Life INSIDE The World's BIGGEST Offshore Oil Rig

[@Scienceforeveryone-xz1kk]

Another good video about oil rigs kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6KtYpduhMeWl5o

[@ray.shoesmith]

The engineering alone on this thing is incredible

[@williamkunte5361]

Nothing is incredible about it. The same technology has been in existence for the last 100 years! Move from here with your nonsensical excitement!

[@ray.shoesmith]

@@williamkunte5361 gfy

[@GreggWalken-xd3qv]

​@@williamkunte5361The 'robot roughneck' is of late technology. There's definitely some incredible technology in just that alone.

[@Digitalgems9000]

@@williamkunte5361 don't be rude, william.

[@ramijohteinen5034]

​@@Digitalgems9000He isn't rude, just wrong..

[@jesstill7833]

The size of this plant is huge ,I can’t get my head around it so big so mobile ..and it makes millions per day cheers 👍👍😃☘️

[@pan6593]

It is as mobile as a house. Just being brought and installed there, doesn‘t mean it is meant to be moved later on.

[@NODARKNESSNOLIGHT]

I’m here bc of still wakes the deep.😂

[@ShadyLife101]

Same

[@leokunnen491]

Playing it right now, it’s great

[@alicjauszczak4179]

Same

[@gilbertfilbert1446]

Same

[@NODARKNESSNOLIGHT]

@@leokunnen491 facts

[@Lulu5771]

I found this fascinating having no prior knowledge about oil rigs or anything about this industry. I'm a female who can put oil in my car and pump my own gas but that's about it. I do wish we could have seen the living quarters, otherwise this video quality is excellent. Thank you for posting this.

[@mikenolin8747]

I agree. I was hoping to maybe see what they have for a recreational area/gym/entertainment

[@arcuz7862]

@@mikenolin8747 Bold of you to assume there was any of this nonsense like recreational areas on an oil rig.

[@nigelbeaumont1109]

@@arcuz7862Why “Bold”…. There are recreational areas and workout areas on Large Oil Rigs.

[@rodgerslape]

This video is fascinating. Thank you to all those involved in its production.

[@johnsmith-iu1dv]

Seriously, you guys have my respect. This looks like very hard life. Epic...

[@Bollerkotze]

normaly you work 14 days straight, than 14 days at home...plus vacations of course. and you earn alot of money...even if you cant leave because of bad weather you are beeing paid extra for that time.

[@laurencesteere]

Love that one of the control room cameras was on the food canteen

[@V77710]

Yes, if you steal extra potato, you get three weeks in Gulag

[@T.aP.m]

@@V77710 lmao shitty

[@niyo919]

That crane operator has the most stable career of all time, crazy.

[@gk51171]

the kitchen was fantastic :)

[@tundrawomansays694]

This is really interesting. Thanks so much, deeply appreciated!

[@able880]

I had worked the woked the offshore oilfields for yrs - for many it looks romantic looking at it from the out side - I assure you it is a very difficult way to live - those that have jobs on land never go through the stress we went through on less there in a war zone - Ive worked out there for decades then i went to work on land - i couldnt believe how easy life is working a regular job and comming home each night - Out there there are no holidays or weekends just work every day -

[@weldmachine]

Unfortunately, not all land based work is that great though ?? Working in the Mining sector is pretty much the same as working on Oil Platforms. A few years after finishing my apprenticeship, I decided to get involved in Pipeline Welding. Usually this work is far away from anything that looks like a normal life. Back when restrictions weren't so tight. We worked 3 weeks straight 10 hour days. 1 week off when the company could have time to relocate the site, then back for another 3 weeks. Good $$$$$$ But, not much of a life ?? The ironic thing about this was a fair few of the guys working on this crew were Hopeless with money. Most of these guys who came back after the 1 week break didn't even have enough money to buy cigarettes ??? Running a tab at the canteen for cigarettes until payday. The story didn't end there. Same as life in Mining camps, depression was high on the list. Broken relationships and guys who took their own lives. But, no one ever mentioned anything. Like you mentioned. NO better working life than being able to come home at the end of the day 👍

