The Heaviest Oil Platform Ever Constructed | Super Structures | Spark
The Hibernia platform has three separate components: Topsides, Gravity Base Structure (GBS), Offshore Loading System (OLS). The completed platform was towed to the Hibernia oil field and positioned on the ocean floor in June of 1997 and began producing oil on November 17, 1997. The platform stands 224 meters high, which is half the height of New York’s Empire State Building and 33 meters taller than the Calgary Tower.
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25 years later and still producing oil, just watched this video from a supply vessel on stand by for hibernia. a true marvel of engineering
Actually it was a massive failure. The costs were unjustified, but overshadowed by the industry's inherent profitability. Today we produce rigs at less than 1/20 of the cost with the same capabilities.
@@ThisIsGoogle what have you engendered. Besides negativity.
@@reallyskeptical ???????????????? He said the truth bitch.
@@ThisIsGoogle you should read your comments 1st. Makes no sense .
So Daniel. Where are you and what have you been up to?
The fact that Mark Hamill narrated this make this video an extra treat to watch
The force is strong with this video!
I’m like super impressed that even while training with yoda across the universe and looking for Vader, luke skywalker was able to maintain a day job as a narrator for an earth television series even when so busy with Jedi training, truly a jack of all trades
It took a heavy toll on him and made him wreak havoc upon Gotham City tho
This is true extreme engineering. It's incredible to think we're capable of understanding and building these types of structures.
All for GREED.
Yes and unnecessary.
Tangobaldy it’s entirely necessary for your life to continue the way it has. Don’t be naive.
@@vibemunster - Your name says it all. I'm sure you never, ever use gasoline, do you? Where do you think it comes from, the oil fairy?
@@kurtbjorn3841 It's spelt 'faerie', and don't piss them off or they'll steal your firstborn!
Being on solid ground feels so good right about now
Yup
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I remember watching this premiere 20+ years ago.. back when tv was good
ugggghhh, now i know how old this is. ummmm, should i continue watching?
10 years past since i read it in reader's digest.
Me too! OG documentary nerds unite!
tv was Never good.
Thank you very much for sharing this Video with us .
TODAY, ON THE OLD DOCUMENTARY CHANNEL... Seriously though, I remember this documentary from the late 90's. I thought about Hibernia GBS every now and then. Kind of a treat to run across this documentary again.
31:25 not hard to tell this was made before 2009, seeing how this happened to Cougar flight 491, she crashed into the North Atlantic on her way to the SeaRose FPSO after a main gearbox failure killing 17 leaving only 1 survivor. Rest in peace...
Thanks for the amazing documentary!!
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Awesome engeering feat. Big salute.
Damn Luke Skywalker teaching some knowledge on big oil!
Reading from a script again.
Tut!--You don't understand! This 'Geebyess' will have a full 360 deg,. 'vista' from it's highest point, and (I can't prove it) is said to have received proper comments from real pipe people!
you caught that too. i don't think too many people know. He going to do one on the Death Star and building an Imperial Star Destroyer, if that is what they call them. nobody caught that but you.
Sky Lukewalker
Damn - it's impossible to tell whether you all are 13 year old rejects, or just shut-ins in their fifties!
Great work and inspiring task by all measures
Amazing people work there. I’d die of anxiety and fear
This was done in the 90s..its 2021 what amazing thing have we done
Damn those synthetic pan pipes!!
To the men who pass all the tests and meet the criteria I am humbled by you you are a elite team of individual's 👍👋
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@@jovenaldomingo1123 what 🤦🏻♂️
Nah they nuts 😁
Luke Skywalker narrated this. That is really cool.
Who knew Mark had a technical documentary voice
He 's done a lot of voice work - cartoons/animated programs, video game characters and narration of documentaries.
If caught early enough any ice berg headed for the rig could easily be diverted with 50 kiloton thermonuclear device
GREAT VID,,,THANX...
Designed to last 20-years, this oil rig, built in the 1990s is still in production. Can you say, "Getting your money's worth"?
I thought 20 to 25 years was a little short for the lifespan. I guess the rate at which you are pumping out the oil can play a role in the lifespan.
i live in newfoundland. The GBS was a big deal here in the 90s. cool to see it here lol.
What about a 105 howitzer or a 155 canon to blast them before they are able to hit the platform. The pictures showing the "ice berg" hitting the platform showing it to very completely fall apart.
woah thats some state of the art computers!
He's so right. Whether it is a good idea or not, men will build against mother nature and gamble. Who will win.
For sure. Seems like they could come up with a better way to test the models than that tiny pool also.
Amazing...
Bruh, these oil workers are basically mini versions of Navy SEALS.
so what's that supposed to mean? sounds a bit 'homo erection' to me?.....Bruh?
Wow. I'm speechless. Ok, almost speechless. But mostly speechless.
