Oil Rig Disaster Compilation

This Video is a compilation of Individual stories on the channel. If youve seen one you can skip to the next using the chapters below.
00:00 Intro
00:22 Story 1 Piper Alpha
15:29 Story 2 Ocean Ranger
30:53 Story 3 Deepwater Horizon
53:26 Story 4 Alexander Kielland

[@ripwednesdayadams]

Money/profits is valued over safety and human life in so many of these oil rig disasters. It’s really disheartening that nothing seems to change.

[@jandedick7519]

I was just thinking the same thing. Money is the only thing that matters for the higher ups. Who cares about the poor souls who die because of greed.

[@snookymaguire4570]

Not Good!

[@heyitsjel]

I'm an engineer in the O&G industry (well construction), and can answer the BOP question for you. BOP's typically have several options available for controlling pressure: annular preventer/s; pipe rams; shear rams and blind rams. They all serve different functions, depending on the pipe/casing/tubular that's in the well, or even if the well is empty at the stage it is being used. Similarly, they all have different pressure ratings. This is the reason BOP's are quite large - these several sub-components are all stacked upon one another. The reason you can't just have a valve that closes on the BOP, is that in *most* well construction operations you have a tubular of some sort running through the BOP. As a result, you can use things like the annular preventer - which looks somewhat like a giant rubber donut - to be compressed around the pipe and seal the annular cavity (ie. the gap between the outside of tubular and the inside of the BOP). Given these are large deformable rubber elements (with some sort of metal backup, effectively), they're usually on the lower end of the pressure rating scale, but they have the added benefit of being suitable for sealing around tubulars of various diameters - from small to large. Similarly, they can also be stripped through (ie. the tubular can possibly be moved up or down while the annular is engaged and providing some level of pressure control). These are pretty commonly used for things like back-side pressure tests at lower pressures (eg. packer or casing tests). In contrast, the next option being the pipe rams rely on you knowing the outer diameter (OD) of the pipe that is situated across the rams - and you typically have a given set of variable bore pipe rams that are suitable for sealing a specific range of tubular OD's (eg. 3-1/2" - 5-1/2 and 4-1/2" - 7" OD; different rams). As a result, if the equipment across the BOP (aka. "the stack") at the time is outside the OD range of these rams, then they can't be used (ie. won't seal and/or will cause mechanical damage to the rams/equipment). If the equipment is in the range of the OD's, then you use the appropriate pipe ram to seal and usually with a higher pressure rating. The added benefit of the pipe ram is that you can usually "hang off" the tubulars in the rams, provided the weight is within the design range. This potentially allows you to disconnect yourself from the drill/tubular string without having to shear the pipe - provided you've got the right equipment in the hole to allow this disconnect. Next you have the shear rams - and they're literally as the name suggests - designed to cut through tubulars of certain size/wall thickness and seal the BOP. Typically reserved for critical situations, and sometimes testing when there are no tubulars in the well. These usually have pretty high pressure ratings. Finally there's the blind rams - these are literally to used when there's nothing in the well, and they seal the BOP. It's not uncommon to find combination blind/shear rams (ie. the shear rams are used as blind rams when there's nothing in the well). Again, these also have pretty high pressure ratings. Now all the above sounds fairly straight forward - but keep in mind this is just the function of the individual rams/annulars. There's nothing on the BOP side that stops potential influx from *inside* the tubulars. As such, you typically have some sort of well control valve that you will install on the tubular string (eg. TIW's, Full Opening Safety Valves etc.), or something like the IBOP's (Internal BOP) on the top drive, in order to control the influx of fluids from inside the pipe. You actually still need to know exactly what tubular is across the stack at all times, and also where any changes in OD are on the given tubular (eg. drill pipe body may be 5" OD, but you also have tool joints that are around 6-5/8" OD, for about 1-2 feet at each end of the pipe... so you need to make sure the tool joints aren't across the given ram/annular you're planning to seal with). Also, on semi-submersibles and drill ships, the drill string will heave with the rig (ie. move up and down with the wave motion, as the rig/ship rises and falls); while the BOP is effectively locked to bottom on the wellhead/conductor. As a result - in anything but perfectly dead calm weather - you need to ensure you have some sort of motion compensation activated for the drill string (eg. compensator; or active heave draw works). This effectively tries to counteract the movement of the rig by moving the drill-string up or down in the opposite direction to the rig movement, making it somewhat stationary downhole. If you don't use such compensation and you close the annular, you'll effectively be stripping through the annular constantly (ie. moving up/down) and will wear it prematurely, and possibly damage it (eg. changing OD such as the tool joint trying to pass through it). Similarly for the pipe rams - if you manage to shut them on the pipe without compensation - you're effectively locking the pipe to the seabed... so the pipe left between the pipe ram and the rig floor will effectively be exposed to the tensile and compressive forces imparted to it as the rig heaves up and down. This could buckle the pipe in the riser; part the pipe under tension; or even damage the rams. Oh, and for semi-subs and drill ships you also need to take tidal movements into account - as this can move your pipe potentially several meters (ie. 20ft) relative to the BOP, depending on if it's high/low tide, and the tidal patterns in the region you're operating (some areas have crazy tides moving large distances over short times, while some have minimal movement over the same relative time).

