Dunbar Oil Rig in North Sea - Hit by huge wave (14-12-2008)

[tausendstein]

Is the construction shakin under the big waves ?

[tinzy21]

That's scary

[andrewhamer1978]

It's not the worst!

[dippotje]

was 0:49 an explosion???

[iLickForFr33]

whats the height of the construction?

[VOTETHEDUMMYOUT]

It must have some give in it. Does it move much? Looks like it.

[OpaNguyen]

I admit that I got a fable for oil rigs since I played Call of Duty 6 :D

[OpaNguyen]

I admit that I got a fable for oil rigs since I played Call of Duty 6 :D

[Mafiamadefilms]

@OpaNguyen Just call it MW2

[XtraTecc]

omg... this are 25-30 meter waves :o

[CRF450XNUT]

Awesome!

[BoldUniverse]

That's nice, everybody enjoying soaking in each other's urine! You gotta know that's what kids do in pools!!

[fozzzy1984]

@50seconds Holly crap thats a big wave!

[0x539or1337]

Huge wave at 0:42!

[SierraKilo9]

"The sea was angry that day my friends ..." - George Costanza

[lawlownedkid]

ll wtf you shouldnt have to oil rigs that close.....not a smart idea

[zzztubazzz]

i like to see it explode

[A1lHopeisGone]

@zzztubazzz

Troll will troll.

[zzztubazzz]

i like to see it explode and kill all the people on that rig

[paulorsergio]

i have ben there!!! hard live, easy money..

[SHAWNINDAUSN]

chuck norris did a cannonball

[BATTLECATT00]

So thats the rough wave that hit the platform. I know one was lost to a rough wave, and one was rigged to mesure and documented one beside drill oil

[stoli288]

how high is that wave/those waves approx?

[dexywatt]

I was night cook baker on the Safe Caledonia that day. The bridge was lifted and we pulled away from the Dunbar during the day when this was filmed. It was an experience working in the galley that night. I always felt safe though. Remember, these things are BIG.

[DERedhead65]

the guys on Deadliest Catch on the Bering Sea deal with this sh*t all the time... FK THAT! rest in Peace Capt. Phil, i miss u <3

[fusilier45]

@DERedhead65-Thats great dickbrain,who gives a shit about the deadliest catch,piss off and move on to an American drama documentary

[DERedhead65]

@fusilier45 FK YOU AND FK OFF! YOU FKING MORON!!!!

[fusilier45]

@DERedhead65,ohhhhh suit you sir,you are an angry little chap arent you,no less than 3 of the same frustrated little word,oh how the mind boggles,go wank yourself off over a picture of cpt mike,you sap.

[demonfox560]

there is a fire when the wave hits the oil rig

[KiitahKhan]

@demonfox560

No, take a second look, the orange is because of the spray from the wave being hit by the orange lights on the underside of the platform.

[Trybrow]

wicked

[jagjagin]

wheres the huge wave?

[fowzie777]

Chuck Norris was having a bath in the ocean and he farted....

[kingiescastel]

another 10ft on that wave and there could have been serious problems.

good vid

[pensive69]

one of the posters asked how these are built.

check it out => en wikipedia org/wiki/Oil_platform

[sixamsedna]

amazing piece of engineering.

[XH558B2]

Rather you than me out there in the middle of that lot....looks bloody awful....

[MrAgusrio]

OMG.... i don't want to dive there..... :)

[sirbobbyable]

@jcmknl2004 what, you mean you run 10k a week on the treadmill. sure that's nothing.. i could do that in just over an hour. tosser

[vroomba03]

who would wanna work on one of those

[romansoldierofhonor]

@vroomba03 people that dont have college education and need to get payed like a person with a college education. lol but i have a college degree. i acquired it by playin in the sandbox for two tours. now i dont have to do anymore dangerous shit. like you said"who wants to work on one of these". ;)

[ukulazy]

How in God's name do they build those things....

[denwo1982]

how do get a job on the oil rigs?

[Stickalas]

@denwo1982 Do a petroleum engineering course at uni and you can do an offshore rig placement in the summer of your last year. Or just become a pole stacker.

