Life Inside Giant Offshore Rigs in the Middle of a Storm

[@ScottCleve33]

Interesting but I missed the part where they talked about what it's like in the middle of a storm.

[@gwhitaker7862]

Yeah, he started talking and I forgot all about that......good stuff though.....

[@globe_throtter_1843]

There is no impact to the rigid platform (shallow water) as the structure was piled into the seabed. The floating platform may experience certain degree of movement (as it was tied/anchored to the sea bed too). The worst is those who stays on the barge/vessel. In the worst situation, we need to retrieve anchors and sheltering at the nearest shore. I once experienced 2 days & nights laying on bed as we were hit by the typhoon from the Phillipines.

[@inproper3952]

These oil rigs just fascinate me so much!

[@inproper3952]

I love to watch them in the North Sea during a storm !

[@claytonchristophersen1633]

Shit Money , There are better places to hide with murderers .

[@customer7903]

I worked in the early 80's on a Semi in the North Atlantic when we were hit by a storm where we had 65' waves. In fact it was so bad that the company realised too late that the movement of the heli deck was too much for evacuating most of the crew so we had to sit it out for a few hours - always something to remember even after all those years ago.👍👍👍

[@mickhannett5858]

Was the food any good just woundering

[@customer7903]

@@mickhannett5858 Yes the good was good. In fact we had 4 x 2 hour meal times a day, but as I was a commercial diver we spent most of our time sleeping 😴👍😂

[@michellemaistry3170]

I guess SWIMMING must have been one of the pre-requisites of the job in case you fell overboard 😅 We've got an oil rig here in South Africa and curiosity always gets the better of me whenever I look at the sea from my window. Do the ships fill up oil from these rigs directly....I see them guided by tug boats and the harbour is a distance away, also, besides engineering, what other qualifications are required for the job ¿?

[@customer7903]

@@michellemaistry3170 Actually when I completed my 11 week commercial diving qualification course there were 2 guys who could not not swim but it would be very helpful. But I remember on the various ships many crew members could not swim, their attitude was if they fell overboard at sea they did not want to extend the suffering of drowning 😱. The legs on semi-submersible rigs do not hold oil, they just do the exploration/drilling and then once finished and the well is capped they then leave it to others to extract the oil. Most commercial diving (in my day!!!) did not require any qualifications like engineering as divers mostly carry out fairly manual tasks so being confortable at “working” underwater is by far the most important qualification.

[@Live-Life-Freely]

Did most of the guys blow their hard-earned money?

[@PJvaleting]

Well that storm passed quickly.

[@roostercogburn809]

What storm, lasted 15 seconds...

[@jimmyw7291]

Did it even last that long

[@PJvaleting]

@@jimmyw7291 I know that feeling 😱

[@Sam.G79]

Actually, it lasted 15 seconds, 3.7 milliseconds, and 2.2 nanoseconds. 😂

[@votpavel]

damn wtf you right, i watched it for the storm

[@HeliosDroneWorks]

Editing can be a tough concept…

[@wilfredzielinski5685]

i did this job in the north sea on the brent b oil rig in the late 70s had a great time good mates great food all in all job was good

[@timmyjones1921]

My cuz was a cook on a oil rig in the Gulf Of Mexico , he worked like 3 weeks on 3 weeks off the pay was really good.

[@michaelbyrd8688]

Early 70's. I did a few 90 day stays on a semi-submersible barge in the Gulf of Mexico. A good experience for a 18 yr old.

[@mrfarell]

Its different here. Sometimes we work 1-2 weeks. Other time its 45 days (maximum allowed) with only less than 2 weeks of rest (depending on how crucial the ongoing projects). Ive been working as an offshore contractor for oil & gas industry and hoping I'll finally be able to go oversea and experience the different work ethics and cultures.

[@johnseb5856]

How can i get into that field as entry level?

[@Aliciapaige777]

Props for having the courage to be able to do that🩵🩵🩵

[@globe_throtter_1843]

@@johnseb5856equipped yourself with Offshore Survival Course. You may start with small companies first (high probability to be hired compare to the big companies) as a Rigger/Helper (if you don't have any qualification) or higer trasits like Eletrician/Mechanics/Instrument Technician.

