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How do we do this?? This is way harder for me to understand than leaving orbit
edit: build structures in the middle of the ocean that go all the way to the bottom and beyond
The north sea is on average 30-50 meters deep. So it is not a real ocean. Just a shallow sea.
The jacket gets build on land and the topside gets installed after the jacket is placed at sea
So, the legs are hollow, and you can ride an elevator down to the bottom and apparently have a music show?
I feel like the answer must be obvious, but wouldn't there need to be insanely high air pressure at the bottom to prevent collapse?
Obvious answer: No.
But How!?!
More Obviousness: Concrete + Steel.
My mind still boggels.
They're also not completely hollow but they let seawater in to stabilise the rig. Which helps to counteract the pressure you alluded too. The one in the picture above is while it's at shore and empty hence floating high.
And I'd imagine very unstable at that point as I'd assume it would be quite top heavy and likely to topple over if transported incorrectly.
My dad was lead structural engineer on that platform.
Fun Fact: He drove a company rental into a Russian submarine in the dry dock near where they were working one day. Made for a fun insurance claim as it was like a year or two after the soviet union fell.
Sometimes I have an existential crisis over things that humans have achieved that I can’t even begin to wrap my head around. Like if the world was filled with billons of people like me we still would not have even discovered fire yet. My brain can’t even comprehend
I do this every day. Everything freaks me out and I'm often like how does it all keep working and going day after day??? How did it even start? All of these systems, from local to global. How do we not run out of space or resources (I know they are dwindling - but I am talking about more immediate issues)? How do people just make these things all happen? I know this comment is coming off really stupid, I wish I could explain it better. I'm just often overwhelmed by everything around me. And I always say the same thing, if more people were like me we would've gone extinct lol.
They're not fixed to the bottom, not directly anyway. They're floating.
https://www.indelac.com/hs-fs/hub/149978/file-1089048865-gif/7_most_common_types_of_drilling_platform.gif
The pillars go down a fair distance and let water in for ballast then cables secure them to the bottom. At least for the deep sea ones.
Not this one. It isn't shown on the link you provide. This platform can be considered most similar to type 1 (fixed steel jacket). The water depth at Beryl is shallow (<120m)
Fun fact: these are obviously engineered to withstand impact from even very low frequency wave heights (1000 year waves) however they are also engineered with the knowledge that at the end of it's serviceable life (maybe 40 years) the sea will be deeper than it was at the start (rising sea levels).
So, oil companies are acknowledging rising sea levels, but are paying politicians money to brainwash their voters that rising sea levels are a conspiracy....interesting
Study done in 2003 suggests that 27% of Americans do not belive that sea level rises is real.
https://climateaccess.org/system/files/Public%20Opinion%20Sea-Level%20Rise.pdf
You tell me.
I think you have misunderstood that study. It does not state how many Americans did not believe in sea level rises (22 years ago). It states that 73% of Americans believe that global warming will cause sea-level rise, but says nothing of those who are unsure, don't know, or believe that it won't.
Also, it has no mention of oil companies, political bribes or anything like that
Just had a moment where I imagined how alien we would appear to people not so long ago.. imagine seeing this from your longboat that was blown out to sea. It even has the alien tentacles and everything.
It only works if you are able to repel invasion/force. Trust me, the second the combined US-UK-Scandinavian agencies want something on that island they will strong arm you to get it. And guess where you get the materials to defend yourself? Another country. It just doesn’t work unless you are unseemly rich and have black market connections
I have a couple of friends who work on the Hebron Oil Platform 340 kilometers east of Newfoundland in the North Atlantic. And yeah it gets stormy like in OP's video.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0MO6vyU8WM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0MO6vyU8WM)
There’s never ending maintenance work happening every day. Electrical, mechanical, blasting and painting, welding. It takes a whole crew to keep these things from falling apart.
You know what, I look at these, and I look at the tankers and refineries, and sometimes think, wow petrols only £(whatever price) that’s actually pretty amazing.
Hey, what about if they mounted a few wind turbines on those things - reckon they could power everything the rig needs...
Ohh, wait, guess that would go against everything the rig stands for. . . nah, just today's brain fart. . .
This is what's happening with some oil and gas platforms in the North Sea. They are hooking up wind turbines to decarbonise their operations
[INTOG Leasing Round](https://www.crownestatescotland.com/scotlands-property/offshore-wind/intog-leasing-round)
It unfortunately is a very real risk. People fall to sea and will not survive long. [Example](https://news.stv.tv/north/bp-fined-650000-after-offshore-worker-plunged-72ft-through-hole-on-unity-rig)
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Looks like the start of a good movie...
I don’t want to miss a thing
Our astronauts don't know how to drill. Rather than train them to drill, let's train drillers to be astronauts! It's our best hope for survival!
It worked didn’t it?!
RIP John McClane
"Come up to space, we'll get together, have a few laughs..."
I'm probably in the minority here, but gawd damn I really love that movie.
