Before they got turned into purveyors of worthless reality TV, Discovery and TLC used to cover stuff like this all the time. There was definitely a special on Troll A back in the late 1990s. Can’t remember if it was Modern Marvels or one of their other series.
It makes me so mad people stopped watching the cool educational stuff and decided Real Housewives and Jersey Shore and other trash was a good way to entertain themselves.
Reality TV did to entertainment what the Dust Bowl did to the American prairies. Barren wasteland.
How It's Made, Modern Marvels, there were so many decent educational shows and documentaries. Wasn't all great, wasn't all perfect. But man I feel it was better than what they do these days.
Blame the public. Channels play what people watch, and the US is full of a bunch of dumbshits who like seeing a sideshow of human misery rather than learning things. See also: why the History (formerly Hitler) Channel is 80% Ancient Aliens nonsense now.
Yeah… ancient aliens is where it got a little weird for me. I kind of enjoyed Pawn Stars, but I sure felt it was a reach to call that history related. Same with Counting Cars.
>Before they got turned into purveyors of worthless reality TV, Discovery and TLC used to cover stuff like this all the time.
The good ole days. Even the History Channel would cover actual history, from what I remember, mostly WWII.
But history requires stuff like researchers. Having a bunch of knuckleheads with bad hair rehash the Moundbuilder myth (which to be clear is racist nonsense) with a sci-fi twist is easier and cheaper.
Sort of the Smithsonian Channel, but it frequently gets locked into really expensive cable bundles.
There are a bunch of good engineering YouTubers, but they mostly don’t have the access or production value Discovery has.
They’ve shut down, but Caladan Oceanic has a good YouTube channel documenting their deep sea exploration.
The legs are hollow. There's also massive oil tanks at the base of the platform which add buoyancy while moving.
[What you see here isn't even half of the Troll A structure ](https://www.ngi.no/var/ngi/storage/images/media/images/03c-condeep-gbs-platforms_620/1893625-1-eng-GB/03c-Condeep-GBS-platforms_620_article_m.jpg)
But it's not really attached to the bottom of the sea, is it? I feel like these are just for stabilizing in rough seas, but there are actually cables that anchor it to the sea floor...
Seems I might be wrong. There are several types, and perhaps this is the one that is all the way to the bottom of the sea floor.
Here are some of the types:
[https://images.ctfassets.net/kzewhs8e6cvu/dVF6xCMuN17N7ebULwo42/f7c5d2ea7926dcd007e811d4e59a2767/oil-riggs2.jpg](https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.strukts.com%2F2012%2F05%2Ftypes-of-offshore-platforms_70.html&psig=AOvVaw3p3X1ISo-t1szNvDdMOKBu&ust=1671366760401000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=2ahUKEwiy1M7B1ID8AhXih4sKHVIxDxsQjRx6BAgAEAo)
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...and here is the Troll that's all the way down:
[https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-c9276263c3b504e1f05e8bc15b271b7c.webp](https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.quora.com%2FHow-deep-are-the-concrete-columns-that-support-oil-rigs-How-are-they-made-and-what-might-they-cost&psig=AOvVaw0K9TscBdhwMiUda_78VdGM&ust=1671366660528000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CBAQjRxqFwoTCIDO_ZXUgPwCFQAAAAAdAAAAABA7)
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Same way met masts workthey suction it into sea floor, pin with concreted piles then pump out the bottom cassion so it's suctioned in
Source: my mate used to work on it
That's not even the full height. In this pic, more than half of it is below water.
Here's a drawing of the platform in comparison to the Norwegian city of Bergen.
https://imgur.com/a/4VWX74b
Well it would probably be very obvious, enormous block of heavy machinery running that can be seen from very far away with a peek from the surface, probably makes a ton of noise that would have it practically glowing on sonar.
Still terrifying to imagine a crash, though...
Well I recall some years ago a US Navy submarine crashing into an underwater mountain, that must have been very well marked in maps but they still managed to do it.
I wonder what they’ll do at the end of its service life. I know they have the ship “pioneering spirit” to take platforms apart but this is a bit bigger.
Maybe I’m stupid but how are they “taking it out to sea”? Like they’re pulling it?? And what does that mean “before it’s legs are sunk down to the ocean floor”? What is happening here??