[@heyitsjel]

Following up on this - even if you do manage to shut the well in with an influx inside the well/pipe - you then need to remove the influx from the pipe/well, and regain well control prior to proceeding. This typically involves monitor pressures and volumes; followed by controlled circulation of the well fluids to displace the influx. Typically this involves sending *small* amounts to the vent lines/separators during the controlled displacement. Similarly, it may involve weighting up the drilling fluid to be pumped, and this all takes time. Keep in mind that a gas influx into the wellbore will usually have *significantly* higher pressure and volume than a small oil influx. ie. the gas is essentially massively compressed and likely partially dissolved into the formation oil (or even potentially into oil/synthetic based mud). This compressed gas typically is more buoyant than the other drilling fluids and wants to migrate towards surface. As a result, you can end up with a slug/volume of gas at high pressure (ie. not that far off reservoir pressure) trapped below the BOP. You can think of it along the lines of when you do try to bleed off pressure, you end up with a large volume of gas being circulated, but only a small change in pressure (ie. the gas is highly compressible... so it's expanding significantly as the pressure drops). For anyone interested, there is a technology around called Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD). Essentially it's like drilling with a rotating BOP annular which is constantly active during the drilling process, and you have a series of valves (chokes) on the outlet side of the circulation system... effectively by choking the outlet side of the circulation system, you artificially increase the bottom hole pressure exerted on the formation/reservoir. This is *only* during circulation however. These systems do have limitations as far as pressure is concerned, and are quite complex in their operation... but they allow you to drill through difficult formations by adjust downhole pressures on the fly; allow you drill faster via lower overbalance (and therefore lower confining pressure); potentially lower formation damage etc.

[@waterlinestories]

Thanks. I really appreciate the detailed information. Really interesting for laymen like me.

[@EShirako]

@@heyitsjel Yeah, I suppose if you fracture a level of rock in the formation by providing too much pressure that it can't handle, either the oil might start escaping all over the place when it shatters into chunks, or the layer may compact under the ocean's pressure, giving you a not-quite-rock layer that will shift when you try to get through it again. That would be bad and complicated..!

[@isaacfulton7731]

So basically these BOP while seen by the public as the last resort perfect solve all safety equipment are actually very finicky and require very special circumstances to be able to work properly

[@Orcinus1967]

So what happens when the person who knows how to do all this is asleep? How many people on board the rig have the knowledge of all these systems and have the agency to use them? @@heyitsjel

[@ssokolow]

It always surprises me that Piper Alpha didn't have some kind of lockout-tagout system in place for "not to be started under any circumstances" situations.

[@VerdantMachine]

Mad respect for roughnecks, most of us aren't cut out for such a grueling job.

[@lbgstzockt8493]

Fully agree, I can't think of any other jobs which are that remote, dangerous, physically hard and underappreciated. Maybe saturation divers? At least they are paid pretty well from what I have heard.

[@Stu-SB]

​@@lbgstzockt8493Defo Sat Divers 👍

[@tommos16]

Depends where you work. On a European rig you aren't going near hard work. Especially Norwegian. You are a supervisor of equipment doing your job for you, physically speaking. But if you're on a rig that's flagged from a less than friendly nation then yes, not ideal

[@aaronando1218]

Most of us don't put money above comfort as much as they do* Working hard isn't a good thing if it's not worth it.