[@able880]

​@@weldmachineyou summed it up very well - I left a lot of details out - went to a boarding school as a kid so it was as if I had been groomed for it - After 20 + yrs i left that life because I received custody of my two sons and did not want to put them in a boarding school - so I raised my son's they came out well - I was a systems tech so I only came home a few days every several months - when I started in the early 70s it was very dangerous in a 4 yr period I had lived through 4 blow outs - The older guys were all WW2 veterans and took a lot of chances - my dad was a vet and thought nothing about me working out there - It's interesting my oldest son was in Afghanistan in the military and I thought nothing of it - After never sleeping in the same bed for a yr straight for 35 yrs - being on land all the time is really easy - I really like my second life that I have now lol -

[@chaosXgum]

Oh shut up, you think you got it bad. I've worked an offshore oil rig and while not the best conditions and definitely worse than what it looks like. It's no where near the worse shop I've had

[@able880]

​@@weldmachinenone of the oilfields are for every one - it's just a hard way to live -

[@SmittyAccess]

@@chaosXgum I will say I agree with you. I’ve worked in the offshore oil field for a while. It’s rough. It suck’s a lot of the times, spend a lot of time away from your family, but I only work 5 to 6 months out of the year and my yearly wages can double what most people work for a complete year and all that time off I get to take my wife and kids on vacations. There’s no other job like it.

[@PeterIsip-n9v]

Who here from Still Wakes the Deep?

[@Croissant-kz2nk]

me

[@LilDdy]

​@@Croissant-kz2nk how tf a delicious croissant commented on this video

[@charlenesubong2871]

HAHAHAHA me!! I wish I could work there!!!

[@Rulerofthepalace]

MEMEME

[@sabin2919]

What is that?

[@libertyone5853]

The engineering, planning and work that was expended on this oil platform boggles the mind!

[@Atlsynth]

The physical aspect is beyond incredible. But the minds it took to create it, and organizing all the input from different people to make it work is mind blowing. Wow.

[@accountrandomnumber182]

Such a powerful symbol of human achievement made for the purpose of choking the planet; truly a carnation of humanity.

[@johnnyboy1586]

Your cell phone case is made from oil products

[@wildboar67]

@@johnnyboy1586 okay and?

[@CuttySX455]

I wonder how much Uber Eats charges for a delivery there ?

[@Bestday4days]

Not as much as they charge me

[@V77710]

And then they arrive with the wrong order

[@jimlondon1]

Bet they would still still send the rider to do 10 other deliveries before they go to this place...

[@annetteelliott1494]

😂😂😂😂😂 I wonder.😅😅😅😅😅

[@annetteelliott1494]

​@@V77710😂😂😂😂😂

[@MonsterHunterDDD]

Human architecture and engineering is truly incredible.

[@briankoch3856]

What a wonderful Engineering Feat to build such a complicated Oil Rig. I pray to God on High everyone who works on it ....are always Safe from harm. Brian from Palm Bay Florida USA

[@SuzanPeters-p4e]

It’s amazing what man can create/ build.

[@conytanasa6248]

How about The Creator of the whole univers, and everyting around us? But, the most amazing is...the creation of the human being. If man creates/builts amazing things, I think, we should be in awe of our Creator.

[@IanBristol]

FANTASTIC TECHNOLOGY ❤❤😮😮

[@mcpaintball]

This is so gnarly. I wish they'd offer tours!

[@ghostoflazlo]

Just take work there. Tours would be such a stupid thing, the price point alone would be astronomical. Just the course for being on a rig is about 2500$

[@mcpaintball]

Whoa, seriously? I'd love that. I've spent years working in remote sites. I think this would gnarly. What course is it? @@ghostoflazlo

[@bahtguy5639]

To prevent accidents. They dont

[@Username-e5l]

@@ghostoflazlohow do you get a job there

[@philm1175]

crazy how clean everything is!

[@mayormike1]

Very well narrated good job

[@sjoerdadema3764]

Drilling rig and production platform! Insane!