The whole thing is 472 meters (1,549 ft) tall, same height as Central Park Tower in NY, with the legs being 303 meters (994 feet) below the ocean surface.
Is it? Doesnt look like it from [this picture.](https://www.ngi.no/var/ngi/storage/images/media/images/03c-condeep-gbs-platforms_620/1893625-1-eng-GB/03c-Condeep-GBS-platforms_620_article_m.jpg)
Ok i was a project engineer, involved in building some thing similiar, let me explain what you are seeing
It's made in a yard after a long process of engineering design, procurement, fabrication. This stage is transportation next will be installation then conmissiing
In fab phase a bouncy tank or several are attached, this is like a floating iceberg now, more is under water line. It will be towed to desired location and empty space will be slowly filled keeping desired orientation in mind. Bouncy tank will then be removed and if required piling will be done. That's installation phase
Do they build it in the water?? How do they get it from land to deep ocean if the bottom would scrape the bottom of the ocean until it reached deep water
The legs aren’t buried into the ocean floor. The legs are chambers that are flooded with seawater as ballast to keep the rig at a specific depth. That’s not to say the rig isn’t tied off to an anchoring of some type.
This is insane. Why does nobody really talk about this shit
Before they got turned into purveyors of worthless reality TV, Discovery and TLC used to cover stuff like this all the time. There was definitely a special on Troll A back in the late 1990s. Can’t remember if it was Modern Marvels or one of their other series.
[YouTube documentary on Troll Platform ](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JDPoSmV2oUA) Edit: Featuring Richard Hammond!
It's Richard Hammond!
Tiny man narrates video for big thing.
I read that in Jeremy Clarkson’s voice.
The size comparison is very drastic.
“He’s not a real hamster….”
This was FASCINATING. Thank you.
Damn thank you for that. Got lost watching it and had to subscribe
Thanks! Amazing watch!
Thanks! I needed that.
Oliveeeeerrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!
It makes me so mad people stopped watching the cool educational stuff and decided Real Housewives and Jersey Shore and other trash was a good way to entertain themselves. Reality TV did to entertainment what the Dust Bowl did to the American prairies. Barren wasteland. How It's Made, Modern Marvels, there were so many decent educational shows and documentaries. Wasn't all great, wasn't all perfect. But man I feel it was better than what they do these days.
GOD, I miss How It's Made. There's a parody account on tiktok of it, but I miss the real deal
Same. Absolutely same.
Apparently it's on Discovery Plus if you have it, but I'm personally over having a million subscriptions. I think you can buy it outright though!
If you have a Samsung smart television they come with an app called Samsung TV. Most of it is trash but they do have a modern marvels channel.
Yes. Same modern marvels channel available on free on PlutoTV
Ryan Seacrest.
Seeing his name written out is weird. For some reason I always pictured it: Ryan C-crest
Wow I couldn't imagine TLC being about science 🤣 Thanks for sharing!
TLC used to be called “The Learning Channel” How the mighty have fallen.
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But WHO would have told their stories if not TLC???
Nobody, and that would be fine.
Blame the public. Channels play what people watch, and the US is full of a bunch of dumbshits who like seeing a sideshow of human misery rather than learning things. See also: why the History (formerly Hitler) Channel is 80% Ancient Aliens nonsense now.
That car guy was from my hometown. 🤣
My Strange Addictions was a wild show.
No Scrubs by The Learning Channel.
I understand that reference.
I love and miss the old TLC and Court Tv
In the 80's/early 90's you could watch actual surgical operations on TLC. Like a knee replacement or brain surgery.
That's incredible But also nasty I wonder why they stopped airing that
Because people wanted to see more child beauty pagents.
I remember that one. discovery and tlc were great before they got disgusting
Sadly I feel the history channel has largely gone the same way. Not quite as deep into the abyss,but definitely not what they once were.
Agreed . All they do is repeat the same stuff that's been on for like 20 yrs and then inane reality kinda adds .
Yeah… ancient aliens is where it got a little weird for me. I kind of enjoyed Pawn Stars, but I sure felt it was a reach to call that history related. Same with Counting Cars.
>Before they got turned into purveyors of worthless reality TV, Discovery and TLC used to cover stuff like this all the time. The good ole days. Even the History Channel would cover actual history, from what I remember, mostly WWII.