[@FlyGuy-d6i]

we can't go any longer than 21 days with a minimum of 7 off

[@carlo7849]

I've always wanted to work on a oil rig. Mainly for the money.

[@globe_throtter_1843]

@@rockyraccoon3630the best option is to work abroad (3rd world country). Imagine earning USD150K/year and paying USD400 for 4 bedrooms furnished terrace house for rental😂

[@GardenerTobak]

Very interesting video, but there was never anything on oil rigs in a storm, like the title suggested.

[@bartomiejdurlej9665]

Nice disguise WATOP. Really good. Great video btw ;)

[@ncampos210]

❤ the lesson but...i was looking for the waves 😂😂😂😂..

[@Aliciapaige777]

Truly fascinating 🩵🩵🩵

[@davidponseigo8811]

I think we should start making floating cities similar to oil rigs but minus the explosive gas and oil.

[@Live-Life-Freely]

They're called cruise ships.

[@HisAssholiness]

thanks for avoiding showing the middle of the storm

[@tinman3000]

Really misleading title...

[@minime5380]

Little do we know when we fill our vehicles!!

[@patrickmccarthy7877]

Build prisons like oil rigs, make them as nice as 5 star hotels, as long as the inmates can't escape.

[@valerief1231]

I like the idea of child predators being housed on these things, minus the luxury.

[@aquaman7356]

I’m such a sucker. I thought the picture was “click bate” but, silly me, I was hoping that the picture was real - NOT! It’s too bad they gotta do that, because the rest of the information with interesting.

[@amyrichard3203]

What storm? You didn’t have to say oil rig 20-25 times.

[@egroom53]

I missed the part about life on a oil rig through a hurricane

[@jimgrady7458]

Fact: The title has nothing to do with the content. 👎

[@mattbrem3788]

I just see those pool balls all rolling into one pocket after every break

[@ChargerrentalCoandammo]

It's a good job overall.

[@globe_throtter_1843]

I am now onboard on 1982 built offshore platform and the condition of our quarters is terrible😢😢😢 How I wish I could work at this decent offshore platform. The only thing that motivate me here is $$$

[@levijuneybeats]

So No safety boat on that rig ?

[@brianjones7521]

good

[@dancingkitty11]

No storms! Down vote

[@bluetickfreddy101]

Looks fun

[@greendeane1]

I almost became a cook on one.

[@cindykirby6245]

Very impressive.❤❤❤

[@merediths2cents]

James. Great beard.

[@briang7392]

Ten to twelve hour shifts seven days a week in a high stress situation. Yea I'm sure none of those yearly accidents and fatalities have anything to do with that. Nothing at all! smh

[@Rootcauses451]

It's safer to work on an oil rig than what it is to take the jab.

[@marsbeegeefan1482]

You got that right.

[@SilentKnight43]

Just had to go there eh...

[@Biggestfoot10209]

Great comment

[@tgwoolshire]

I didn't know they put up oil rigs in 3 feet of water. 😂

[@marsbeegeefan1482]

Only 200,000 dollars a year! And, that is the max. You gotta be kidding. No way, José. An actor gets 20 million for doing a movie that took four or five months, where an oil rigger gets maybe 200,000 for a "YEAR!" WOW. Incredible.

[@Jeff-ub4lr]

This vid is full of BS and I can tell you that catering people offshore are not doing lot of money and have the worst conditions.

[@nibrasge6375]

A rig is guaranteed to make profit. If the movie flops, it could ruin a career...

[@KnowTrentTimoy]

ONLY the Best actors make that kind of money NOT all actors get that kind of pay .

[@claytonchristophersen1633]

200 to live with everyone that doesn't want to be found .

[@rudolfschmidt942]

Very little on the "middle of a storm" part.

[@chasinspring]

So....no storm?

[@nc8414]

Can we all just appreciate the men and women who sacrifice their families and life at times so we can all enjoy our modern life?

[@michelrood2966]

Why? Its a job the chose to do. Stop making it sound more than it is. Its hard labor. Nothing more or less.

[@ChrisLee66]

And then next the job will be made 100 percent safe by having AI do all of the work.

[@historyhunter5215]

There is NO storms there. I moved there for 3 years after i was told hurricanes hit every month... Not one time did it even rain...