Remarkable!
That's an interesting one...
If you think getting high before work is ok, this job is not for you Lol
In ten thousand years they'll assume it was a tomb. Nope just humans destroying Earth
@Daniel Kintigh Well, that depends. Do you think global warming is a hoax and/or that the many environmental scientists around the globe coming to the same conclusion about human activities causing widespread environmental damage are simply paid off by enemies of U.S. interests? ...I so badly wish I was joking and that humans weren't that fucking stupid.
Would not have guessed that Mr. Hammel was the voice!.......even more interesting ;)
There were penguins on one of the icebergs - stock footage used without checking which hemisphere it was shot in.
Since it is supposed to be viable for 20ish years (22 years ago), looking forward to the dismantling video.
well it Exxon did just halt production due to another spill, so you'd think its about time
She got a long time to go yet
Amazing engineer
I feel like I'm the only one who read that a "Mark Hamill" was narrating this, and went... "THE Mark Hamill?". THE Mark Hamill. He's a great narrator, good for him :)
amazing.
Brilliant... the triumph of human ingenuity over the rough forces of the North Sea. The engineering of Hibernian Gravity Base Structure is absolutely unbelievable. Kudos to everyone involved in this Project.
its alien technology buddy dont be fooled.
Commentator remarked that at the Piper Enquiry they stated if the men on board Piper Alpha had basic fire training the could have possibly survived. Rubbish. All on board had to have done their survival course, which included basic fire fighting. But on the night, their was no possible chance even an experienced firefighter could have done anything about. Even the biggest fire engine in the North Sea was beside it and had little effect. MSV Tharos. The ones that followed procedure perish, the ones that looked after themselves survived.
Mark Hamil is the best narrator Jedi ever!!
I love how Mark Hamill narrates it
Incredible feat of engineering. It’s amazing that something like this is possible!
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Great video but some of the story is a little off, the Ocean Ranger didn't sink because of the weather, a window broke and the ballast control room got wet so they lost control. Several times ships are called "barges", they were actually pretty special ships, Mighty Servants 1, 2 and 3, the Dutch vessel Transshelf and three ore carriers including the MV Nanticoke. The video is from 1998.
They explain that at around 35 mins
Did you even watch the whole thing? They explained exactly that. Luke Skywalker would never lie to us.
Simples. SUPERGLUE OF COURSE !
So Sad those Rig Worker Died when they were just working. It is really a heartbreaking those guys died. Rest in peace. This is so so sad. I feel sorrow and sad for the rig workers. Rest In Peace.
Good Canadian oil and canadian history on what's in our water
12:01 We've learned about this Ocean Ranger disaster in every HUET* training (usually after learning about "Piper Alpha disaster"), but they never show the aftermath footage. This is horrifying! * Btw: HUET: Helicopter Underwater Evacuation Training.
my uncle worked on the ocean ranger. he was supposed to be there when it flipped but he was sick if i recall correctly. very lucky man.
I’ve only seen one person mention that this voice is skywalker hamill
1:31 This video is narrated by The Force!
This video is stolen
"Kid, I've been from one side of this galaxy to the next. I've seen some stranges things..."
Oo can't wait to watch this!
Wow🌟
He said "seamen". 😂 . . . . . Seriously though. RIP to the crew of the Ocean Ranger. I can't understand how they didn't make it to the life boats.
I think they froze to death on the boats
I've taken the survival training and can say that it's tough. Specially the helicopter simulator crash down.
@F*CK tRump Ha's are here Actually we call it Helo, at least get it a bit right kido.
@D-COM, yeah ok
Luke Skywalker as a narrator is amazing
You mean the joker is also a good narrator
This must be a very old show.. I remember seeing news clips about Hibernia 25 years agio. `In fact I thought it was much older than that, but guess not..
I remember seeing one of these being built in Norway. Discovery Channel some 20 years ago ... ... ....
meanwhile sometime back, someone converted water into Hydrogen gas by use of electrolysis which can be used for welding and run a car's engine and is very green house friendly
just the hydrogen production is very inefficient
i have often wondered why that is done more, sure it is less efficient to dump electricity into water to make hydrogen, but then it can be stored in a bottle.eletricity has resistance in wires and other problems. maybe someday, also hydrogen can be used in capstone mico-turbines, have you heard of them ? they have air bearings and 40,000 rpm.
Everything that is actually more efficient actually gets used. Engineers and accountants do more for efficiency than any amount of green protesters.
Because the majority of electricity produced comes from fossil fuels. So you burn coal and oil to make hydrogen then burn the hydrogen to make water. In the end you would have been better to just use the oil in the first place. Hydrogen electrolysis is less like a production, and more like a storage, like batteries, but much less efficient.
Excellent narration by Mark Hamill. I bet those workers are getting paid $$$$$
Especially since Luke Skywalker himself is narratoring it badass
We build to our best estimates, after that, anybody's guess.
