This Is How Oil Rigs Are Built In The Middle Of Deep Ocean😨 

I like how he doesn't tell you and then glosses over it last second

For those who don’t know, oil rigs don’t go to the deepest parts of the ocean

Fun fact: the crew who weld the rig platform cables to the ocean floor, often struggle to resurface because of the viscous upthrust of their gigantic balls of steel anchoring them to the bottom

as someone who worked there for years, it’s so crazy to just look out into the black void when it’s nighttime. it’s pitch black. no light except from the rig. you cant see stars bc of the overpowering floodlights from your rig. it’s insane

Engineers don’t get enough appreciation in society. They’re literally helping to build our world around us so we can have all our nice things.

90% of the video: "have you wondered", jokes and expectations. 10% of the video: "here you have images without explanation".

I live and work on a deepwater platform 6 months out of the year. I’m consistently impressed with the engineering that goes into creating such structures that can even withstand hurricanes out there.

Even how it gets anchored to the floor is impressive but I feel that the video should explain a bit more on that

Since the video didn't reveal how, here's the typical way: Oil rigs will typically be built onshore, and towed out to the field where they're supposed to be. In the case of very large rigs, the main parts of the superstructure is built onshore and then put to sea, and the following modules will be pre-fabricated onshore and shipped out to the main structure and mounted on-site.

I love where they explained how the oil rigs are actually anchored into the ocean floor.

anchoring an oil tanker to the floor of the ocean has to be one of the craziest jobs.

Don’t underestimate the lengths humans will go to get oil😂

Shallow water use jackup Rigs,deep water, use semi submersibles and drill ships

We need a 20-30 minute video dedicated to this ❤

Humans are amazing and intelligent. Is just unfortunate that some are cruel

The guys who work on them are incredible. Massive respect and admiration

I work at in the oil industry and have some connections to people who work on these rigs. From what they’ve told me, it’s exactly as terrifying as you’d expect it to be

Also: Anchors don't actually need to touch the sea floor and hook onto something to act as an anchor. They stabilize the boat even when it's just hanging in the water

Just the idea of anchoring them to enormous depths is scary. The ocean itself is horrifying

We just finished pulling out the Whale Toe for commission. We only used four legs to anchor it in place. With current technology, those rigs have dynamic positioning and can even move itself, albeitly with no current up to maybe four knots. It used to be eight to sixteen legs anchored with pilings. These piling stand vertically in position, and a submersible sub goes down and drains the air from the piling, causing it to sink with little to no effort on a non rocky or soft silt bottom. Once the vacuum sinks the piling in, there is almost no way to get it out other than going down and pumping air back into the piling, pressurizing it and causing it to lift itself out of the mud and only then can a vessel pick it up for retreaval. The Whale Tow ballasts the four legs, and it sinks down when we hook up to the anchor chains connected to the pilings once all legs are connected securely, then it deballasts the salt water and its buoyancy fights against its now tightened anchor points making it almost immovable. Whats even more unimaginable is that in a emergency it can disconnect those anchor points and putt off to a safer place ahead of time.

“Ocean has oil” America: *invades the ocean*

All of a sudden piling rocks until it's a pyramid doesn't seem so difficult at all.

Joe Rogan the Eighth in the future: *“there’s no way humans had the technology to build those platforms. Jamie, pull up the vid of the cybernetic gorilla fighting the Terminator.”*

The giant ships that carry the rigs out and back are amazing too.

This video was more question than answer

First of all, we need to put some respect in the name of those oil rig workers.

It’s not just the anchor points. Some of the rigs have thrusters to help maintain their position. Some are semisubmersible where there’s floodable ballast tanks to let her settle down and stay in location. There’s spar platforms as well. All of the rigs that aren’t jack up or standing require some sort of cable anchoring. They’re amazing structure and the chow is always good.

Mad respect for all who construct these massive structures! Speechless!💪👏

As an electrical engineer with 25+ years working in the design and construction of these units, I never get bored. They are just magnificent!

Yeah that’s why my ass stays on land

Thank you for this video. My father was an R & D man in the oil industry. In the 60sand 70s he would be flown off to the North Sea with a crew to repair a drill. The stories he and his mates were incredible. Who needed the Marvel hero’s? I had my own uncles,Canadian, Mexican American, and Pakistan filling my head with their stories of life on a rig. Smiling, laughing and just being themselves. A brotherhood undefined.