[@kman201399]

f that no respect they knew what the risk over reward was no one put a gun to there head lol no one is cut out you be surprise what the human being is capable of some people live for this shit, your not one of them but yet love the car and luxuries that go with it, the only respect i have is that they put ill gotten faith and good will to the dumb asses that design this. A port hole 20 ft' to low or how about emergency back up power under sea level that goes to a nuclear power plant. Plz tell me what respect that there dumb enough to take on such a thing and you like if your care so much go live as a hermit then your actions and intentions might mean something

[@adamkahn8645]

hell yeah dude, i love listening to your stories, its about time we had a long form compilation :)

[@adamfrazer5150]

Been binging your content man, appreciate the level of understanding of not only the numerous dangers but also the people who live and make their livelihoods on and below the waves. Many thanks 👍🍻

[@MontanaMedic13]

I like this format of compilations. 👍

[@Markinlondon]

I have to say You put your videos,posts and content together really very impressively I’ve enjoyed your content for sometime now and just wanted to say thanks Keep posting your videos watching what you compile is much more entertaining than the crap on Uk terrestrial television

[@waterlinestories]

Thanks, I really appreciate that

[@LEGOFOOL2000]

I'm rewatching them just cause I like the way you explain everything and your voice.

[@waterlinestories]

👍🏻Thanks, I really appreciate that

[@Jath2112]

Things were looking up...I got off the WWII video and book kick, stopped paying as much attention to the news...got back into my interests and hobbies.... BOOM: I'm fully addicted to terrifying maritime disaster stories. ... I... guess I can make this work. ... (I am loving this channel though, seriously. Well done. Magnetic, enthralling storytelling. )

[@waterlinestories]

Thanks. Welcome aboard

[@fatovamingus]

Thank you for this paper doll account the individual stories so people can really get the logistics risks and legal failures of these disasters. Again, why have you not been picked up for a streaming service or at the very least a syndication which even I had at one point? You're too damn good for KZbin

[@waterlinestories]

🤭 thanks. Very kind words

[@ixxieangel]

It is absolutely insane to me that the paperwork for different components of the same repair job weren't kept together while the job was ongoing. A paperclip or stapler and a end of shift discussion would have saved a crew full of lives, the health of the North Sea, an entire oil rig, and millions/billions of dollars.

[@trj1442]

This is definitely one of the best maritime channels on YT. Such quality content. I hope your subs rise quickly.

[@waterlinestories]

Thanks. 👌🏻

[@SpectreGunship]

Im always excited to see a new video in my feed from you mate. )

[@Nturner822]

Your consistent quality content will hit 1M subs in no time! Keep doing your thing mate. Cheers

[@waterlinestories]

👌🏻Thanks, I really appreciate that

[@theunemployedtrucker]

It's absolutely ridiculous that the other 2 platforms continued pumping oil and gas even though they could clearly see the flames from 20 miles away. Not having authority to shut down production is ridiculous but unfortunately it shows the mentality back then that production takes priority over everything else basically because of money. It seems unthinkable that production superseded lives.

[@Master-Disaster]

Yes, but even if they had stopped pumping, because of the pressure and inventory still in the piplines, the contents would still have come out and fed the fire. It has always been a bit of a myth that if Tartan had stopped earlier, lives would have been saved - they wouldn't. But still not great.

[@tiagoangelo3828]

​@@Master-Disaster it would still atop earlier..

[@blackhawkorg]

"I don't have the authority..."

[@AliG-iq4gd]

@@Master-Disaster There was 3 tonnes per second of gas being pumped and ignited on Piper. Shutting down Tartan was an obvious requirement. That Tartan OIM was a snake and should have been jailed. "The Prod Super could have shut down had he felt it was warranted"

[@skorpion7132]

@@Master-Disaster How about this analogy: if a bucket of water is overflowing because I have a hose dipped in it that feeds it water, and then choosing to either cutting off the source of the water coming through the hose or not... sounds like an easy decision. Sure, there's still stuff in the pipeline, but when then flow keeping getting fed versus 'not' ....

[@JimiKGB]

I love this channel! It’s one of my favorites. I would like to know more about the host too! I’m curious about his background, how he became such a great historian on ocean/ship/oil rigs etc. and what all experiences he has had himself.