[@silver152]

Engineering at its very very best I wish I could have a tour

[@sumanpramanik6498]

I work this place 2 years

[@Zulius2987]

No doubt these workers deserve MORE

[@Mr_oiler68]

My job ❤❤❤❤

[@AliciaPerez-u7v]

U wish show.proof

[@Mr_oiler68]

@@AliciaPerez-u7v thanks bro🤩

[@joice2871]

Lier😂

[@ReachGaming]

​@@AliciaPerez-u7v why would he show off on something like this? Just silly..

[@able880]

There are many that love there work out on the water - I worked on rigs and platforms for yrs - it's all I know to this day - I was a systems tech for very few of us and I started up new platforms - My wife and kids knew when I left to do a start up I would be gone for 4 months or more - If your married and have close ties to family it's a very hard way to live - I went to a boarding school as a kid then at 18 went to work on offshore platforms - For me leaving home was the way life is - I'm retired now and love it very much also lol -

[@TomokosEnterprize]

On land in the Arctic I was a 950 loader operator that handled pipe, kept the mud room well stocked with their needs. As a spare working to fill the job I asked to go up on the drilling floor to see the process of pushing pipe on the rig that was drilling the longest directional well in history. About 1/2 of the triples 3 sections down the well kicked so hard it broke the kelly about 20 feet above our heads. Everyone but me knew what to do and where to go. Of course the mud continued to be pumped and literally filed every orifice of my body with mud and my clothes as well. That was the first one and only visit I ever made to a floor on a rig. THe work on the loader was good enough for the duration of my stay there in the middle of the Mackenzie river by Norman Wells NWT. Mud sure doesn't taste like mud eh, LOLOL.

[@loiscassels8966]

I was the Medic on the MAC Molikpaq in the Beaufort sea, off Tuktoyuktuk, NWT in the 80s. It was an amazing job with many adventures and experiences. ❤️🇨🇦

[@TomokosEnterprize]

@@loiscassels8966 There is something special about the far north. I really miss it.

[@loiscassels8966]

@@TomokosEnterprize Me, too. I was Up North for 8 years. Was the supervisor of the hospital in Inuvik. We had 11 settlements in our zone, we used to Medevac from, including Norman Wells. I used to say that The North is vast but really, it’s like a small town. You love it or you don’t. ❤️🇨🇦

[@TomokosEnterprize]

@@loiscassels8966 I sure loved it, hunting and fishing along with guiding on the Mackenzie was wonderful for a younger myself and new wife.

[@francisconikotian2326]

they should put a little glass lid over that button

[@jlo7770]

The repercussions are so extreme for pushing that button that in most cases it never gets pushed even if the rig is on fire. It's very common that it never gets pushed because no one wants to lose their careers. You push that button and it's a "false alarm" and you'll never work in the industry again. Trust me it doesn't need a cover lol

[@pan6593]

The shutdown button is exactly there to show it to camera teams. It is for confidence. Who would trust Russia after Chernobyl without such a button ?

[@avinambifadougouthesourdou6962]

Pround to say that I was a small part of the mobolization and galley set up of this massive project😍

[@michaelyork4554]

I worked on the Rowan Gorilla 4, that was over 20 years ago, but at that time it was the largest offshore drilling rig in the world. Not a combo production facility though, but a HUGE Rig.

[@ZlOCHOlZ]

How was your experience there? I’m thinking about it, seems fun as hell to always be occupied and I’d like to know how life is there

[@michaelyork4554]

@@ZlOCHOlZ Well, at the time I was married, with 3 kids, so travelling offshore, and waiting to get back was stressful. My kids are grown now, and I'm divorced, and retired so my life is altogether different now. I worked for an Oilfield Service Company, several of them, and I worked both, as a field engineer, and an electronics tech, so I was offshore for months sometimes, and as a tech, just long enough to fix the problem, and go back to the shop. Other than being trapped on the rig, the job is like any other, except it's 12 hour on/off, but free room, and food. The newness wears off, and it just becomes a job. It all depends on what task you will be doing on the rig, whether you work as for the drilling company, or a third party service company. Rig crew works two weeks on, two weeks off, so it's predictable except when the rig moves location. You have to start off as a roustabout. and work your way up to higher positions. It is really just another job, except you live where you work, it all depends on what you like to do. Rig Crew gets paid well, but service company pay is highly variable.