[lounzac]

Very nasty weather

[maxtabb]

:O Impressive waves !! Shared this video on my fb page. Check out "Life_On_Platform"

[vinty4321]

Nice..

[StaalRulz2010]

Holy Fuck!!!

[gringodeltoro1]

Is this rig rooted in the sea floor or is it a semi floating platform ?

[crockofplot]

@gringodeltoro1 platforms such as this are rooted to the sea bed and are generally fairly stable. Snooker tables, pool tables inside. But in weather like this you have no chance of a game of snooker without the balls rolling about. This is fairly heavy seas. Generally not as heavy as this. in the summer months it is generally fairly calm in this area, Fog is the problem in summer. The Dunbar is around 100 miles due east of the Shetlands and is part of Total/Elf near the North Alwyn.

[gringodeltoro1]

@crockofplot Have you ever worked on a semi rooted platform? I'm interested because I'm working on a project which would involve many deep sea platforms which could form a link to create a transatlantic bridge between Brazil and west Africa (sounds a bit crazy right now, but it would take many years). How stable a semi floating platform is, is critical to the realisation of this project. Thanks for your insights.

[crockofplot]

Certainly not a freak wave. I still think the new accommodation (the white block) looks shit. Platform is owned and operated by Total/Elf. Small POB and small platform but a good crew, small but functional galley, good grub and decent rec room. No longer work on it, have moved north to Taqa unfortunately. Great fun when the seas are like this, love it :)

[jrh0369]

Does that rig belong to BP?

[kiuokljoij]

@jrh0369 This rig is owned by TOTAL

[mutt69]

The waves offshore are huge during the winter especially. I was on the Cormorant Alpha last December. The whole of the Cellar Deck was closed off due to the size of the waves. Plus we had to put up with snow and 65 knott winds. Life offshore is grand.

[exconguitar]

THIS, is why I live in Vegas.

[watballs2020]

never in a million fuckin years would ye get me on one of these fookin things..

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[gassmail115]

freak wave???

[blucinemafilms]

Wow, its like the ocean is trying to claim the are where the rig is back...

[BoogieWithStew]

Do these rigs float, or are they attached via piers to the ocean floor? If attached, are the "deep water" rigs drilling a mile down also attached?

[21trident]

shit the bed man, some of those swells rolling through there are fucking huge

[DeerCreek21]

couldn't pay me to get on that thing right now

[TheJules2011]

fuck that...your a better man than me!!!!!

[PopAntenna]

I WAS EXPECTING : THAT IN THE GULF

LOCATION BASES FOR SUBMARINES ??????????

[imthisonenigga]

oh , cool video though

[imthisonenigga]

lmfao wait til a rogue wave hits you it will wipe you off where you are standing 

[MalteSer001]

well... i get your point ... but the rig your on aint moving ... i think people who cross the north sea by boat are more at risk than you are

[robertek76]

id rather be at home lol! thats crazy

[sachin229]

sorry rig workers....that was me  farting...i had eaten at taco bell that day..

[worriesovernothing]

holy shit scary stuff. id never work on a rig 

[arequipa1]

you are basically putting your life into the hands of engineers, because if their calculations are 0.000001 percent off, your oil rig is going to break open like an egg and spill everyone into the ocean!!!!!!!!

[patwhite010101]

@arequipa1 which calculation are you talking about exactly???  or are you just talking out your ass??

[arequipa1]

@patwhite010101 way to be an asshole on a fun video. congrats for bringing us all down.

[patwhite010101]

@arequipa1 im sorry i didnt know everyone was so sensitive, i will retract my last statement.

[arequipa1]

@patwhite010101 glad to hear it

[Malaka57]

@patwhite010101

HOW DARE YOU RETRACT YOUR LAST STATEMENT!!!!!! YPI %/(/§%)("$(/!§$&%!"§%

(Just kidding, people really let off their anger in these forums.... )

[tantalus45]

whatever... its your choice to be there

[DERedhead65]

UNREAL and HELL FKING NO! Deadliest Catch and this job working oil rigs the MOST Dangerous jobs in the world: NO SH*T!