When you're on one of these vessels and this song starts playing in the backgroud you know you're headed straight to Valhalla

Now, if you’re wondering how they do maintenance on the underwater portions - it’s just as fascinating. I’m a scuba diver, and the following information is unrelated, but important to know: The type of air you breathe varies depending on depth, and breathing the wrong air at the wrong death could give you convulsions and Jill you Breathing the right air too deep for too long will effectively make you “drunk” Ascending to fast will kill you, either by exploding your lungs, or by giving you the Benz (air bubbles in your blood) This is all customary for deep diving, and would make working in these conditions not only risky, but not feasible. The work around to this is “hardhat diving”. They basically have a tube connected to the surface, with someone monitoring it, which basically gives them unlimited air, no nitrogen narcosis (feeling drunk), and negates the need for an air change. Underwater welding is not a commonly sought after job, since the conditions you work in suck ass, you have about a foot of visibility, you’re entrusting your entire life to someone else, and it’s quite honestly scary as fuck. HOWEVER, if you’re someone who likes to be in the ocean, and likes diving a whole lot, and if you have a background in welding - underwater welding will make you a shitload of money for a job you may enjoy.

God bless those who do these dangerous jobs to make our lives easier.

Being an underwater welder definitely has its flaws, but i’ve had so many great experiences. And like previous comment said, my girl hates it but i’m living pretty lavish lol. Having new tech is super nice though, i wouldn’t be in this profession 20+ years ago. When i’m on my shifts we live in a little pod underwater that’s pressurized to the depth, pretty boring but it a lot safer. usually have a crew of 3 unless we have a trainee or are down a person then either 2 or 4. “Saturation diving takes advantage of this by having divers remain in that saturated state. When not in the water, the divers live in a sealed environment which maintains their pressurised state; this can be an ambient pressure underwater habitat or a saturation system at the surface, with transfer to and from the pressurised living quarters to the equivalent depth underwater via a closed, pressurised diving bell. This may be maintained for up to several weeks, and divers are decompressed to surface pressure only once, at the end of their tour of duty.” Saturation divers typically breathe a helium-oxygen mixture to prevent nitrogen narcosis, and limit work of breathing, but at shallow depths saturation diving has been done on nitrox mixtures

This is LITERALLY The work the make this World go Round whether you like it or not.

People who work on oil rigs do it for a month or months at a time. Oils rigs are equipped with bunks, kitchens, rec rooms, offices, everything you would need in day-to-day life, and the people to staff/operate those services. Some even have miniature theatres. They are miniature cities suspended in the ocean. We think of them purely for their practical function, but the truth is that they're also habitation units. Some of the most complex and ingenious humans have built. For oil or against it, they are a marvel of man.

The engineering of such platforms is astonishing.

Anyone brave enough to take on Poseidon has my deepest respects.

"Have you ever wondered how oil rigs are built?" Proceeds not to answer the question

Funny how we know more about outer space than our own ocean💀

Building Oil Rigs They are built at port cities and then towed out to sea to the desired destination. The oil rig is then anchored down to the sea bottom or, alternatively, is placed above concrete or steel legs which are directly anchored down.Jun 29, 2022

lol I work on the yard that builds these rigs. Currently working on the heaviest rig we’ve ever built called the West White Rose by Cenovus. Kiewit offshore services is a south texas yard that builds LNG, Oil and Wind energy platforms and modules. It’s really cool to be a part of these things

Those anchors must be heavy as shit

“Some say that they build the oil rigs first, then build the ocean around them.” 😂😂😂

For anyone wondering.. They first make oil rigs in pieces at port and then in big ship transfer it and then place it in ocean..

That last one, the pressure on those cables is staggering

All thanks to the ancient Egyptians who taught the world science and engineering

You wouldn’t catch me DEAD working anywhere near an oil rig LET ALONE on one.

Crazy to think the deepest recorded part of the oceans is only 6.8 miles I would have thought it was much deeper.