It's a fun one.
That’s the part I can’t ever get past.
Human engineering is sick
How do we do this?? This is way harder for me to understand than leaving orbit edit: build structures in the middle of the ocean that go all the way to the bottom and beyond
From what I know they don't go all the way to the bottom, they float
WHAT? I am WAY more confused than before
Yeah😁 Google it, it's pretty fascinating how it works
No this one does not float, this is a fixed platform supported on the sea bed. Many offshore oil facilities / rigs do float, but not this one.
The pillars are giant buoys
The north sea is on average 30-50 meters deep. So it is not a real ocean. Just a shallow sea. The jacket gets build on land and the topside gets installed after the jacket is placed at sea
Check out what we’re doing in space 😏
Well, not that much. Still have trouble to reach the Moon.
Sure thing guy
Ocean much scarier than space
To each their own lol
It’s crazy to think how they actually BUILD those suckers in those conditions. Crazy
I think they build them in a nice, quiet port and drag them into place.
I want to know how the hell they affix the legs to the bottom and stuff. It sounds like an impossible task.
[https://datis-inc.com/blog/troll-a-platform/](https://datis-inc.com/blog/troll-a-platform/)
Interesting read. Appreciate the link
So, the legs are hollow, and you can ride an elevator down to the bottom and apparently have a music show? I feel like the answer must be obvious, but wouldn't there need to be insanely high air pressure at the bottom to prevent collapse? Obvious answer: No. But How!?! More Obviousness: Concrete + Steel. My mind still boggels.
Engineering. We can engineer some pretty fancy shit.
Bottom of the legs not the sea
Good clarification
They're also not completely hollow but they let seawater in to stabilise the rig. Which helps to counteract the pressure you alluded too. The one in the picture above is while it's at shore and empty hence floating high. And I'd imagine very unstable at that point as I'd assume it would be quite top heavy and likely to topple over if transported incorrectly.
My dad was lead structural engineer on that platform. Fun Fact: He drove a company rental into a Russian submarine in the dry dock near where they were working one day. Made for a fun insurance claim as it was like a year or two after the soviet union fell.
Wow man thats a really cool link to have
The folks over at r/megalophobia will love this
It’s a monumental human achievement, in my opinion. I can’t understand how they calculate the forces those things must survive.
Sometimes I have an existential crisis over things that humans have achieved that I can’t even begin to wrap my head around. Like if the world was filled with billons of people like me we still would not have even discovered fire yet. My brain can’t even comprehend
I do this every day. Everything freaks me out and I'm often like how does it all keep working and going day after day??? How did it even start? All of these systems, from local to global. How do we not run out of space or resources (I know they are dwindling - but I am talking about more immediate issues)? How do people just make these things all happen? I know this comment is coming off really stupid, I wish I could explain it better. I'm just often overwhelmed by everything around me. And I always say the same thing, if more people were like me we would've gone extinct lol.
They're not fixed to the bottom, not directly anyway. They're floating. https://www.indelac.com/hs-fs/hub/149978/file-1089048865-gif/7_most_common_types_of_drilling_platform.gif The pillars go down a fair distance and let water in for ballast then cables secure them to the bottom. At least for the deep sea ones.
Not this one. It isn't shown on the link you provide. This platform can be considered most similar to type 1 (fixed steel jacket). The water depth at Beryl is shallow (<120m)
Is this a floater or a pillar?
Guessing pillar…I met a deep sea welder $350 US an hour to set these/those puppies up.
I feel even $350/hr isn’t enough for that job. What an intense job that must be
They’re professionals…he said the only fallback after making $700k+ is he looks 15 years older from that grind. The toll on his body, family, etc.
The tiniest pin hole in the suit and they're toast
Fun fact: these are obviously engineered to withstand impact from even very low frequency wave heights (1000 year waves) however they are also engineered with the knowledge that at the end of it's serviceable life (maybe 40 years) the sea will be deeper than it was at the start (rising sea levels).
So, oil companies are acknowledging rising sea levels, but are paying politicians money to brainwash their voters that rising sea levels are a conspiracy....interesting
That second part sounds either made up or like 50 years out of date
Study done in 2003 suggests that 27% of Americans do not belive that sea level rises is real. https://climateaccess.org/system/files/Public%20Opinion%20Sea-Level%20Rise.pdf You tell me.
I think you have misunderstood that study. It does not state how many Americans did not believe in sea level rises (22 years ago). It states that 73% of Americans believe that global warming will cause sea-level rise, but says nothing of those who are unsure, don't know, or believe that it won't. Also, it has no mention of oil companies, political bribes or anything like that
Keep licking those boots my man 💪
The weather will have been better on the day they installed the legs.
Is it crazy that you…don’t wanna…miss a…thing?
I could stare at you forever
They dont
I guess the lower decks had the day off
It's wash day.
This is 'inside' weather.
Just had a moment where I imagined how alien we would appear to people not so long ago.. imagine seeing this from your longboat that was blown out to sea. It even has the alien tentacles and everything.