[@Mike-tu7uw]

On the ocean ranger crew they didn’t know how to work the ballast system and made things a lot worse. It was said if they had just cleaned up the water and went to bed they would have lived to see the sun rise.

[@christopherchilders1049]

Thank you, sir is a very good job of explaining it so even a guy like me who has never saw an oil rig can understand

[@andyvan5692]

great compilation, but you forgot one, the Byford dolphin (saturation diving, but still under an oil rig).

[@waterlinestories]

I’ve a got a sat diving compilation planned. 👌🏻

[@emom358]

I can't say I enjoy these stories, but I am fascinated. Thank you for sharing them.

[@Koolkole27]

Yes 20 second mark! I love your videos I know there are some stories in Mexico please do some! Also I love your videos!

[@interstingfacts587]

Nice compilation!

[@lexinexi-hj7zo]

The blow out preventer didn't work because they mixed up the + and - wires. Thats like hooking the red wire instead of the black wire in your cars battery. How can you make a mistake like that? Its literally like putting the batteries in backwards. When I got into electronics in the second grade I knew that mixing up the black and red wires was bad. We should have hired 2nd graders to wire the blowout preventer shears.

[@beverlyreiner-baillargeon6205]

A WHOLE HOUR. AWESOME ❤❤ FAVORITE SITE FOR SURE😉😉

[@youtubeletmeintoyoutube4580]

My dude just casually proposing a “tap style on-and-off BOP” that would save hundreds of millions per accident “if it’s possible.”

[@SuperDave_BR549]

congrats on the context badge, it must mean you're over that truth target. thank you for your video.

[@fr89k]

Not a mechanical engineer and not in the oil industry, but: A BOP is designed to shut the well in a reversible way. First, you can have Annular Preventers which are annular rubber tubes which can be inflated by hydraulic oil. When they are inflated, they press tightly against the drill pipe, sealing the well. Next, we have Pipe Rams. They close the space around the drilling pipe with thick steel plates which have an opening for the drill pipe, thus leaving it intact. Finally, we have Shear Rams and Blind Shear Rams which cut the drilling pipe. It's the last resort. So in summary: Yes, there are reversible methods to seal a well but the last resort is always an irreversible method which has a higher reliability than the reversible methods.

[@daveaver2804]

There is a way to temporarily cap the pipe. It is 1000x more expensive and would certainly land the driller in court on environmental discharge. They weigh the cost/benefit and roll the dice on the system that should have functioned properly if all maintenance was completed. Murphys is always in the room.

[@dominicwalker1899]

I love your videos

[@waterlinestories]

👌🏻

[@campbellthomas7788]

Honestly the piper alpha disaster is just terrifying. Was one of the first things I was told about when I started in the industry. Communication is so important

[@RKarmaKill]

South African host or Kiwi? Great content btw. Keep up the good work 👏

[@waterlinestories]

South African. But I live in Germany now. Thanks for watching

[@JohnRiversOfficial]

I asked him the exact same thing when I discovered the channel :) Are you south african, @RKarmaKill?

[@camdelaforce1230]

Crikey mate 😂 kiwi? That's like saying me Aussie accent is irish 🍀 to be fair, it saved me asking. I would have picked SA or Zimbabwe, I always get either wrong! 😊 love your documentaries, you deserve more subscribers.

[@RomperRuined]

And we have the hubris to believe humans can "save the planet"

[@kman201399]

i like the hand gestures little puppet who is pulling your strings

[@waterlinestories]

An evil overlord. Help, he won't let me out🥺

[@eks2024]

Lovely video. I mean they're scary but it's good to know these stories 🌊

[@able880]

I saw that documentary of the Horizon - when that ET said he could hear the generators running away - Thats when you hit the ESD - that floods the exaust and intake with halon to prevent fire from blowing out the engines exaust pipes helping the well gas not to catch on fire - Apparintly the engineers that handled the generator room were not in the generator room at the time of the blow out - I was a SCR electrican, ive shut down generator more than once during blow outs - I never heard on what ignighted that gas but my thiughts are that when those generators overspeeded when the were breath gas - fire shot out the exaust - Another was the blow out preventer was shut in and it was laying next to the casing on the gulf floor - That indicates that the pressure was so grate nothing would have prevented that blow out - The blow out preventer was blown off the casing because of exsseive high pressure if im correct - If a sensor detects gas in the air an mergency genrator will lock out - Modern rigs have huge battery banks that run the rigs essentials when the ESD is activated or triped - Ive never heard any thing mentioned about the UPS -

[@aproudamerican2692]

If anything out of the norm happens. I can guarantee you i will be out of my room and out on to deck. I won't have to wait to be told what to do. Especially, if I'm walking on the walls. But I won't have to make those decisions because I will never be working out at sea on any vessel. *🙏🏻Rest In Peace🕊* to all the Men and women that were lost.

