Secrets Of The Appomattox Oil Platform | Richard Hammond's Big

Richard Hammond visits the Appomattox Oil Platform in the Gulf Of Mexico to learn how it's engineered to drill and pump oil.
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[@lewisdoherty7621]

I always liked the description years ago that it is like standing on the roof of a ten story building and trying to drill a hole in the sidewalk with a noodle. By now, there needs to be more stories added.

[@stevencombescure6928]

Tony Stark is having a blast. Great to see him so excited.

[@FlakAlley]

A floating city!

[@Lev15157]

Atlantis

[@Crayon255]

@@Lev15157 are you saying it’s going to sink

[@barrets6226]

@@Crayon255 BP has a platform called Atlantis.

[@veganista5096]

Amazing

[@SmittyAccess]

Meet Richard when I was out there. He’s a really nice guy.

[@lindaking4780]

Hi do you have to pay for the helicopter to take you back to shore.

[@SmittyAccess]

@@lindaking4780 no the company that owns the platform pays for the helicopter ride. In the this case it’s shell oil.

[@lindaking4780]

Dose that apply to all off shore oil rigs do you know.

[@SmittyAccess]

@@lindaking4780 yes that applies to all oil rigs and platforms. I work for a third-party company which means I fly out to all different kinds of platforms and oil rigs as well as boats. It cost these companies thousands of dollars for a one-way flight there’s no way the workers would be able to pay for that

[@lindaking4780]

How about Aberdeen do you know and thank you for your reply’s

[@Bavarian_M]

Love Richard !!! Thank you for showing us this stuff!!

[@jordanp7927]

Jesus loves you

[@neil5006]

Even the most hardened Green Peace activist would be impressed by that facility!! Awesome 👍

[@Cat-Washing-ton]

Hammond: "Nothing on this platform is lightweight, is it" Justin: "Just you"

[@Ascertivus]

That's an amazing piece of construction!

[@UnProj]

Haha, I heard the Louisiana accent and immediately thought, "this should be interesting to see if Hammond can follow along"

[@musicmanfelipe]

I work on a drilling ship in the Gulf and being able to understand a Cajun accent is definitely a requirement.

[@dannyauthement1604]

I helped hook the pipelines up to the platform, it’s a BIG platform

[@AudieHolland]

That officer in charge was cool. He's the only actual Cajun person I have heard talking. All other times was in the movies: Southern Comfort (1981), The Waterboy (1998).

[@williamshockley7692]

Look for videos of _"Justin Wilson"_ Cajun Chef and _"Stalecracker Official"_ Cajun Cooking.

[@kresimirmilisa5560]

good video of floating oil platform tour and talking to workers.

[@cn8585]

Very interesting, thank you Richard :)

[@luckycharms3859]

$400,000 an hour? Wait till Hammond hears about the $400,000,000 an hour lost from the Suez Canal

[@vanquishable7844]

It was actually seven pertilians per hour on the cargo ship

[@fFiuW]

Not true.

[@luckycharms3859]

@@fFiuW REaAllLLY?

[@SaeedKhan-op3by]

I was thankful for the subtitles lol

[@screamulous]

I love this guy

[@devo1977s]

That choke valve could probably survive re-entry from obit lol

[@jaysharma9987]

it definitely will.

[@treyfisse3230]

Yep. If the internals of that choke were to completely fail, that whole facility would have a major problem. That platform would be shut-in and the operators would have a shit load of explaining to do that’s why SCADA chokes (Supervisory Control And Data Aquisition) reign supreme. Basically constant monitoring

[@princemkandawiref6963]

That's why l love Engineering 🔥🔥🔥

[@brodyschreiber-ko3mn]

Great rig

[@widowmakergarage]

1:31 love how even tho I’m Italian I’m in Florida and I understood every word Todd said😂

[@Samurai_2029]

Like a City in the ocean

[@chloehennessey6813]

He got so giddy when the guy said “yea! Let’s take it apart” and he found out that he can actually help.