[@Scienceforeveryone-xz1kk]

thanks for sharing

[@phobosmoon4643]

what an amazing video, ty!

[@qazifasihuddin2271]

Exactly

[@jahearme4259]

Sleeping quarters?

[@user-zu2bw7ig5v]

I wanted to see them also

[@Joze1090]

Dude is already breaking the routine by being there, no need to invade private spaces too. We can assume they're small and crowded.

[@Benjipee77]

In the North Sea it’s double bunks, the Norwegian sector is single, much better. Been working on the rigs 14 years

[@edh2133]

The heart would be the Generators. Without power nothing works.

[@able880]

It's the same as a modern home with out power it's not a home at all -

[@davesmith7629]

One of the most educational videos I’ve seen and amazingly breathtaking how it got built I’m in awe 😮

[@pojuh645]

This looks like you stole a video in another language and translated it to english and then overdubbed it.

[@pan6593]

Yes, looks that way.-/ But I don‘t know the channel at all, so who knows. At the same time, it looks a bit like russian propaganda. „Look, how save we make things!“

[@michaelgoble8200]

If you’re paying any attention at all, it is a Russian oil platform with Russian signs everywhere. The tour guide is obviously speaking Russian and the closing credits support all of that. This English version was not stolen but was made with the cooperation of the original producers.

[@michaelgoble8200]

@@pan6593Calling it propaganda is childish bullshit. It is a fascinating educational experience.

[@huxley8575]

Its not propoganda. ​@pan6593

[@geoenergysolutions4809]

I love this Job man

[@nadinedaoud2538]

Absolutely INCREDIBLE ‼️

[@nsalaza]

What a complete marvel of engineering!!

[@Robert-p7j9m]

Mind boggling how man can put all that together let alone out in a harsh ocean 😮

[@aircampilot8025]

that is some crazy technology

[@senormofeta6726]

This was crazy. Thanks for sharing.

[@Miikkii_21]

This helped me a lot in my research of Deepwater Horizon THANKS

[@FirstLast-cd6vv]

Definitely one of the many genius creations of modern man.

[@robertbailey2342]

Absolutely amazing rig💯

[@terencehennegan1439]

A phenomenal feat of engineering. Awesome.

[@owenmarsh7749]

Berkut looks absolutely massive like so massive but in Newfoundland Canada they recently built an oil rig that weighs 600000 tons called Hebron doesnt the size of an oil rig have to do with its weight seems a bit funny Hebron weighs 600000 tons

[@able880]

The weight often depends on were the platform will be set and what type of sub structure the platform sets on - That one sets on a Ridgid concrete sub structure so weight is not a problem - If a platform is set on a trestle or tension steel legs - there generally limited to how much weight the legs can handle- so there are weight limitations on those platforms - Most of the limitation on those platform are on how deep they can drill - 2 miles of pipe in the ground weighs a lot - when there drawing the pipe out the well at 40 lbs a foot that can be a lot of weight at the Derick - in many cases the Derick is in the center of the platform for weight distribution - Every thing is very heavy on the water - on land there limited by transportation weight - Out there 300 tons is nothing at all - If your looking at a deep water platform - the rig portion can have 8 EMD generators - those generators were on a locomotive at one time - We bought retired locomotives and striped the generators and traction motors and repurposed them for rig service - With tension plat forms weight is a constraint - so if a generator put out 2 megawatts on a locomotive - we normatly set them up so they could put out 6 megawatts for rig service - That is a weight/ power issue - the fuel is stored in the legs of the plat form that a diesel rig runs on - so fuel is not a weight issue - Once there recovering gas off the wells it's burned in combustion turbines - There very light but burn 4 times as much fuel as a diesel does for the same power -

[@owenmarsh7749]

Well that's interesting, so your saying that ones a ridgid concrete sub structure, I don't know how deep the ocean bed is below it but it sits on 4 extremely massive concrete legs does that have to do with it being a ridgid concrete sub structure.