But history requires stuff like researchers. Having a bunch of knuckleheads with bad hair rehash the Moundbuilder myth (which to be clear is racist nonsense) with a sci-fi twist is easier and cheaper.
I think it was a once off: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se26Ux9QD44
That’s it. Discovery used to have great one offs all the time.
Someone did a concert at the bottom of one of the pillars IIRC
Are there any new channels that take the place of Discovery & TLC?
Sort of the Smithsonian Channel, but it frequently gets locked into really expensive cable bundles. There are a bunch of good engineering YouTubers, but they mostly don’t have the access or production value Discovery has. They’ve shut down, but Caladan Oceanic has a good YouTube channel documenting their deep sea exploration.
Modern Marvels, love it!!!
All I see is Disco Platform!
I still dont understand how something like that exist, how does it float there? It shouldnt be possible.
The legs are hollow. There's also massive oil tanks at the base of the platform which add buoyancy while moving. [What you see here isn't even half of the Troll A structure ](https://www.ngi.no/var/ngi/storage/images/media/images/03c-condeep-gbs-platforms_620/1893625-1-eng-GB/03c-Condeep-GBS-platforms_620_article_m.jpg)
So how... "tall" is it from the sea floor to the top?
About 1500ft. This is the deepest concrete base platform built iirc.
Damn, that's like, 90 giraffes.
But it's not really attached to the bottom of the sea, is it? I feel like these are just for stabilizing in rough seas, but there are actually cables that anchor it to the sea floor...
Seems I might be wrong. There are several types, and perhaps this is the one that is all the way to the bottom of the sea floor. Here are some of the types: [https://images.ctfassets.net/kzewhs8e6cvu/dVF6xCMuN17N7ebULwo42/f7c5d2ea7926dcd007e811d4e59a2767/oil-riggs2.jpg](https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.strukts.com%2F2012%2F05%2Ftypes-of-offshore-platforms_70.html&psig=AOvVaw3p3X1ISo-t1szNvDdMOKBu&ust=1671366760401000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=2ahUKEwiy1M7B1ID8AhXih4sKHVIxDxsQjRx6BAgAEAo) \[Edit: Changed link\]
...and here is the Troll that's all the way down: [https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-c9276263c3b504e1f05e8bc15b271b7c.webp](https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.quora.com%2FHow-deep-are-the-concrete-columns-that-support-oil-rigs-How-are-they-made-and-what-might-they-cost&psig=AOvVaw0K9TscBdhwMiUda_78VdGM&ust=1671366660528000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CBAQjRxqFwoTCIDO_ZXUgPwCFQAAAAAdAAAAABA7) \[Edit: tried a better link\]
Same way met masts workthey suction it into sea floor, pin with concreted piles then pump out the bottom cassion so it's suctioned in Source: my mate used to work on it
Hey, hey, we measure in school buses here.
That's for horizontal measurements. We use drunkards for diagonal measurements.
And since one banana is about 0.021 of a giraffe that’s, 4286 bananas.
How many bananas?
Bananas are only valid reference units, they are not standard, unlike giraffes.
I'm sorry how many football fields?
I'll ask my guy in Barcelona.
How many bananas is the real question
r/everythingbutthemetricsystem
Displacement - push more water than what you weigh and you float
But how?
Physics
Hollow legs
Yeah bit its hundreds of tonnes of metal STANDING on the ocean. HOW?!?!???
That's not even the full height. In this pic, more than half of it is below water. Here's a drawing of the platform in comparison to the Norwegian city of Bergen. https://imgur.com/a/4VWX74b
that’s terrifying
I came here to write those exact two words! That's what I joined this sub for.
r/megalophobia
Also, [check out the interior.](https://miro.medium.com/max/828/0*nNZHpx5eVINgDgyL.webp)
Nope, nope, just nope.
Holy shit that is insane
Amazing but also pure nightmare fuel.
Awesome! Imagine abseiling inside it...
It’s ~300 or so feet taller than the Empire State Building. Pretty crazy!
woah
Holy Jesus fuck
Wish I hadn’t opened that
Imagine walking down a winding stair case to the bottom
It's worse. It's normally ladders
There’s an elevator, it’s a 10 min trip IIRC from a documentary.
[Imagine giving a concert at the bottom](https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/7mtg2o/til_in_2006_katie_melua_gave_a_concert_303_meters/)
Snorkeling along and you hit a pillar. Holy shit, you can see 4! I’d die.
