• Russian oil rig accidents
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NSFW quite brutal [video=youtube;3qSxXFQ9-NE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qSxXFQ9-NE[/video] The negligence and unsafe works is insane. [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Didn't read the sticky" - Craptasket))[/highlight]
Christ, the people who work on oil rigs are insane. I know its one of the best paying jobs on the planet, but fuck sake, you are literally risking your life daily.
Should have used a NSFW tag, because this is literally unsafe for work
OH man, some of those were REALLY fucking brutal.
[QUOTE=pentium;50108691]OH man, some of those were REALLY fucking brutal.[/QUOTE] The one at 1:20 made me close the video. Nope
[QUOTE=Furioso;50108745]The one at 1:20 made me close the video. Nope[/QUOTE] Pretty sure an arm or a leg came off.
That guy just fell like a sack of bricks. Blood even started to run on the floor. Holy fuck, what the hell's wrong with Russia?
[media]https://youtu.be/oftgbYm9d7U[/media]. Not my jam, looks like it's a case of either faulty equipment or poor training. What's russia's deal with poor practices?
Christ, has Russia even heard of safe workplace practices?
[QUOTE=Rocâ„¢;50109027]That guy just fell like a sack of bricks. Blood even started to run on the floor. Holy fuck, what the hell's wrong with Russia?[/QUOTE] This isn't abnormal dude. Oils rigs are known for being beast of burden. Someone needs to do the job, it usually pays very well, but if you screw up one thing, it can kill you.
ooo man 4:42 is spoopy shit
[QUOTE=Instant Mix;50109046][media]https://youtu.be/oftgbYm9d7U[/media]. Not my jam, looks like it's a case of either faulty equipment or poor training. What's russia's deal with poor practices?[/QUOTE] Alot of these are cases of cutting corners, but skylynx is right, offshore drilling can kill you quicker than blink. For example at 17 seconds this is the result of completely normal operation, that was caused by the casing snapping (and the guy got away relatively intact, which the compilation cuts away from. Also don't ask me how its possible for a casing to snap thats beyond me.) As time passes engineers have been idiotproofing rigs as fast as possible, but most people still work on older equipment, aren't paying attention, have shitty habits, or are plain unlucky.
When the lights cut and shit starts going awry, it reminds me of playing doom 3 as a 10 year old
[QUOTE=Unreliable;50109820]When the lights cut and shit starts going awry, it reminds me of playing doom 3 as a 10 year old[/QUOTE] What the fuck is even happening in those instances? It's like the drill pipe drops and all the rigging gets pulled down with it (EG. 3:09)
[QUOTE=pentium;50109878]What the fuck is even happening in those instances? It's like the drill pipe drops and all the rigging gets pulled down with it (EG. 3:09)[/QUOTE] I have no idea, but 4:48
It's things like this that caused OSHA to come about.. Doesn't Russia have something equivalent to it?
Russians seem to have a reckless disregard for their own safety but rigs really aren't that safe, Deep Water Horizon was a wake up call for the west after it blew up because of how poorly ran it was.
[QUOTE=Krazzykidd;50109061]Christ, has Russia even heard of safe workplace practices?[/QUOTE] To be fair, employment at an oil rig is dangerous and carries a heavy risk despite what nation or company which owns the rig.
the sheer catastrophic nature of some of these blows my mind. it's like you fuck up once and the literal power of Earth/the sea comes down on you.
I can't believe how primitive most of this looks. I don't see why it couldn't be automated, most of this looks like people just manually moving stuff into place. A couple of tele-operated six axis robot arms would do the job. And I cannot understand how half of these failures happened. Things like the drill shaft failing so spectacularly could be avoided by measuring the back emf on the motor windings, or placing a stress sensor between each segment, blow-outs ought to be avoidable with an additional outlet shaft and an industrial strength check valve. Maybe this is just old kit and newer stuff actually has proper safeguards, but it baffles me how unions or regulations would ever allow a workplace like this.
okay surley most oil rigs arent this bad just Russia haves poor infrastructure ?
[QUOTE=QwertySecond;50112524]I can't believe how primitive most of this looks. I don't see why it couldn't be automated, most of this looks like people just manually moving stuff into place. A couple of tele-operated six axis robot arms would do the job. And I cannot understand how half of these failures happened. Things like the drill shaft failing so spectacularly could be avoided by measuring the back emf on the motor windings, or placing a stress sensor between each segment, blow-outs ought to be avoidable with an additional outlet shaft and an industrial strength check valve. Maybe this is just old kit and newer stuff actually has proper safeguards, but it baffles me how unions or regulations would ever allow a workplace like this.[/QUOTE] lol dood, oil isn't cheap to get out of the ground, the labor isn't cheap, and the infrastructure for it isn't cheap. Unless you want to be paying $50 for a liter of gas, the oil industry isn't going to modernize to the point of adding robot arms and digital stress sensors. Morons who will work on a rig are a dime a dozen. They can have a death a day and still find people to work at $45 an hour on a rig. [editline]11th April 2016[/editline] [QUOTE=theevilldeadII;50113018]okay surley most oil rigs arent this bad just Russia haves poor infrastructure ?[/QUOTE] Oil rigs in the US aren't much better.
[QUOTE=Cyke Lon bee;50113132] Oil rigs in the US aren't much better.[/QUOTE] Really?
They are often the same gen4-5 rigs with people who like to cut corners. I like to think in US they are more stringent but I dont know. [QUOTE]I can't believe how primitive most of this looks. I don't see why it couldn't be automated, most of this looks like people just manually moving stuff into place. A couple of tele-operated six axis robot arms would do the job.[/QUOTE] No. For what you described to work the rig would need the control systems needed to figure out exactly what to do, when, and how. Oil platforms at respectable depth float, so the guidence mechanisms need to take into account the physics of the drill, topdrive, casing, etc, but also the effects of the environment. In the end is a cost inneffective system that has a greater chance of bungling everything since its directly linked to the rig's workings. Also these guys are the maintainence and diagnostic staff of the vessel, and need to perform those duties in the same conditions. It is easier and safer to reduce risk factors of the machine rather than automate it, and that is what we have been doing for 60+ years. In an ideal world everybody works on gen6 platforms after proper training but thats not happening for a while.
Damn, I thought oil rigs would have have high security standards considering the danger and I'm really curious to see how the accidents happen. Though I'd lose my sleep if I watched it
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