[@able880]

​@@owenmarsh7749there many factors involved - that structure is in ice water were there are ice burgs - so the structures has to be strong enough to stand up to ice burgs - I can't tell us how deep a fixed structure can be set concrete or steel - I knowing the gulf of Mexico there platforms set in a 1000 ft of water - The three major factors are hurricanes, Earthquakes and up in the north or south ice burgers - ice burgs are the worst -

[@kimrunic5874]

Absolutely nuts

[@KarolM1964]

So interesting!

[@toddclark332]

Really amazing Machinery thank you

[@whitedove4933]

The SUN above OIL beneath us - equal fire . There is someone much BIGGER than us who is behind it all and who is protecting us GOD. We need to respect and please HIM in all of our ways 🙏💙🇯🇲

[@RocketeerGxPod]

I wonder why they don't add glass around the shutoff button if it stops the whole oil rig 🤔

[@CreamCreamCreamofMe]

I thought the same thing. It must be a model.

[@jahryljacobs828]

It’s fake real one somewhere else

[@AlistairKiwi]

Wow! So amazingly interesting. I wonder how often the fog closes in? Here on the California coast 30 years ago it was frequent every summer. Not so much now; climate change.

[@able880]

The climate changes with the sun cycle - you could start seeing heavy fog once again as we go into sun cycle 25 that's 2025 - For the next 30 yrs the seasons will become like they were before and after the yr 1800 -

[@johnsmith-iu1dv]

Thank you so much for the informative video...

[@BillDowney-v7t]

Amazing how much money spent to drill for oil to burn for steam to make power yet we sit on top of molten lava with endless heat for steam turbines

[@elbarto9938]

Design a way to do it or shut up

[@suitandtie2251]

Everything about this blows my mind, and nothing about it I understand fully

[@aolande1]

Every American 30 seconds into this video: “where is this thing at?”

[@firstlast476]

this is wild. i just cant fathom this.

[@TimelessCalm88]

wow, this video is so well-made and really gives a fascinating look at life on an offshore oil rig. i do wonder though, with all the environmental concerns surrounding fossil fuels, is working on a rig really something to aspire to? it seems a bit outdated to me, especially with the push for renewable energy alternatives.

[@alhenzyemma2957]

Wow…this is mind-blowing. Engineering finest. God is great, please

[@PAPITO_49]

Very interesting.

[@anitamusicwaldron9799]

Wow, fascinating y’all do awesome job in oil drilling!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@SuzanPeters-p4e]

Truly amazing looking at all the different pieces of machinery/equipment & parts involved. Everything was designed on paper, built and assembled. FANTASTIC ingenuity. Yes, by man, not aliens, Georgio from Ancient Aliens blah, blah

[@Imjustsaying1966]

whoever signed off on the fact that that barge would carry that huge platform is got some balls.

[@PJL7095]

Thank you for showing us this. So here’s my question…. Where does the oil go to once they get it up into the rig? Are there ships that pull up to the oil rig & they pump the crude into them?

[@pascha-j]

They said in the video that there is a pipe connection to the mainland

[@mickeymacrae1589]

Some have ships if its too deep for pipes

[@jillcox6685]

Aware of the damage Hydrocarbons are doing to our planet, but also how we are still dependent upon at the moment, thought I should find about more about the drilling process. This video was therefore absolutely fascinating.

[@thomaswayneward]

Hydrocarbons are doing no damage to the planet, but they are allowing people to live much better and are saving lives.

[@sabik6979]

​@@thomaswaynewardGet a clue and a better education.

[@UnkleSi]

That was excellent thank you!

[@CaPiPwNsKi]

Awesomely shot video!

[@RealSoldierX]

Top documentary

[@skipcantor868]

Incredibly interesting. Thank you for sharing.

[@Scienceforeveryone-xz1kk]

Thanks for watching!