~~ miss my Captain Phil Harris, Cornelia Marie, aw Phil... Rest in Peace... tears.

xo <3

[bmadccp]

The sea is angry my friends...

[RedShipsofSpainAgain]

@bmadccp is that a George Costanza reference from Seinfeld? ;-)

[Thomkatze]

Is this operated by Total SA isn't it? do u work for Total?

[Resin8UK]

omfg there huge ... :o respect to all those onboard the rig :)

[colvinhouse]

Holy crap! That looks like something from a horror movie!

[moseseseseses]

Offshore welders earn $2,775.00 per 84 hr. work week. If you would like to work offshore, send to me your email address. If you would like to go to work offshore doing some other kind of work, send to me your email address.

[andreifarama]

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[andreifarama]

@moseseseseses

[questionsleadtotruth]

The ZEITGEIST MOVEMENT

NOW!!!

There is no reason anymore to pump for oil

[Theweemanrules]

Dont fancy working out on that rig.

[aofoyayo]

this would make for the ultimate surf competition.

[PlaygroundJoe]

Oil rigs must be the most industrial workplaces ever. Only steel, always engine noise, no nature, no animals, water around you, nothing to see.

[frewcc]

@PlaygroundJoe animals in water aroudn you

[merlinrunner]

ahhh thats perfect casing weather that is, lol

[johnnysnowking]

I saw Chuck Norris riding that wave.

[Pretending2Bsmart]

@johnnysnowking LMAO

[brad46mx]

@johnnysnowking chuck norris would kick the shit out of that wave

[wilbo45]

@johnnysnowking chuck norris is wearing out

[tubntxawg]

damn that shit is scary

[TheDevenrocks]

can you feel it?

[trumpsahead]

I'm no rocket scientist but those rigs look top-heavy and there seems to be too many vertical columns when there should be a diagonal cross-hatching for the most efficient stress absorption. My idea comes from an archaeological drawing from a Sumerian coin 6,000 years ago. If that design was good enough for the gods who taught Sumerians, it probably is the way to go.

Btw, removing oil, the lifeblood of our planet, causes earthquakes which is a coverup from the beginning of oil drilling.

[airwalker02]

@trumpsahead rocket scientist no your not, complete moron yes, yes you are.

[trumpsahead]

@airwalker02

More cross-bracing would be more efficient, I spoke with engineers re this. Also look at the Eiffel Tower for example.

Regarding drilling and earthquakes, this has been a cover-up since the beginning of drilling for oil. Edgar Cayce said 70 years ago that sink holes and ultimately earthquakes are caused by bleeding the earth of its oil.

You offered no intelligent response, you thick headed mhoterfkucer. Crawl back in your own ahole.

[airwalker02]

@trumpsahead @trumpsahead rocket scientist no your not, complete moron yes, yes you are. 

[AryanKnight]

-the whole notion of off-shore Oil-rig drilling is pure insanity, especially when it is known 'fossil-fuel' is a misnomer, --for oil is NOT limited, but that oil is abiotic in origin, --formed from magma instead of an organic fossil origin as once supposed. Accordingly, the ruthless primitive-minded anti-social arch-criminal jewZionist-mafia wanna-be World-Kings 'robber-barons' Rockfeller/Rothschild et'al have done their best to misinform we-the-sheeple; --yet the electricar is now a reality...

[mullaahmed]

@AryanKnight Have you taken your pills? Seriosly, you're just an idiot.

[Roudter]

where's the video taken from????....pretty cool...

[MishuTaste]

What do these guys do when there's a hurricane?

[buzzbrr34]

@MishuTaste this is the north sea, in europe, we don't get hurricanes. hurricanes only appear in the tropics.

[moseseseseses]

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[mikes37737]

i would of shit my pants......

[wackwitz]

i guess u don´t post vids here coz u ain´t got a cam or a even handy there, poor dog

[rightfredsdead]

i cant see what your fuss is about. their topside jackets will take seas like this. i see as excuse to not work. i am chargehand with national state drilling company. i dismiss if i see my crew video waves when they should be working. lazy. if you have time to waste on video then you are not work enough.

