Huge waves crash against swaying North Sea oil rig

This video could make you seasick...Huge waves crash against a swaying oil rig, as a severe storm which swept across parts of Scotland hits the North Sea. The footage of the Borgholm Dolphin installation was captured at the weekend by James Eaton, an offshore worker on the nearby Lomond Platform, around 145 miles east of Aberdeen.

[eisaatana]

The Vikings crossed these waters over 1000 years ago in wooden ships. Terrifying.

[stefeniedavidmusic]

I would be crapping myself. God those people earn their money.

[samuraisteve]

Thinking about how much money in oil must be down there for it to be more than worth building something like that...blows me away.

[bassist]

Wow, the feeling this ignites in me is so specific and yet I cannot really describe it. It's like a combination of fear, awe, love, and respect all at once and still that's not exactly it. The vastness and power of the sea is beyond words for me.

[vahbeach]

Watching the waves and realizing how huge they are is terrifying

[lh]

This vid should be the benchmark for youtube. No lame commentary or crap music. Just the video and audio played for us to enjoy. Well done!!

[hanesBoard]

I didn't realise these things floated

[CarlosMartinez-skyt]

The fact that humans created this in a crazy environment shows how amazing we are and we just started space exploration… imagine 1000 years from now the things we would be doing.

[rodb]

Not an oil rig. It’s an accommodation vessel, or “flotel”. They sure are fun to sleep on in a storm....

[AkeemDenim]

I probably would have been impressed had I not seen Interstellar.

[peterstanton]

It appears to be an accomodation vessel (Flotel) for Oil Rig workers and is normally hooked up to a Drilling Platform which is sunk into the sea bed. In rough weather it will lift its bridge and endeavour to stay on the lee side of the Platform - and return when things cool down.

[danielbeckwith]

Oil rig - "looks like another beautiful day"
Ocean - "hold my water"

[Peter-ozec]

There are some jobs that I would be prepared to do, working on a platform such as this is not for me .. hats off to all that are brave enough

[carolynrose]

Considering the sea always photographs flatter than it is, it must have been pretty gnarly

[lex-ovwh]

don’t mind me. just here from tiktok 🤣

[Indoman_]

Absolutely scary, serene and surreal - at the same time.

[robertryanclark]

The Borgholm Dolphin was the last flotel I worked on, my final trip as part of the catering crew was in june 1994 I worked 5 years in the North Sea, it never leaves you

[hilarymorrison]

Was onboard when this was taken, sleeping off a night shift got to sleep no problem.

[tylerbush]

You wake up on that thing and just say to yourself, "its going to be one of those days..."

[bombomos]

Think of how much that damn thing weighs and how little those waves care... The ocean is scary