Inside Mighty Machines S01E04 - Deep Sea Oil Rig

Episode Overview

Chad Zdenek teams up with a crew on a groundbreaking mission: taking apart the largest oil rig in the North Sea. As the towering 400-foot structure is towed to shore for dismantling, Zdenek shares the fascinating tale of how deep water oil engineers, driven by a worldwide oil crisis, hurried to create a massive drilling machine capable of reaching the seabed in search of valuable oil. Throughout the process, he uncovers the multitude of systems that enabled the rig to operate continuously for four decades.