[@XPryor1965X-qe2do]

I remember that, especially the part where module D was brought up. Damn sad that.

[@martinhumble]

Avafors 1959 - 1983. 150 meter long, 15 350 dwt. Built in Gothenburg 🇸🇪, sold, renamed Yampol (of Odessa) and broken up and used for it's steel in Split, then Yugoslavia 1983. For what I can find, Avafors was one of the smaller ships built by Götaverken that year. The Trinity Shipper (though not a bulkskip) seems quite impressive , and M/s Malgomaj. Not comperable. But anyway

[@JohnRiversOfficial]

dankie hoor :)

[@waterlinestories]

Plesuur

[@SolRC]

The rubber mats on the Alpha Phoniex had drain holes in them. They are common in many industries. How does oil pool on a perforated surface?

[@grant6173]

"You need to react quickly and correctly, under stress." Like guys in the '30's working in factories beside massive flywheels, molten steel, and forge hammers. And a sign that says "Don't get hurt at work." Not supposed to get hurt, so getting squashed, flailed, or incinerated is totally on you.

[@johnholmesinchesahead342]

Imagine what would have happened when you was still a diver - if I kept distracting you with adverts. You would end up the subject of one of your own shows. I bet you would do a fine job at it as well.

[@BrockettRocket01]

“They narrowly miss and the man is chopped up by the propellers” this was haunting to hear.

[@williamneuzil7403]

No. Re-listen. It says he narrowly missed being chopped up by the propellers.

[@jimbuchan8055]

After the Piper disaster, I worked on the control systems for automatic shutdown valves at St Fergus and several platforms in the North Sea.

[@jimbuchan8055]

I was offshore when the Keilland went down, it was one bad storm.

[@TheNocturnalbamf]

Yo, kind of a dumb thought but to answer his question about a EDS system that can be turned back on.... Shear force is stronger than Lateral force, why not "twist" the tube to "pinch" it shut. Might need a different tube than metal pipes

[@BamBamBigelow..]

I work in oil industry, I would take offshore job immediately if offered $$$$

[@andrewprice1774]

All of these are fine examples of Corporate Greed!!!!

[@MatthewM575]

The people who invented the technology of these Rigs are genius. More impressive than the NASA program.

[@tbas8741]

With Accidents on Oil Rigs, I am always more concerned about Spilt Oil & The Environmental Impact on Marine Wildlife for years to come, Damage from some oil spills will be felt by Ecosystems for hundreds of years to come.

[@skylineXpert]

In my optics piper alpha takes the cake, but gets beaten by deep water in round 2.

[@waterlinestories]

Different generations. Can't put them both in the ring at the same time.

[@SuperLordHawHaw]

51:44 I'd say this is addressed by training and checklists, similar to what pilots use. If the information you are getting matches certain conditions then you take action X. Repeated practice with training removes a lot of the emotional obstacles. 52:00 There is nothing wrong with starting with the "least costly remedy", this is a form of triage. You don't want your doctor giving you dozens of x-rays every time you get a headache. There are other actions available to stop a blowout before you have to sever the pipe. Unfortunately it turned out that the blowout preventer was incorrectly configured. Now what could be coming into play is "What if the info is wrong?" and the penalty for making a mistake could be career destroying. I doubt you'd get a pat on the back and "You did your best with what you thought was happening. It is ok that we've been put a month off schedule." so they are very nervous to take quick and decisive action. The USCSB did a very good analysis of the Deepwater Horizon failure. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHS5dIKNms-fl8k

[@MF-le7fp]

