Why SpaceX Is Buying Oil Rigs
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- In 2020, SpaceX secretly bought two oil rigs with the intent to convert them into offshore rocket launch platforms. This video looks at why Starship will need these platforms and how SpaceX will convert these old rigs into rocket launching platforms.
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@@noahboa42069 thats when were launching the starship
Elon bought two oil rigs AND he's launching rockets from his backyard? He was destined to be in Texas.
That's some real cowboy sh!t right there, y'all......Hahaha
2 oilrigs for only 7 million usd too, normally 1 would cost upwards of 515,000,000 and if he bought 2 brand new it would have costed him 1.3 billion usd. To get such a good deal takes shrewdness to levels ive never dared dream of.
@@chloekaftan there's too much we don't know about that deal. They could have sold him just the hull or the platform of the rig without any equipment cause those drills and pretty much everything can be stripped off it. Then that price makes sense. Not to mention spacex will need to install all of their custom equipment on it which will again cost at least 10 milion USD each, don't know how high it can go. And lastly you are gravely mistaken if Elon himself negotiated all this. He takes all the design decisions regarding the company as a whole and individual tasks are designated to the employees... like any other company. What he does do is create plans for the company as a whole like creating BFR's designs and the overall concept of travel starting from the engine to refuelling to logistics. And obviously like any other CEO he executes and regulates everything.
He’s also destined to be raided by the national guard for that sweet sweet oil
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"Almost the same size as the falcon 9"
Yeah, and I'm almost the same size as the Rock.
Year, and a banana is almost the size as a regular mango
damn you must be small lmao
@@whenthe2209 Rocks get pretty big, and come in all sizes, even if you don’t see them day to day. The joke went right over your head
@@mysterious6856 i think it went over your head too, he's talking about Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson
The next thing i'm waiting to see is that he contracted the russians to buy plutonium 235 to make a reactor in his backyard
What a time to be alive. This was the domain of science fiction just a few years ago.
it still is man... I urge you to look up Mcdonnell Douglas DC-X
The science fiction you never knew existed...
I'm still waiting for my $30,000 electric car. I'll believe Starship when tickets go on sale for less than the price of an average US house.
@@djinn666 A Tesla cost like ~50k new, Musk himself said he will manage to offer a ticket to Mars for A 200k... So yeah...
Anytime is a good time if you alive
Yea so nice to see are oceans and skies polluted beyond are understanding! Keep it going...lets see what happens.🌎😆
"Used to be a former oil rig"... So... it's not currently a former oil rig... but it once was... so it currently is a not-former oil rig... so it's an oil rig! ... Wait...
what ._.
Was an oil rig, was then retired, was then bought to be repurposed. Used to be a former oil rig.
everything you said, AND. Because it's all dirty and stuff. We are going to have to rebuild it. So, lets pay a bunch of money. And then rebuild what we just bought. Until nothing remains of what we bought. Yup, that's a good deal.
Nice, you caught the double negative
@@ryanthompson3737 ohh that makes sense
Imagine a $3.5m resale value for a $550m asset. That's serious depreciation right there!
it probably costs 3.5m in raw materials. Labor thats the remaining 546.5m. Elon is a fan of breaking down costs to raw materials and in house labor. Companies need to stop outsourcing labor to asia the effects of losing local money is huge and it hurts even the same companies long term even if their short term profits go up.
It's like buying an American car.
by selling at 3.5m, they will only retain .00636 percent of the original price. That is like selling a $50,000 car for 318. That's not a typo. Just three hundred and eighteen dollars. From an original 50 thousand dollar investment, So, yea. That is some, serious depreciation.
@@vangildermichael1767 I notice that you have a calculator.
@@stejer211 it's still OK to use a calculator? This ain't grade
SpaceX using Lone Star in their company name does put a smile on my face
What is that?
@@PresidentialWinner It's the main character in Spaceballs. It's like how Elon named the new tesla model s feature Ludicrous speed.
@@justintimefordinner4902 Ooooooh riight. I haven't seen that movie in a long time (and just once) so the characters aren't as recognizable to me as say, Vader or something.
"The Lone Star State" is what texas is also called. Mineral Development can be a synonym for developing mineral oil based propellant alternatives. Spaceballs Reference, Texas Reference, Punch in the face for Oil monopolists, pure goodness.
@@damnedson4685 As a European i had no idea about that. But now that you mention it, it's likely mostly just a Texas reference haha.
"These rigs will be saturated with oil and crease after many years of service in the oil industry" Guy hasn't got a clue on what the hell goes on on an oil rig at all!
Every surface on an oil rig is coated in the highest grade fire-retardant paint and materials, for the very reason of in case of a fire!
Throughout the lifetime of oil rigs, all surfaces on rigs are maintained and kept clean and free from grease, oil, or any accelerant build-up as well, so as to not be a fire hazard!
Which will most likely have to be removed and replaced regardless. Recoating, etc. It flakes off evevtually, rust under the surface of the coating materials
If u doubt what im saying, ive recently been part of one of the first oil rig refurbishes. Been a part of the entire process. So i very well know what it looks like after 20 years of use and what has to be done to restore it to a decent level.
I liked the video, but it seemed like the creator was reaching a bit with some of the facts. The hole in the deck, oil and grease buildup, etc.