Now just look up what happened in 05 in the Gulf of Mexico when they couldn’t exvac all of us off the rigs and we got caught in the middle of hurricane Katrina three of our safety chains snapped and we were being held by one and we were basically a cork bobbing in the water

I love how he leads up to it for like 90% of the time and then just spends 10% actually informing us. Wish it were the other way around

This video could be quicker... I need all the info to be compressed into 3s

Wow floating platform with so much weight i never knew that

The tallest of them is the Troll A platform off the Norwegian North Sea coast. It's nearly 500 m (1500 ft) tall and remains the tallest object ever moved by man

Personally, I think the rig is built first and the ocean is filled in later

There’s actually several anchor points on each corner. They each have large chain connections from the structure to a specific depth, then large morning lines connect to the chains that span most of the length towards bottom, shortly before you get to the sea floor it connects back in to more chain, which then connects to large steel suction piles that are in the sea floor. (I’m a ROV Operator)

It would be really smart to make the rig and then just build the ocean around it

Everyone talks about how scary, big and powerful the ocean is. But seeing these gigantic rigs standing tall, snd unfazed is a testament to our power as humans to conquer nature and use it to provide for ourselves 😁

Respect the men anchoring these platforms to the ocean floor

That's modern engineering at work. Truly amazing

The people make and work on oil rigs deserve all the cash they can get.

I loved the part where you explain how they get built in the water

Oil rigs been real quiet after still wakes the deep

in deep water, the drilling rigs are not anchored to the ocean floor. They stay on location using thrusters and dynamic positioning.

Ok so even if they don’t build straight to the ocean if it’s at sea… you’re telling me they’re securing the oil rig to the ocean floor with lines that run miles deep to the ocean floor???

This whole video is a “oh hell nah”

Basically, Oil Rigs are a type of weird boat.

These oil companies will do anything to get some oil, even cause wars.

You forgot one very important way, a lot of floating rigs will have motors on the bottom of the rigs and keep it from drifting too far. Also, he said to never worn on an oil rig.

As a civil engineer there's a running say among all the civil engineers that,"you're a civil engineer but you can never be a 100% civil engineer". The field is so vast that and divides itself in to so mamy sub classes that its almost impossible to learn it all in your entire lifetime

We visited an Oil rig museum in Galveston, TX and it is really amazing to learn how much these machines can withstand! What amazing engineering!

Aw hell naw I am not staying on a gigantic steel buoy no matter how much you pay me

Damn, I love engineering so much for things like these👌🏼

As someone who's terrified of the ocean, why do I wanna work on one of these? It's terrifingly beautiful

Still wakes the deep is the perfect representation of how scary oil platforms are

And people think we can't make pyramids lmaoooo

How the F do they don’t topple over with the 100 feet waves? Also Cat 5 storms? It’s impressive.

Insanely well made video 🎉

A round of applause for human ingenuity

How exactly are they anchored? Just curious?

Many offshore oil rigs are anchored platforms. They use a steel framework anchored to the ocean floor as a foundation for a surface drilling rig, equipment, and living quarters. Platforms may drill in many directions from this base, and they are broken down into specific types suited for various depths.

Offshore workers call those jack up platforms. They can ride if the swells get to high.

The old rig has an oil rig has a smiley face. 🙂

If anyone wonders what the most treacherous sea is it’s the Nord Sea. Waves as big as a 10 story building and water so rough it can capsize a freight boat.

I never knew I could get even more scared of being on a deep sea oil rig. Thank you.

Never seen an oil rig until cars 2 and I thought to myself there's no way thats actually stable

My father won a lifetime achievement award from Exxon for his work on these offshore oil structures!

I love the part wear they explain how they get the oil from the bottom

Nice video

6.8 Miles doesn't sound Deep 10.9 Kilometers, Now That Sounds Deep, That's 11 Thousand Yards

I knew this, but I don't understand how they secure the floating ones. You've got different creepy music than the one on the other videos 😂

Could you at least have made sure this is factually correct 😑

Half a minute of unnecessary build up for a 1 second explanation. Horrible video

The sea: "mount Everest aint got sh*t on mee"

As someone who played "Still Wakes the Deep" i can confirm this

Waves over 10 stories tall is wild

Im a pipelayer and i work about 30 feet deep in a cage pulled by a 350. everytime you put a pipe in and pull the cage we backfil the trench with a 973 so it doesnt cave in the back and bury the pipe. Cheated death so many times i lost count honestly. I would do this in a heartbeat if I had the chance.

Why are these engineers so intelligent ?

If you've ever had to build bridge supports in minecraft, you know that building underwater is a pain in the ass.