[@josephdurocher6372]

Awesome thanks how do I get a job there. Ok I am over 60 but can still work. Things are tough got to put food on the table. My wife that I need to support. Thanks

[@michaelofsydney6128]

Apply at yer local gas station would be a start.

[@josephdurocher6372]

@@michaelofsydney6128 Thanks Very much

[@iamthatiam44444]

Imagine all those workers out of work when everyone cant afford a car anymore and we have solar electricity.

[@elkabong6429]

It’s gonna be quite a few years before that happens.

[@lifestudent2472]

They will be ok petroleum is frangible basically has many uses lubrication , synthetics ect .

[@guybeingaguy]

If only the solar industry was growing and needed workers!

[@iamthatiam44444]

@@guybeingaguy they will do the same with solar and wind energy soon enough, its all worse for the environment than ever.

[@guybeingaguy]

@@iamthatiam44444 Well you seem very positive! Hope you have a FANTASTIC day, you deserve it!

[@FlyGuy-d6i]

I worked land rigs easier to get off if ever an emergency, although I been on the geronimo a few times but thank God only in drill

[@jayyoo906]

What about this? It is built for it, not strange.

[@11B557]

Your name isn’t James. And that picture isn’t of you. Narrator needs to show what he actually looks like instead of lying

[@coldspring624]

Drill baby

[@jakeh6980]

They go inside their “birthing quarters”?? I worked offshore for 8 years; and I never recalled anybody working their tower shift, knocking off, and going give birth. Doesn’t necessarily work that way

[@chriscarter2583]

That's what she said 😅😂

[@darrellterry9691]

Years ago I worked as a rigger for international mooring and marine out of new Iberia Louisiana we didn't get the privilege that the riggers on the platform did ..

[@rednecked7462]

Hey man. You can't be saying the r word. Haha

[@globe_throtter_1843]

double-standard in offshore. really pissed me off 😅😅😅

[@connecttoarun]

How is the rig remain stable in mid of ocean?

[@mikeblaz]

Did you watch the video?

[@connecttoarun]

@@mikeblaz Yes

[@zygmuntlllwaza5773]

They are attached to the seabed.

[@arribaficationwineho32]

@@connecttoarunhey are not actually mid ocean. Most are located in gulfs and connect to sea floor

[@Xxpoo]

20 fold if it’s a loosely maintained BP rig

[@Espritdumort]

This video has nothing to do with living on an oil rig during a storm. It was just a 'day in the life of an oil rig worker' and some random facts on types of rigs. Misleading title.

[@sandrataylor8966]

Watch the last minute for storm footage.

[@Chris-fo8wp]

I worked 2 months on, and 1 month off... made a shit load of money!!

[@waheedislam2989]

Salary per month ..?.

[@bakerman10]

Change the title of the video and leave off the "in the middle of a storm" part. I think I heard the word storm mentioned once.

[@cynthiadaw131]

I bought bet, just a common worker makes very good money. I'm in!!!!

[@nageeb96]

Mans work . no Feminist bull here

[@gabrielroque6664]

Oh yeah, give dolls, and kitchen toys to your baby girls, and keep the cars, mechanic vehicles, and superheroes toys to your baby boys, and then complain that almost no girl grows up wanting to do those jobs... yeah, men are stupid. 🤣

[@Jeff-ub4lr]

Sorry guy but women offshore by now and from few decades, specially on logging...... this vid is full of BS.

[@Jeff-ub4lr]

Lot of errors, lot of mistakes.

[@troybohnet8152]

Uniforms lol never heard coveralls called that before.

[@mickhannett5858]

We call them overalls

[@kendawa2918]

Who titles these videos?

[@michelrood2966]

12hrs? To me that sounds dangerous af. Don't these men get tired doing hard labour and therefore make possibly lethal mistakes? Weird.

[@MsRotorwings]

Doctors, nurses, and respiratory therapists regularly work 12 hour shifts. It’s better for continuity of care. But without any days off in a 3 week period does seem concerning. FYI: In Residency training doctors routinely work 24 hour shifts.