So essentially, (unless I’m missing something), the catastrophic disaster that occurred on the Piper Alpha platform could have been averted with a simple hand written notice left on the control panel by the day shift engineers stating, “To all subsequent shift engineers managers...Do NOT start Pump A under ANY circumstances! The Pump A safety valve is only HAND TIGHT at this time! See safety valve paper work.” ~The day shift control room manager Unbelievable... 😐😫😤🤯🤬

[@waterlinestories]

Pretty much

[@keananpaul8494]

Have you talked about the scorpion? Id like to see your thoughts on scorpion as there is conspiracy and many unanswered questions about its sinking. It remains very intact for a submarine that slipped below its crush depth

[@woolsheepthree]

Fuck

[@stuglife5514]

Something tells me the pressure was equalized before she slipped below crush depth

[@keananpaul8494]

@stuglife5514 based on the publicly available footage of the wreck, I would agree, but if that were true it conflicts with the official narrative of hydrogen explosion in the battery compartment. It would be more indicitive of the hot running torpedo theory, or even the theory of enemy action sinking the vessel. The released navy ROV footage of the scorpion is very sombering and impressive

[@bigpeter2767]

They had no pressure on the cummi to begin with.the Deep water Horizon is the only known case of mutiny in the history of our country.

[@n3wter25]

As dumb s it might sounds... But after yours vid's I got really invested in oilrig job and I'm trying to get on one for like 3 months. Not successfully but still trying!

[@waterlinestories]

I think it must be an incredible environment to work in. Best of luck finding one.

[@TheronAnderson-hy3lp]

I was born and raised in Alaska, if you move there and are persistent, red tape is cut by government and a barrel of oil stays above 30-35$ a barrel you’ll get a job on a oil rig. Or at least goto work in the oil fields. It’s the coldest weather I’ve ever been in and all you do is work 12 hours a day minimum 7 days a week. I worked 6 weeks on 2 weeks off for PGS doing seismic and spent 2 years working for pool arctic Alaska. Not sure if either still exist but ConocoPhillips is always hiring.

[@n3wter25]

@@TheronAnderson-hy3lp already tried there but they don't look for newbies from eu to hire... But thanks a lot for advicec:

[@EShirako]

The Deepwater Horizon's EDS failed to operate because A) Its batteries were weak and hadn't been checked in however-many-years. Perhaps 10 by then, I think he said? B) The 'Blind Shear Ram' was a 'slightly-lacking design' which only worked about 50% of the time when commanded to close the well. A number of fault-conditions, like a torsioned or 'folded' pipe might present a 'stiff line' in its fold or torque-area which is notably-harder to cut through. C) There were other issues, many many of them, in fact, but one of the few biggest remainders is that the BOP and the Dead Man Switch had been un-tested and unmaintained for years; both of the redundant control modules in the Dead Man switch portion were unable to operate. One of them had SOME voltage...maybe enough to activate the shear ram, maybe not, but it never got to try because its solenoid had failed over the years, and it was unable to hydraulically-activate its shear-ram. The other control unit had dead batteries...both sets of batteries were dead, so it was useless. AND its solenoid was also unusable, I think, but it had no power to even try anyway. The other module had one dead battery pack, and the other had all of NINE volts. 9, out of 27, I think. Why 27? I forget...something about their chemistry. Anyway, this was a stupid design in the first place because somehow the BOP control modules didn't realize that their batteries were not just 'down one or two cells' but 'so dead that they were utterly-inoperable', and had been like that for a long time? It doesn't do the kind of self-checks my $100 UPS under my DESK does?! Nope, it doesn't. Which is even more embarrassing if you remember that the device was in constant communication with the topside systems. It could have spared a small circuit to let it do full offline battery checks by having one control pod try to switch over to battery power and judge how fast its voltage goes down. "Not being UTTERLY dead" doesn't take a lot of IC smarts, soooo that should have been easy. I'll make a WILD guess and say that that BOP was popular not because it was top-rated for safety and effectiveness in its stand-alone dead-man mode, but because it was the CHEAPEST thing that 'technically' fit all of the job requirements. Deepwater Horizon was entirely preventable on several levels...and everyone saved a buck, so those levels were bypassed or ineffective.

[@AliG-iq4gd]

I worked with several guys who had been on Deepwater Horizon for many years before. I ventured "Jeeez - you guys dodged a bullet there!" Someone else responded with "It might not have occurred had they been on board". One of them may have queried the whole process of abandonment and pushed back hard enough. You never know.