[cheebatripn]

for being chargehand you really make alot of grammar mistakes. who cares give a human a rest i mean ur one too. so  shut up bitch

[rightfredsdead]

@cheebatripn i speak turkic. english is my other language.

[rightfredsdead]

this is fuck all. in dagestan we get inshore waves of 30m-40m on a daily basis and we dont post them on utube. its normal. thats why we get paid.

[tguy805]

I think you would get paid whether or not you posted vids on youtube. "this is fuck all" (idiot)

[c4t2f0]

righfredsdeads moto is....IF YOU FEAR FOR YOURE LIFE YOUR FIRED PUSSIES!!hahahah.Get to work slackers.jk.Those guys got balls workin in those shit conditions.

[MrMarkmasson]

I Remember that day but still seen bigger waves tho

[5mesarz]

where is bruce willis/

[nzthunderboy]

@5mesarz we looking for chuck norris or segal.

[timelordteamspoofers]

Big swell that were is it?

[michaelwright999]

N problem put the diver down.

[FleshTraktor]

Wow, that's like really really really scary! You'd need a large set of cojones to consider working there!

[macorton]

if the during bad weather like video above......our barge will be pullout to singapore.......

[jamesandrew2000]

@ stybarrow. who said oil wasn't costly to produce? But I would guess this is not a non-profit enterprise . The"Conspiracy theories" usually concern the way these very powerful corporations alter global politics for their benefit. Seen the new 'Clean Coal' ads during the rain soaked winter Olympics? Nice.

[boyguyver]

Damn scary..(O_o)

[ketakid]

most likely

heerema marine contractors

semi sub. crane vessel

Thialf

or saipem7000(forgot to which company it belongs)

[tsuaFzneiH]

All for our comfort, right? We should either show respect or work out something else.

[ChrisESPOne]

this would be cool in a jet ski.

[zogrush]

i wonder how they make them buildings.. hmm

[tabanorama]

that's a good question.. does anybody know? how they put these rigs up safely?

[PolarAtom2]

Well, they're movable because when I come over the forth bridge there's sometimes one or two in for repairs.

[stybarrow]

yeah, it's called design engineering and industrial experience. the amount of time devoted to the design and installation of these things would blow your mind. and this is just one reason why oil isnt free (instead of those stupid conspiracy theories).

[mullaahmed]

@stybarrow That's right. But those couch-experts think it's a computer game, 2 seconds and oil rig is completed.

[Majazura13]

brrrrrr

[itmustbcooky]

yer your right m8 , av just came off the ninian north platform and its pritty rough!!!! but its nothing new

[daviecrocket12345]

this is called a freak wave. one ship every week goes down because of these waves. some have been recorded as high at 30+ meters or over 100feet. BBC has a good documentary on freak waves.

[TheDevilsLeftNut]

Dude your talking balls.... Ive worked offshore in the North Sea for the past 5 years and these sort of waves are a regular occurance in the winter months.

[durgaaa]

@TheDevilsLeftNut Do you feel each wave as it hits? Does it cause you alarm? What anchors the posts? Do the support poles go all the way down to the ocean floor?

[mullaahmed]

@TheDevilsLeftNut Well, freak wave can be even just 1 meter high if other waves are, let's say, just 20 cm. It's basically a wave more than two times higher than the significant wave height for a given sea state.

[jabbaleskinny1]

@TheDevilsLeftNut hey man do u get sea sick when you work on these rigs?

[KaneAlmsivi]

@daviecrocket12345 Aye, I've seen these kinds of waves every winter since I started working offshore in 1998.

[GrizzlyGunsmith99]

@daviecrocket12345 their called rogue waves and they happen pretty regularly. spend a little time on the sea before you act like you know something......

[Tobacc0]

@daviecrocket12345 You're right. It's the biggest kept secret out there. An average of 1 ship a week goes missing and plenty of scientists still dismiss the rogue wave idea as fantasy.

[sharky0922]

@daviecrocket12345 you have freak wave in your brain..