[@mickhannett5858]

How is the food

[@k9spjack]

I was a Paramedic working on Oil Exploration Rigs off the coast of California in the mid 1980's. I worked 2 weeks on and two weeks off. Even though the pay and benefits were great, I hated it. As you literally feel like you're in prison out there miles off the coast. As for the food, it was amazing. They had full course meals four times a day to accommodate the workers that worked all night long. And every Friday was Seafood Day where we had our choice of Salmon, Halibut, Fried Shrimp, Crab Legs, Shrimp Cocktail and Lobster. Other days they served, Chicken, Pork Chops, Lasagna, Fettuccine, Spaghetti, Prime Rib and T-bone Steaks and every meal was all you could eat. And they also had a Salad Bar that was amazing. As for breakfast, it was pancakes, bacon, sausage, hash browns, bisquits and gravy, every cereal imaginable and eggs how you wanted them cooked. They also offered steak and eggs everyday for breakfast. But I must admit that it was the most dangerous jobs that I ever had. It was a good experience, but I'd never want to do that job again.

[@mickhannett5858]

@@k9spjack thank you for shearing k9spjack . Verry much the same as tanker ship's. Cheers

[@choiadventure562]

No middle of storm

[@christiantabangay3202]

dream job 🇵🇭♥️💪🤤

[@shnboardman1]

Its not a dream job believe me. I have worked offshore for the past 17 years and hate every minute of it

[@christiantabangay3202]

@@shnboardman1 I wanna work there someday heaven if I have to sacrifice all my time in the world just to be there I will Ive worked in harsh conditions before you just have to have patience courage and a heart of steel

[@shnboardman1]

@@christiantabangay3202 If that is what you want then go for it

[@gonegolfn1475]

What storm??

[@richardcastromzena5136]

How was first generation i wonder

[@BrianTheLog]

Sex on an oil rig is wild too

[@FlyGuy-d6i]

Cable not rope

[@merediths2cents]

They also make $200k…

[@19vendetta19]

Doh! I think you missed something...

[@jarlwhiterun7478]

Botched video title.

[@stevesloan7266]

Soon, all of our oceans will look like that of Long Beach California. You don't go in that water without a wetsuit. Yes, it's that nasty

[@travisline]

200k a year really... I make 180k last year this year I made 210k

[@peterfoster9456]

This why someone like President George H.W Bush knows how to speak. Men who risk their lives serving this nation and all the public. Preserving protecting and defending. Executive oath of honor.

[@telcobilly]

Bush is a sellout globalist. Wanted a war no matter what and guess what, no WMD. And no, I'm definitely not a demokkkrat. Used to like him until I got red pilled.

[@carlinshowalter1806]

Bush =war criminal

[@sunnybnk]

Over Americanised and dramatised commentary.

[@peterdanjuma6842]

🎉

[@filibertocaceresbetancur-yn7mq]

University Amazon peru Latin america city iquitos study and investigation how can produced Energy with oxygen all over the world wide now today

[@romanpernal7397]

Hard job but you must be disciplined

[@hhazelhoff1363]

This is a waste of time

[@Sam.G79]

Ever since the introduction and usage of the Julian calendar, time, schedules, and appointments have been... chaotic. We should revert back to the Jewish calendar.

[@TheWelwyn21]

I don't care how money they pay wouldn't want to work on an oil rig

[@michaelofsydney6128]

Cause extinction rebellion protestors might scale the rig and ....

[@nackjicholson1940]

I don't care how much money they earn. No amount of money in the world would persuade me to do a job like this.

[@carlosfixon5077]

But no all seriousness was missing :😱 and smack That subscribe button if you haven't do so already. 🤷

[@TheBlueGumby]

BS title!!!!!! Don't watch!!!

[@jack0903]

Not for me.

[@ericgraves336]

Storm my a$$

[@ranstan814]

🤮

[@jaysdood]

Now do remember here in 2023 during the screen writers and actors strike that at least one of those lunatics claimed they worked as hard as these people 😂

[@user-hq5wq8tm6b]

Some of these "documentaries" just provide vague details that require no research. Just feeding us crap. Almost as bad as the Fluctus channel.

[@mohammadwasilliterate8037]

*Load of CRAP, I have been on rigs and ships 25yrs we all do 12hr days and 7days a week.*