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

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.

ahhh thats perfect casing weather that is, lol

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

The ZEITGEIST MOVEMENT NOW!!! There is no reason anymore to pump for oil

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@daviecrocket12345 you have freak wave in your brain..

@moseseseseses

The sea is angry my friends...

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

holy shit scary stuff. id never work on a rig

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

id rather be at home lol! thats crazy

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

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

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

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

freak wave???

@patwhite010101 HOW DARE YOU RETRACT YOUR LAST STATEMENT!!!!!! YPI %/(/§%)("$(/!§$&%!"§% (Just kidding, people really let off their anger in these forums.... )

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

THIS, is why I live in Vegas.

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.

Does that rig belong to BP?

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 :)

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

@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.

@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.

@5mesarz we looking for chuck norris or segal.

who would wanna work on one of those

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

@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". ;)

amazing piece of engineering.

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

wheres the huge wave?

wicked

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

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.

@johnnysnowking chuck norris is wearing out

@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.

how high is that wave/those waves approx?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It's not the worst!

Is the construction shakin under the big waves ?