[@lightbearer.94]

200000 tons??? holy smokes!!

[@ktmturbo5836]

Troll a Norwegian Rig 683600 tons

[@douglasrose971]

Amazing!!

[@ioanbota9397]

Realy I like this video so much

[@stevepierce3509]

Amazing I wish I could have a chance to work on an Oil Rig, I don't know what qualifications one requires to do so.

[@diamond_ra357]

I like that work🙏 and i want this kind of work what is the full pocess sir

[@Aawsomeguy]

A true engineering marvel.

[@zuckfacegobbels4527]

My first job was on an oil rig I'm retired now and own 6!

[@thomaswayneward]

good for you.

[@armanvranka7520]

This is incredible

[@asimally9468]

AWESOME DOC ...

[@area51r]

it would have been professional of you to show what they used to tow the 168,000 ton concrete pieces....

[@SYLVM__]

Old tugga

[@mickeymacrae1589]

They did in the beginning

[@Gerkozielman]

The next time I fill up the gastank of the car, I’ll think about this enormous work horse, with all that is going on there.

[@william-uc2oy]

Very fascinating engineering marvel. It would be interesting to spend a week on it. Thanks for the documentary video.

[@utahradioman]

Fascinating technology!!!

[@jaimetorres9050]

Ugh! Great video. But, I also wanted to see sleeping area, gym, movie theater etc etc. it helps really understand what these brave people do.

[@TheBears5348]

Wow history this knowledge about big offshore oil rigs, i m very enjoying what I have learned. Thank you for sharing how learning about the history and technology of big offshore oil rigs has been fascinating. Thank you for sharing these stories. These stories anyway.

[@Scienceforeveryone-xz1kk]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@pan6593]

„Perfectly environmentally friendly“ 😂

[@thomaswayneward]

You can stop using hydrocarbons and time you want to.

[@Birch37]

Emergency shut down button never pressed and lifeboats never tested. Does anyone see a safety issue with any of this? Critical systems and processes are not tested ever.......... None of the critical equipment has been tested?

[@robanderson84]

i worked a gas station. they gave me a button to press if any trouble happened...ie. robbery, explosion ect....went to another state at a monitoring station 24 hours a day.... I pushed it the first night after my training to see what happened and if it all worked.... I about got fired...my boss said everyone in the chain lost their shit! I told her i wanted to make sure if my life depended on this button that it worked....and she yelled at me for stressing the whole line of defense out....what i learned was that it worked, and that corporate didn't care 2 shits about my safety, just lip service and they wanted me to trust the system without a test or question....so i quit there soon after.....just bs people, only you can save yourself

[@murraythebaker]

They are tested every week he’s wrong.

[@nikoyameh]

I had worked in this kinds of installtion for many years. All safety critical system and protection equipment and life saving emergencies and personnel evacuations are scheduled tested in very stringent procedures. Our live is at stake every seconds and cannot afford any lapse. Non-competent person is a no no entry onboard without having thorough familiarization.

[@jflow08]

​@@robanderson84Your safety matters

[@pan6593]

@@robanderson84“I pushed it the first night after my training to test it“ - doesn‘t seem too bright to do that.

[@SuzanPeters-p4e]

My gosh, who built this? Amazing

[@battlrs]

The topside was built by Exxon Mobil in the Korean Shipyard DSME.

[@dylansmith4132]

Gotta watch out for those heavy scientists on top and counters!

[@jaredwhite489]

Still wakes the deep was the best game I ever played

[@BobHaikou]

Excellent!!!

[@Trashman702]

How deep is the ocean where this rig is located ?

[@nodros1]

The scariest thing about oil rig is the large scientists

[@pritim2009]

The platform's topside measures 105 meters in length, 60 meters in width, and 144 meters in height

[@fenceman95]

Excellent presentation.

[@Scienceforeveryone-xz1kk]

Glad you liked it!

[@Harlow...]

It’s like a giant Lego set.

[@chrisclarke7828]

The thumbnail i think is called the clickbait platform but you would know that.

[@brendanarmstrong4050]

Nice rig