[@insane_in_da_membrane_]

hes there four days, and the whole video is only 9mins long.. -_- wish it was longer ^^

[@apexinstinct]

It's only a clip of the a TV episode

[@insane_in_da_membrane_]

@@apexinstinct i cant find the whole episode T_T 😅 (5mins later) eureka! found it! thnks for lettin me know that its just a clip of it ^^v

[@apexinstinct]

@@insane_in_da_membrane_ No problem mate 😂👍🏻

[@randomguy8476]

@@apexinstinct What's it called?

[@apexinstinct]

@@randomguy8476 I don't know sorry but these clips are taken from the series on quest.

[@2061526]

you must have way complex fire extinguishers there

[@charlessilverfox906]

That's amazing "wow" What a job I don't know if I could live on there for any amount of time, the first thing that comes to mind when I first started watching is storms don't know why but ya pretty cool 👍😎 and scary 😒🙁😢😭 all at the same time. 🇨🇦

[@barrets6226]

It's not that bad, I was on appomattox from Feb 2019 to October 2020. You typically would work 14/14 or 21/21.

[@dinolundy05_50]

I do live in Louisiana so thats cool

[@notreallyasloth]

2:49 I don't remember this part of MGS2 🤔

[@sophieknobloch2806]

If you’re fluent in Creole …. 😂😂 I luv Creole.

[@amirulzailan9388]

Wow

[@cmomofilm]

Flying on those S92s is not bad, one of the better choppers I fly on.

[@seanwatts8342]

Where do you usually fly from?

[@cmomofilm]

@@seanwatts8342 Sumburgh or Aberdeen.

[@seanwatts8342]

@@cmomofilm I'm a little farther west... New Orleans, Louisiana but you might infer by my name my dad's family immigrated from Aberdeen generations ago.

[@themodmaster6593]

Anyone know how long crates got left?

[@benediktwugk3063]

i dont know why this is giving me memories of the deep blue horizon. And its not a good feeling

[@karebear4485]

It’s Deepwater Horizon and yeah i was thinking the same thing

[@DavidBcc]

4:09 Reverse that statement. What that means is that they're literally printing $400.000 every hour.

[@dathanchevli7514]

Those oils rigs have not been making money for years. These were built when oil was over $100 a barrel. It has not been anywhere near that for years.

[@loganleray6694]

There making money not as much though, you have to think the amount of money time and equipment just to drill it, then frack cement and then flow it though this platform we’re talking billions of dollars in debt before they even start producing

[@privatesector0422]

Kind of feels like Waterworld.

[@einen9325]

Okai i would really like to know how this critical part broke. I mean is that normal? I like how Richard Hammond seems just exited really cool series.

[@social3ngin33rin]

Efficient companies know approximately how long until something will break, which part is likely to break, and which parts/tools you will likely want to get before heading to the site. Humanity has been gathering oil longer than the automobile has existed, I hope this oil company has everything down to a basic routine. McDonald's knows everything about every machine they use, down to the air conditioning units. For $400,000/hr, the oil company better know how to get it quickly repaired lol

[@illumi747]

i love how the accent was so thick they had to fucking subtitle it

[@braidena1633]

i dont even think they needed it here. kinda uncle ruckus like

[@lloyd6809]

How does a rig like that drill for oil without a derrick? shouldn't it be called a processing platform instead of oil?

[@maemae7063]

Own by which company? Shell

[@Camdem101]

Wait is this Nick Beans oil rig?

[@benmacauley4147]

big

[@stanleygohwc2712]

i womder what is the brand of that choke valve

[@jessicaregina1956]

Heckler and Koch

[@shatinaapostol4698]

Is it true that your personal documents are held by security officer and is it true forbidden to use a video call or camera????

[@Mr_oiler68]

My job

[@robinheibeb5247]

Please employ me here . I want to experience offshore oil rigs jobs. Any suggestions how I apply. Any assistance. Thank yoo ...

