescue helicopter to a ship i was on thought we were all mad,that was in extreme force 11 conditions.He didn't feel very well at all.

[@Alk6239]

the wave at 49 literally hit the top..I'm not sure how that does not classify as huge. Even bigger if your compare to the start and how high they were. Unless you have worked on one in a storm. Which judging by your profile you have not.

[@HuasoPodrido]

The man said; I'm building me a rig on a North Sea Mother Nature's response; go ahead I'm going to make some waves

[@wojciechzgodowski]

What I don't like seeing on an oil rig is gases burning in a pipe that is sticking upward from it. Place a pipe on it with gas sensor that starts a gas burning power generator make something useful from it, don't waste it.

[@popcornegg4405]

Wojciech Zgodowski where did you see that?

[@Scotsman1701A]

I was there on the Safe Caledonia during that season.....woke up to go to Dunbar to find bridge had been raised.....long boring day that ended up being :D

[@itsnotalwaysblackandwhite8624]

The design criteria for these Rigs and Platforms is a hundred year storm. The real fun starts with getting out to the unit, then after 14 days as was the case in my day getting off and how. As we are into cyclone season the units off WA will be in our front line.

[@williamkelley7654]

Gotta be 100+ foot swells. Unreal the power the sea possesses.

[@SaclunchGsus]

William Kelley yeah lets get the power we need from that maybe instead of dirty oil.

[@Tarheel13]

SaclunchGsus ..you got the technology?

[@davidkelly5145]

Absolutely awesome lost for words

[@TypicalToyReviews]

I hate how in the deep sea waves don't look like big waves we see in the movies it's just huge changes in elevation of the entire thing

[@Micismine_]

Do they need a Good cook,?

[@milkminotaur]

@iputonchrist Really large nails on the sea bed. And quite strong glue.

[@potatogaming5498]

Isn’t that a rouge wave?

[@flurkin]

@dexywatt hey Im a night cook baker on the Henry Goodrich off the coast of Newfoundland. In fact I am here right now. its a semi-submersible and it does move quite a bit in rough seas, but not as much as the FPSOs I have worked on. life offshore is excellent but I'd rather be home!

[@MrPlink0]

Grampian Protector?

[@liemh9290]

Researching on floating fishing harbor at sea got me here....damn the sea is no joke!

[@theoryg]

Those structures have always made me uncomfortable. Its like working on top of a skyscraper.

[@KelticWoman1]

To take a pounding like that - be top heavy shows developers of these rigs got it right for the most part - people in flood plains who continually lose thier houses and lifes to floods get your house on top of the design of an oil rig on the seas - they preserve what they hold most to their hearts and that isn't you or me but the oil. Boy do I hate governments and people who put money higher than peoples lifes.

[@dallasbennett36]

Did u see that guy fall off at 034?!

[@harekrishnatv5461]

haha and thats where you're wrong. it may come as a surprise but oil workers are the most HIGHLY PAID no matter if they are in labour or management or engineering. google it

[@Bigwavemaster1]

Have a look at the Bigwavemaster1 channel for the Oil Rig Rescue Ship point of view

[@terrack3005]

Great channel you have and I only found it a few weeks ago, total respect for you guys and what you do 👍

[@Bigwavemaster1]

@@terrack3005 Tank you very much :)