[MegaSvinto]

huge!

[MegaSvinto]

Hugeh!

[tpmbe]

amazing video..... thanks to all the guys that work out on the rigs to bring energy to our lifes !!!

[bubble81]

cool comment!  showing some respect is always good

[scarbelly1967]

wonder how many poor sods died to build that bloody monstrosity?

[Longs81]

Not very many, rigs get built in safe harbours then floated out to the drilling sites in calm seas.

[deepsinK]

then catch on fire and blow up like the one last week in the Gulf of Mexico

[Dopplershift]

How much of the work goes on on the outside of the rig in the elements? Do the rigs move about at all in strong weather?

Must be really weird to step outside from what seems like any other industrial plant into a sea storm with no land in sight.

[TheFluxen]

@Dopplershift you should check out the video of the rigg "troll". That's the biggest structure ever to be moved (on land or at sea).

Norwegian

[redgaridose]

id run inside my cabbin and go under my balnket

[CarlLewenski]

Oil Rigs are truely fascinating. The math that is involved in keeping these structures standing is honestly beyond my comprehension.

[qegvW3H]

the water tide is very very high....very dangerous to marine welding

[drumstokjes]

I would be so damn scaredxD

[dunno414]

rogue waves can travel very long distances

[RallyBasher]

Awesome and terrifying at the same time!

Wonderful to see though. Thank you.

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[riglinks]

real coolvid

[riglinks]

cool vid

[MegaBasketballFreak]

i gotta hand it 2 yaah... ur seriously brave!!!

[aofoyayo]

u need balls to work on an oil rig like this

[roskitopicito]

For anybody that would know is that a ball of flame at about 0:43? is this the wave or the explosion, dangerous for these contraptions? whats the worst thing that could happen in these conditions? anybody that knows, i would love to know as well.

[miggies1984]

@roskitopicito

na man its just a light making the colour,oil rigs can topple,but theyre built to withstand the hundred year wave so its unlikely!

[roskitopicito]

Thanks Miggies,

I'm not sure what i'm more impressed by the power of nature or the fortitude of human engineering. Nature i guess. But its a toss up.

[vadgeviper]

Looks to be light shinning through the mist created b the wave. That is if you are referring to the left hand pillar.

[eami111]

man that is scary! I have a question...how does the oil rig stay in place? and how far is it from the bottom of the sea?

[jrcaruso00]

@eami111... oil rigs vary from one to another in terms of staying in place. some are built all the way to the floor, usually in shallower water, and some are "floating" platforms which literally floats and has long cords that are anchored to bottom, varies from rig to rig. this one drills 25,000 ft deep i believe

[eami111]

by god! Imagine having that job! Drilling an oil rig etc...

thanks for the info!

[jrcaruso00]

yeah i wouldnt do it... thats why im going to school to design these in an office safe from harm hahaha

[dataplague]

It's not that glamorous, I work in the North Sea on various installations and there's no excitement attached to it, just another job in the water! :)

[CyrusNixes]

I am amazed at how big the waves get in the North Sea. That area isn't even open ocean - it's only 600 miles by 350 miles. Not even that big of a fetch for wind to make waves yet they get HUGE waves.

[hollandshoop]

Mabey the waves come rolling in from the north atlantic , and get pushed upward because the water gets less deep. It amazes me too that the north sea has these huge waves . Lots of videos here proof that

[rumbleclam]

this is like a summers day compared to the ninians

[winterfresh76]

my dad would have loved this I think he applied for work with an oil company back in the 80s ,this is so scary my good GOD I can't imagine the bitter cold the sea is just brutal guys who work on these things are truly some BRAVE men it seems so risky I hope the salaries are high even for the roustabouts I am watching this and cringing so many things can go wrong where do you run in case of fire ,oil well blow out?? I pray the safety codes on these things are top priority.

[puya3d]

not shit a wave like that may have fucked that bitch up

[Tomasthesk8dude]

I wouldn't like to be scheduled to go home on that day.

[TheMatthewmalloy]

CLOVERFIELD!! LMAO