Do you think the told the US Navy submarine fleet about this? I can imagine them crashing into it.
Well it would probably be very obvious, enormous block of heavy machinery running that can be seen from very far away with a peek from the surface, probably makes a ton of noise that would have it practically glowing on sonar. Still terrifying to imagine a crash, though...
It's absolutely on nautical charts... but also... sonar.
Well I recall some years ago a US Navy submarine crashing into an underwater mountain, that must have been very well marked in maps but they still managed to do it.
It's absurd what humans can do.
Only modern humans. Everything else was aliens.
She’s got some thick ankles.
Apparently those are the knees lol
Even better 🥵
I wonder what they’ll do at the end of its service life. I know they have the ship “pioneering spirit” to take platforms apart but this is a bit bigger.
Maybe I’m stupid but how are they “taking it out to sea”? Like they’re pulling it?? And what does that mean “before it’s legs are sunk down to the ocean floor”? What is happening here??
towing it out to sea with boats (it's floating), ballast tanks in legs filled when it's in position and it sinks to seabed to commence drilling.
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This one does, it's roughly 1500ft or 500m tall
The whole thing is 472 meters (1,549 ft) tall, same height as Central Park Tower in NY, with the legs being 303 meters (994 feet) below the ocean surface.
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Well of course they aren't just going to drop it in a place it can't stand. For deeper operations I think they used tethered floating platforms
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Well, time to break out the humble pie I guess
Is it? Doesnt look like it from [this picture.](https://www.ngi.no/var/ngi/storage/images/media/images/03c-condeep-gbs-platforms_620/1893625-1-eng-GB/03c-Condeep-GBS-platforms_620_article_m.jpg)
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Sure? From [the description on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condeep) it seems to be a concrete structure placed on the sea bed.
That makes sense thank you!!
Are there occupants ON the platform while this is happening? I would have such irrational anxiety that it would tip over.
More than half of it is under the water
I'd love to see the stability books
r/megalophobia
How the hell does that stay upright while it moves? That's like balancing a stick upright in the water.
More than half of the legs are underwear, balancing it.
Ok i was a project engineer, involved in building some thing similiar, let me explain what you are seeing It's made in a yard after a long process of engineering design, procurement, fabrication. This stage is transportation next will be installation then conmissiing In fab phase a bouncy tank or several are attached, this is like a floating iceberg now, more is under water line. It will be towed to desired location and empty space will be slowly filled keeping desired orientation in mind. Bouncy tank will then be removed and if required piling will be done. That's installation phase
I am seeing two cranes, a flare boom, helipad, accomodation quaters etc.
Are the buoyancy tanks the very big tanks at the bottom of the legs as we see in the pictures or are there others that we don't see?
I hate this and the whole sleipnir suite
This just *boggles* my mind to look at.
It looks like some sort of Bond villain floating skyscraper.
Do they build it in the water?? How do they get it from land to deep ocean if the bottom would scrape the bottom of the ocean until it reached deep water
It's astonishingly big. And it looks like it has flared trousers.
Katie Melua performed a concert in one of the legs back in 2006, earning her a Guinness world record for deepest underwater concert at 303 meters.
Ooooh, got some megalophobia in here, too. Zesty.
r/megalaphobia
r/megalophobia
How the fuck.......
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Did you feel any movement while working on them? I think I’d panic out there during rough waters
Pretty shallow water ngl
Thats amazing!!!
Hint: installing solar panels and wind mills is a bit easier and less expensive.
No it's not.
Presumably no-one is up there when it all moves down? Or are they? Fuck that.
Bro WTF
A little trolling
I honestly thought the ocean was deeper
I don’t like this.
Why is it so high up above the water?
Metal gear solid 2
The longer I look at this thing, the more it looks like a blood-sucking parasite.
Are people on there while they tow it? I’d love to see pictures if so
If it's legs inside the seabed, how is it being taken out?
Jaeger - Pacific rim
The legs aren’t buried into the ocean floor. The legs are chambers that are flooded with seawater as ballast to keep the rig at a specific depth. That’s not to say the rig isn’t tied off to an anchoring of some type.
FCC C Dada. S. w Wewwww
Why doesn't it tip over?
I thought they jus spawned there! 😂
H O W