[@EShirako]

@@AliG-iq4gd That totally does make sense. I know they were being leaned-on to reduce worker hours and costs because of the platform cost overruns, and rig workers apparently make a good bit of money. If the guys who were there were less stretched-thin, or if there were more people there to let someone spare more than tenths-of-a-second at a time, they may well have avoided it. ONE person with a spine calling B.S. on the 'bladder effect' claim, or activating the EDS before the circuit was destroyed (and thus when rig power was still available to it, I believe?) would have avoided most or all of the issue...it's sad.

[@Kiksheen]

this guy goes out into the sea?? after telling us all those horror stories, he's really got curage

[@grant6173]

The Ocean Ranger hit me hard. In the Maritimes, at the time, anyone would have lined for a premium job like that. I would have, bet yer ass. And a bloody porthole took them out. Ring the bell.

[@boathousejoed1126]

I'm going to take a break here at the end of story one.

[@melissagreen_]

Maybe there isn't any way to make oil rigs safe, I wonder if it could be taken over by robotics to do the job instead.

[@jarigustafsson7620]

Deepwater Horizon... but money.... yup, you sure did waste huge amount of money fucking up by rushing for a few bucks.

[@jamessmith5021]

No $ would get me on a rig. I don’t go where bears lions elephants zebras giraffes tarantula wolves pirhana (sp) etc… but…. Sometimes you gotta do what you have to or want to. Sorry for all these brave souls. Prayers

[@toxified3937]

Nightmare fuel.

[@peregrinemccauley5010]

Mother Nature fights back.

[@tunite12]

You see a rig exploding while your rig is pumping oil and gas to them. You keep pumping because you do not have authority to stop. I would never pump accelerant to a building men are in while that building is on fire. Not acting because of company policy is murder.

[@watchgoose]

I don't understand this business of not having access to life jackets or exposure suits.....

[@amandine9781]

It's a shame that you don't cite the sources of the images or info you use. Especially since some of the images look like AI (22:31, 23:26, 25:17, etc.), it would be great to specify under the image if it's an actual photo/video of what happened, or an actual similar event, or a representation, or an illustration, or a movie, or something else. Same thing, you don't cite any articles or other sources for what you say, it would be very welcomed. But hey, this was still interesting and I like the way you tell these events and the way you talk, I just wish it were a little more "scientific"/serious.

[@strikeout900]

You look like a younger and fitter Ricky Gervais

[@skorpion7132]

What gets to me everytime I see stuff like this is that "Have no authority" rhetoric. Same thing as with Deepwater Horizon (Which I presume will be in the video yet (currently 11 mins in) I would've said Fck authority. a continuously burning flame going straight up is NEVER EVER a good sign.

[@richardsanjose3692]

Im no deepsea diving expert but using a cutting torch to cut into a gas/fuel tank seems obsurd on the face of it. R u sure u had that part right. Id think no diver would attempt such a foolish manuver.

[@abramsalinas1004]

Drill baby drill !!! Get that black gold !!!!

[@JesseLuna-yr8rc]

It's all about the pay for workers and co. And that's the f******,true facts 😉

[@jasonhare8540]

Well if you can't make the tap solution you're going to have to put people like me in charge. I don't care how much it costs the company I'll hit the damn button at the first sign of unsalvageability of a situation.

[@stuew6]

What a ship was Sunk because Electric Car, Suv start fire.

[@pickles3128]

Good morning everyone. Who else woke up here?

[@994206]

Now, can you say all of that again without waving your hands around?

[@theoneway22]

Rather live poor than die making somebody else rich

[@Screwball70]

Theres a reason why lads on rigs get paid a good wage, still not enough for the risk though, only saturation diver's get more (and theres a bloody good reason for that to (Byford dolphin) ) Theres only one job thats more dangerous,thats Russian storm z soldiers in Ukraine.

[@tealautumn]

saw this on tumplr #lesbianism

[@benwinter2420]

Releasing locked up CO2 & re greening the globe is one of the few smart idea's us planet of apes have done

[@Aussiematee]

This guys boring, just show the videos, unsubbed

[@Stichting_NoFap]

Your vids are top notch, subbed

[@kkd0099]

you are a bit out of focus