Funny because its true.
Not quite estimates.
More ads on youtube than on tv these days..
Theres No Ads What Are You Talking About
A Frog fuck an A .
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@@thomasmckelvey8961 or Brave browser :)
@@MyrKnof The only ones I see are embedded in the videos, with uBlock Origin. It's the one Anons recommend...
I love history of Man made delovpiing a great oil plat from the beginning to an end how do you do that it takes a lot of time and so much knowledge and especially money to do it this brilliant of science tist whoever did people all over the world because not just one country to do it it takes a different nation of in humanity life of our time together we stand and together we succeed as profisonals in this world we live today
This feels more star wars than the recent films.
Not only was the subject super interesting the narrator’s voicewas a real nice change 👍👍
Mark Hamill Narrating this?! The mark Hamill aka Luke skywalker?! Lets gooo
0:20 those icebergs floated a long way to the Grand Banks.
I am a Newfoundlander myself and it still never ceases to amaze me how big those bergs after travelling such a distance. I have observed them from shore and some look like giant castles and others like perfect rectangles floating in the water . Then i think about how much is still beneath the water. I recently downloaded some icebergs pics taken by a photographer for CBC News and many people called the pics fakes and the photographer an hoax but believe me i am 45 years old and they are out there and it's no hoax.
@@chadhunt7199 I'm sure they exist. I've seen pictures from the Coast Guard spotter flights. I was commenting on the fact that Antarctica, where penguins live, is a long way for those to have travelled. Disclaimer: I'm from Arizona and have never seen an iceberg or penguins in their natural habitat.
HighFlyer lol ahhh I believe they come from the Arctic. You know we're penguins DO NOT live lol. I hope you're just joking around.
@@goodbyemr.anderson5065 no I'm not joking. Those look like penguins on the ice at 0:20 one of the downsides to using stock footage.
HighFlyer yeah at a second glance that can't be right!!
It's 2020 and I watched this in 360P
Is it possible if engineers can build a surrounding wall of cement concrete couple of few distance around the oil rigs and other oil rigs too inorder to slow down the current of the sea when it's rough.
WOW!
"Gravity based structure" Just like every other fixed structure in the world.
Except fixed structures don't usually need to be a quarter of a mile tall just to touch the ground, get hit with icebergs, and avoid rusting while soaking in seawater.
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Best thing is that this Is voiced by Mark Hamill
Just don't claim to the media that its UNSINKABLE! And you will be fine.
Mrs Berezowski is a cool duck⚡️🎉🪿
jobs I will never take: underground coal miner, cold icy ocean work.
4:28. It will follow the coastline to avoid rough weather.. graphics show it going straight out to sea to the north than turning south . Only thing it does is go around the edge of the underwater Grand Banks. Tha. 47:45 ish. They say they touch down 5 feet from there marks on the sea floor but can’t celebrate yet because they still have the dangerous part of touching down on the sea floor to do next.
The oil rig in the thumbnail is the one here in Dundee XD
How long and wide is the platform?
Cement doesn't "dry". It sets by absorbing water into its crystalline structure. If it actually dries out, it falls apart.
By The Sea Aspirin Shop its not your average cement mate, there are so many applications with cement
The cement absorbs the water, then the water chemically reacts with the cement to form an entirely new compound which is solid. You can remove the water by heating it up to a few THOUSAND degrees F. But that would take an incredible amount of energy. Any concrete sidewalk you walk on is dry, but it doesn't fall apart neither do concrete skyscrapers.
Im a concrete finisher, and I'll say you both are somewhat correct, but both missing the main reaction going on that us finishers love, and need to get our ass home by 6 pm.
How do they float so much concrete
Amazing equipment on an Amazing piece of History in the unbelievable environment With Amazing men and women Congratulations on all of your achievements given to you by the Hand of the Almighty God.
Rookie left in charge with no experience. That was the real failure.
"using cutting edge computer technology"....* shows pictures of engineer using computer with CRT monitors*
1997........
Christopher Haist more like 20 years!!!! That rig was a long time coming!!!! They knew about that oil in the 70s, maybe even earlier
CRT display is not that imporant, as software that is running on PC attached to it.
this thing Exxon owns keeps having spills from its tanks, most recent was this summer 2019
Hibernia has successfully produced well over a billion barrels of oil in 23 years. She has experienced two minor spills which consist of a 100 barrels of oil in total. Grow up.
@@newfie8 Just because this rig might be someones bread and butter, it's still archaic. If reincarnation is real, I hope you come back as a seagull in a Dawn commercial.
@@yeeaahhzz OMG that was funny... Well.. maybe not funny funny.... Uuh.. u getmy drift! 😜
Narrative. Luke Skywalker. May the force be with that Oil Rig.