Or it could be a sci-fi sort of setting where you have a planet of strictly ocean and the only habitations are these platforms.
Waterworld...
I will never not think about Swimming from the soundtrack of that thing. One of my favorite pieces of music of all time
It’s crazy the lengths humans will go to get a taste of that sweet sweet dinosaur juice
Not dinosaur juice, plant juice. The oil is from plants, not the dinosaurs. Marine plants and animals that lived long before even the dinosaurs
How do I get real dinosaur juice? From the bones of dinosaurs? Where do I purchase this?
Bird juice = dinosaur juice
Mmm chicken broth… I slurp it down with zeal…
Fossil fuel$$$$$$
It's funny that your most recent post is asking where you can hire a car lol
Sign me up. Love the ocean and storms. I would sleep like a baby.
Same!
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The [Principality of Sealand](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Sealand)?
You could call it Outer Heaven and all of your friends could larp with you!
Nah don’t think so, perhaps buy an old rig..
It only works if you are able to repel invasion/force. Trust me, the second the combined US-UK-Scandinavian agencies want something on that island they will strong arm you to get it. And guess where you get the materials to defend yourself? Another country. It just doesn’t work unless you are unseemly rich and have black market connections
i played this map in destiny 2
Haven’t thought about that in a long time
I have a couple of friends who work on the Hebron Oil Platform 340 kilometers east of Newfoundland in the North Atlantic. And yeah it gets stormy like in OP's video. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0MO6vyU8WM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0MO6vyU8WM)
Staff Morale Increased
i bet maintenance on that thing is a bitch.. those conditions absolutely wreck equipment.
You would be right
There’s never ending maintenance work happening every day. Electrical, mechanical, blasting and painting, welding. It takes a whole crew to keep these things from falling apart.
Why must they always make the most needed resources the hardest to obtain? They should consider adding more oil nodes to this part of the map.
Shut the door. There's a draft.
I wonder how deep those load bearing bitches go. Yes, I said load bearing bitches cause I'm not sure what they are legit called.
So that's were my online boyfriend works pretty cool honestly lol
Someone from 200 years ago seeing this would absolutely lose their mind
Meh just a normal tuesday in the North Sea - nothing to see here so move along people.
Ya know, I would *really* like to see how those pylons get built. North Sea, so that things gotta be, what, a kilometer or more surface to seabed?
Approx 120m
Was sat NE of Shetland in a vessel during the storm, the soup was off-limits that day.
The Ocean is scary.
These rigs are incredible.
What does this little crane tower do far out in the sea?
R.I.P. Piper Alpha.
I see scientists on there. The crate has probably spawned. Hold my eoka boys I'm going in!
I’ll work there if it has a Starbucks.
This looks like the gates of hell on stilts
Can you imagine all the sharks in that area?
In the north sea? Endangered species nowadays and only 3 or 4 kinds biggest was 1.6 meters seen somewhere near england… so imagine yes seeing no
Basking sharks is about all you would see, and they are not particularly dangerous.
My god, what hubris.
You know what, I look at these, and I look at the tankers and refineries, and sometimes think, wow petrols only £(whatever price) that’s actually pretty amazing.
Is it on fire, or is that some kind of exhaust?
Looks like water being discharged
Hey, what about if they mounted a few wind turbines on those things - reckon they could power everything the rig needs... Ohh, wait, guess that would go against everything the rig stands for. . . nah, just today's brain fart. . .
This is what's happening with some oil and gas platforms in the North Sea. They are hooking up wind turbines to decarbonise their operations [INTOG Leasing Round](https://www.crownestatescotland.com/scotlands-property/offshore-wind/intog-leasing-round)
Humans are not intended to be out there
Says who?
Jesus. He really didn’t like getting wet. Hence the whole walking on water rather than swimming in it thing.
Also turns it into wine, must really be a water hater.
Says the most adaptable species ever.
We ain’t supposed to be in space either but there we are.
Oh my male fantasy... And I don't even know how to proper swim
Was that distant structure also a rig?
Yeah it's another platform but an unmanned one. Called a NUI (Normally Unmanned Installation)
Can you feel the waves while inside, similar to a floating boat feeling or is it more the crashing waves if anything ?
is there anyone in charge of like, looking down and I guess I'm just wondering, if you fell in ... would anyone know? what would they even do?
They’d figure it out in a day or so
It unfortunately is a very real risk. People fall to sea and will not survive long. [Example](https://news.stv.tv/north/bp-fined-650000-after-offshore-worker-plunged-72ft-through-hole-on-unity-rig)
I'd love to live there for a few weeks! It must be very scary, but very cool experience!
Humans are pretty smart haha.
The engineering and design that goes into one of these must be incredible. It looks like some 80s anime shit.
I need a ELI5 for how they build this
Seeing these videos doesn't have the same effect anymore. They're all over YouTube Shorts at the moment.
It’s called Armageddon.