[@shoazdon7000]

This is the enclaves oil rig

[@dustin628]

Who really needed the subtitles though?

[@MrMaple-iq1sh]

Me, who isn't a native English speaker.

[@dustin628]

@@MrMaple-iq1sh lol good point, makes sense. Yeah their accent can be really thick, but I was surprised a British person with an accent would have trouble understanding him when they have such thick accents in their own country like Welsh or the Scottish Highlands.

[@skrrtle360]

@@dustin628 naa english people can understand him fine. we love doing a hick accent to mock you fools out there.

[@dustin628]

@@skrrtle360 lol ok as you watch all these American youtubers 🤣

[@lindaking4780]

Do the workers have to pay for the helicopters flight back to shore.

[@12toshow82]

Created by engineers built by the trade workers

[@bigpapagaming8322]

It is just so Unimaginable and scared at the same time When you know after the scientific revolution 200 years ago, now we came this fare. In just 200 years Thais making me wonder what will happen after 1000 years

[@putradanish1161]

Why Jeff Ross working offshore

[@tweshammehrish8824]

Definitely not the first time hammond has been in a heli lol

[@moogle68]

He literally has a helicopter license and owns his own helicopter, not sure if he has more than one or not, though.

[@ay22296]

These are too short. Need an hour long doc

[@psimarpaung-ng4sc]

Be carefull Oil, Lubricant ex car race, Neptunus maybe, to produce for cemmetary, England. World Locco Antropologi Ness.

[@rafiullah2202]

There is no bypass line for fixed choke? One adjustable choke valve malfunction is causing a complete shutdown?? No way!

[@erkenly]

Materials to make a oil platform 1. A big table 2. Some iron bars/pumps 3. Cranes And vuala 🤣🤣🤣

[@willfo8358]

Why is the price of our gasoline ⛽️ going up?🇺🇸 Thanks for the video.😎🇺🇸

[@BombatGeneral]

Because they have Richard Hammond slowly repairing the rigs 😉😆

[@92suzukigsx1100g]

Ask Joe

[@willfo8358]

Austin Smith :Joe who?

[@badass1998oth]

@@willfo8358 Joe Mama

[@LetsgoBrandon2023]

@@willfo8358 Joe Biden

[@Lykapodium]

I'm pretty sure they wouldn't let Hammond have a go at a repair for a part that's costing $400k/hr and film it. It would be all hands on deck if that was the case

[@haydndance4408]

Doesn't cost them fuck all they are taking from the planet turning it in to profit we actually loose out as price fluctuates due to these kind of things the company only looses profits . Costing 0 the don't pay the planet for oil or minerals or oars they take nothing is there's in reality nothing is ours we will all turn back to dust of wich we came n the proces start again the world is doomed by greed

[@abelincoln4374]

400k an hour is chump change for a company like Shell. It's all relative.

[@nodatesape9124]

Costing us 400k per hour... oh Richards here? Yeah he can help, why not? It's only a couple extra hours for filming. Think of the PR! Shell, probably.

[@kwaitoman10]

I wonder how much do these people earn ?!

[@rcblitzfpv8346]

A lot

[@adaptorperish1322]

English isn’t my first or even second language, and I’m far from being its fluent speaker, yet I could understand the man just fine. What is it with native English speakers not being able to understand their own language in different accents?

[@derk486]

Okay

[@Bendigo1]

When one is used to hearing words pronounced one way, the brain can have issues hearing the same word said differently from what it is used to.

[@johnyoung2702]

A lot of people are making a lot of money

[@user-cu5gc4qz8p]

we have put an impressive amount of effort to setting our atmosphere on fire :)

[@MW-jj7ck]

"Oh wow!" "Oh my God" shit like that will get you cleaning the shitter at a job like that

[@rahimk687]

So Shell are losing £400k an hour for the damaged valve but they are willing to do a nice and slow demonstration for Mr Richard Hammond and his TV show on how to repair the valve. RIGHTTTT

[@decc0484]

shell made 180billion in revenue last year, i doubt spending an extra 10 minutes showing richard the parts they use hit them that hard

[@096192083]

He kinda made it sound very dramatic but this platform doesn't have just 1 wellhead connected. It could have 12, 24, even more potentially.. each with their own choke valve. The $400,000 an hour is simple maths; $60 a barrel, 160,000 barrels a day, divided by 24. So it's $400,000 if all the wellheads went down.