Luke Skywalker is the Narrator!!! My the Force be with you!!!!
that safety net thing to get down seem dangerous if it breaks of they will drown
where do they get all the sand to create cement- mountains or deserts
Martin Cardoso they don't use sand in the manufacture of cement, cement is made from heated limestone and gypsum. This mixed with sand and gravel makes concrete
Very complicated construction. Sticking solar panels on the roof is much more simple for energy :-)
how are you going to make solar panels without metals, roads, transportation, and many other complicated tasks made easy by oil.
@Nehemiah Brayan lmfao.. no you didn't and no one cares. get a fucking job.
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Lol the problem with that is the sun is only available during the day
I hope this was filmed before all the results of the investigations around the ocean ranger disaster. Because if not, its beyond criminal how they down play it as just "big waves cause it to flip" and nothing else. Also suspect to enlist a super well known actor to narrate it as well.
The description of the ocean lab scale model test between 34 and 37 minutes into the video explained that waves alone did not flip the Ocean Ranger. There is a one or two sentence summary of the water coming through the porthole and shorting out the computers controlling the ballast tank valves leading to listing and the rig turning over.
Have they forgotten John Smeaton's cement which is a mixture of equal volumes of 1 part lime + 1 part iron slag powder + 1 part clay powder. The hydraulic mortar invented by John Smeaton is composed of 1 part lime + 1 part iron slag + clay and mixed together to form a hydraulic mortar that sets and cures and hardens underwater. It was used to build the Eddystone Lighthouse made out of dovetailed granite blocks bonded together by John Smeaton's hydraulic mortar composed of 1 part lime + 1 part iron slag + clay. It was for 118 years before it was dismantled and reassembled on the original coast near within visual range of it's offshore location and still using the same original John Smeaton's mortar which is composed of 1 part lime + 1 part iron slag + clay. And during it;s 118 years of service exposed to the pounding waves and sea storms and salt sprays and salt air and salt water and salt crystals did not caused any cracks and did not caused any deterioration, in fact before it was dismantled John Smeaston's lime-iron slag-clay hydraulic mortar has remained as good as brand new WITHOUT ANY LOSS OF IT'S ORIGINAL STRENGTH! Total time from time of finishing of construction to present time, John Smeaston's lime-iron slag-clay hydraulic mortar has remained as good as brand new for 257 years WITHOUT ANY LOSS OF IT'S ORIGINAL STRENGTH! And the original base made out of the original John Smeaton's cement which is a mixture of equal volumes of 1 part lime + 1 part iron slag powder + 1 part clay powder is still 100% intact and UNAFFECTED by the corrosive effects and by the pounding of the waves all that time and only the rock foundation underneath is affected by the sea BUT NOT THE JOHN SMEATON HYDRAULIC CEMENT MORTAR. Time-tested and time-proven already, then why it is nearly forgotten and obviously being snubbed in a subtle way by today's so called advance civil engineering industries is something that is OBVIOUSLY SUSPICIOUS, ISN'T IT!?
You , my friend are 1 part lime , 1 part iron slag 1 part dork
@@orbonds3603 And you asshole are an ignorant, dumbed down dork through and through, if you are still alive somewhere.
@@orbonds3603 Slander is used by people who's ideas are so weak and illogical and can not stand the test of real reason and logic that they must find ways to silence any who challenge or disagree with those ideas. And you @OR Bonds are weak because your lack of knowledge only exposed your mental weakness and GREED AND ENVY TO THOSE WHO KNOWS MORE.
@@orbonds3603 "When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser." And you @OR Bonds are the loser.
The Piper Alpha was a total cover up!!!
I thought you started by saying waves out there could be 80 feet high. Why did they only test the model with waves equivalent to 75 feet high???
With what we now know about giant waves both those figures seem rather low. Waves of over 100feet do occur from time to time in these locations as numerous waves coincide occassionally, In fact the oil rig that sank(mentioned in the video) was probably taken out by a freak wave that smashed the porthole in the ballast control room and thus flooded the control computer and led to the capsize.
1:32 - what!?! how did they manage to get the Joker voiceover guy to narrate this?
49:35 'Using state of the art computer technology' proceeds to open old western bank vault to unveil world's largest sewing machine.
The world inner core is growing because humans have taken Oil and Gas out of the earth since 1852 and therefore there is room for the inner core to grow and therefore the heat on the earth grows from within, says Hendrik Johannesen from the Faroe Islands
you find the right haystack you get the needle
Oh 1997. That’s why the video is not HD.
life was HD though.
@@BigEightiesNewWave I remember it differently, but memories are _always_ imperfect (a little fuzzy). I also could have sworn that the entire world had a different aspect ratio back then.
fuckk off then. fuckin kids of today.
They didn't know in 1991 that the fire made the crack in the hull funny