[@user-kw2wd9dq7x]

I have another question - why the hell is that valve so clean inside? Isn't it supposed to choke oil flow?

[@FinsaneLorist]

IT STOPPED just when it started to get interesting

[@peter-radiantpipes2800]

Wow. Low views for such a vid

[@Urmel331]

we treee at ar own sewageee

[@BuYung-gg7kb]

Jend. Sam Ardi Bolkiah abdurrahman. Guam country... What pay for plane

[@levonschaftin3676]

I find it really strange these guys don't have to be clean shaven.

[@alhassanetoure3088]

Why would they be clean shaven?

[@levonschaftin3676]

@@alhassanetoure3088 they're on an oil platform, one that presumably produces hydrocarbons. I've worked in land facilities that do the same thing and every single one required its workers to be clean shaven so they can produce a seal with a face mask in the event of emergency.

[@neverhungryagain2187]

@@levonschaftin3676 they don’t have big beards, face mask will fit right over

[@GREGHOLUB]

Only making 9.6 million a day no big deal

[@JJLock]

I was in construction and oilfield for 30 years, it was a great industry to work in. Good to see Hammond discovering how real men earn their coin.

[@schwallingsworth0138]

"Real men" ??? ....not my opinion of what a "real man" is but luckily we are each entitled to our own!!

[@capt.ir.h.kosasihceo9742]

IM ever ex Crew Offhore Aramco and Petronas oil last kontrack position rank manager project oil Asia Pasifik

[@jackwhitehead1383]

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[@jaelynnshayla6082]

The bumpy relation phylogenetically clean because tin likely communicate athwart a well-made scorpio. sable, impolite fork

[@berndderbratan]

This guy's accent makes you forget there is a very evil corporation behind this

[@bigfarts36]

I have an electric car, that rig is dumb

[@Bendigo1]

Where does the electricity come from that you charge that car with?

[@CreativeWorkflowHack]

I dont see any divrsity board or women o.O I knew the oil industry is bigoted

[@Bendigo1]

Maybe women don't want to work there???

[@CreativeWorkflowHack]

@@Bendigo1 wow, rich from you to speak for all women here. maybe they don't get to work their because they are discriminated against. joking btw

[@lunchbox1341]

It honestly annoys me that this was built in 2019

[@elrey1897]

This was built around 2016. It took us maybe 2.5- 3 years to build it. these rigs are engineered and planned for years prior to us receiving the first drawings and starting the build for these platforms. They're a real pain in the ass to build too. It's super cool to see when all the pieces start coming together to build each of the modules though. It's like a very, VERY big puzzle

[@kaprun100]

Damn that guy first should have learnt how to SPEAK properly.

[@schwallingsworth0138]

That's a friggin MONSTROSITY!! SO UGLY, SO DISGUSTING WHAT WE DO TO OUR MOTHER GAIA😫

[@HollerMeshocks]

Speak for yourself when you say “we”. I’ll never own a carbon monoxide polluting machine.

[@baconatoromg6062]

@@HollerMeshocks hope you don't have any electric items like the phone or computer you used to type this

[@kumarpugazhenthi8742]

Strike a balance, mate.

[@themodmaster6593]

Try and stop them ig

[@Alex-iy6ub]

@@HollerMeshocks well any car which is newer than 1980, does not pollute carbon monoxide, as the cataylst converts it to carbon dioxide. Whereas carbon monoxide is toxic, if I remember correctly it binds to the oxygen receptors in the red blood cells, carbon dioxide is non toxic, but does contribute to the green house effect

[@sinisa3772]

Vauuuuuvauvau hahaha