@@RV-jw7nb hole in the deck is actually pretty sound logic though, it’s not like it’ll be using the helipad to take off from!
Saturated with oil, hold my beer, I'll get a mop !
1:39 These guys from the 80's just censored the bottom parts of the rocket, they knew how internet would be nowdays.
Lmao yes
that's probably because the engine technology was secret or smth
@@balam314 "rocket r34"
@@polishkerbal6920 "rokn hub"
@@user-jd7zj1bs7n LOL
it's a steel platform with sub legs........not rocket science lol.
Thank you primal space for making me more interested in learning about space
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Perhaps try Scott Manley next for details or everyday astronauts longer videos.
Watch melodysheep's
@@hrsh042 it doesn't seem nearly as informative but there could hardly be a better place for inspiration.
@@user-cd4bx6uq1y Noice
I saw the title and brain when to "Oil Rigs? I think you mean Launching Platforms"
buying oil rigs to convert to a launch platform
Hmm yes an oil rug tapped into oil that might go boom
@@erridkforname mmmm you don't seem to understand how this will work
it won't have oil or use oil fuel in any way shape or form
only methane (natural gas) and most probably produced in site by renewable source (electricity from renewables for oxygen separation from air and methane from CO2)
@@ivantimofeev2233 ok
Nearly had a stroke trying to read that
“L O N E S T A R!”
Before I read this comment, I thought Lone Star was referring to Texas being the Lone Star state. Now I think its a nod to another one of Elon's Spaceballs references. :)
BraveStarr.
I think this is a great idea, I've worked on offshore oil and gas rigs/platforms for a while and they're engineering marvels & designed to operate in hazardous environments. Its also great to see that theses very complex and specific machines could a new life in another industry
Why aren't they turned into hotels? Or cheap living accomodations? Or fishing destinations and "artificial islands"? Or casinos and radio stations? Or schools? Or gyms? Or...???
@@tuvoca825 what even is this comment?.... why would you have a gym, school, houses, hotel etc miles from shore out in the sea?
I work on one of these trash cans. Good thing SpaceX is putting them to better use. 3.5M is a steal indeed.
May I ask hows the pay?
@@aljaz4ever i suppose working ona oil rig pays well since its so god damn dangerous
@@aljaz4ever depends your expertise.
Elon will buy all the oil rig so that Tesla's competitors will not get petrol for their cars.😂
I think the causation is the other way around, you can buy rigs pretty cheap these days precisely because of companies like Tesla.
Just like car company in 50s buy trams acrosss the city just to scrap them, so the populstion is force to use the car and boost car sales
Ever heard of synthetic fuel? Nobody will need electric cars or oil rigs in the future
@ᴡɪɴᴛᴇʀᴍᴜᴛᴇ _ bro, why so toxic? That's just his name, it doesn't even matter anyway, so what's with the name calling?
@@tomhill2497 LOL FAIL! Engines are still WEAK & Fragile. Even if we have clean cheap Synth Fuel. It will be used to generate Electricity to drive Electric Motors in series hybrid EVs.
That was an excellent video. Thanks for taking the time to make it.
Rigs have tanks called "reserve pits" located below the sea level - that's the most likely location of the fuel and LOX tanks, since it also keeps everything much safer from a catastrophic failure above deck. Also, they'll be keeping the diesel generators, as the rig uses its thrusters to maintain its position (a system called "dynamic positioning"), and there's no way to provide that much power for so long using batteries or solar or whatever - also, it's more reliable and cost-effective is a variety of ways.
It might be more cost effective to replace them with methane gas turbines, so one less fuel type is needed.
@@csgergo80 I understand the sentiment, but if they intend to launch from different places, Diesel is available everywhere as it is the fuel used by ships, so refueling doesn't become an issue.
Been reading up about natural gas options, technology has crazy advanced where it could be possible. Maybe they will explore that route? Especially since the rockets themselves will already need a refuel option on each of these rigs. Excitedly following along either way
Thank you for the descriptions Bird Person!
Hey. Primal space thx 4 the subscription it warms my heart and I watched this oil rig video tons of time
It’s all fun and games until one day you’re actually at the entrance hatch to a fucking rocket.
That's when the real fun begins!
Lone Star was also a character in the movie Spaceballs (1987) - which has also has references to "ludicrous speed' and going so fast a ship turns plaid; which have also been referenced by Tesla.
you are making very high quality video with your clam voice. good work!!
I think the reason why they bought 2 platforms is that they will fuse them into one giant platform one for the fuel and one for the launch.
Makes for a mighty big "bang".
That is a good idea
that would be a fair assumption ... then you just do rotating launch and lands on each platform ...
@@0623kaboom attach platforms and detaching platforms so like fuel then detach
no, they will need 2 sites so they can actually have a safe destination to go to without having to land on the ground, and Elon doesn't want to have to use other people's facilities
It's always a pleasure to watch your videos, thank you!
Have been waiting for this! Finally someone makes some more content about the rigs
Someone snapped some pics recently and they're already being stripped down.
As cliche as it sounds, this video is super great! Lots of insights, thanks!
it's been some time to find some great in-depth information juice presently simply and calmly. thanks for what you are doing man.
cheers.
Multiple problems, while they may switch out the diesel generators, it would most likely be for methane powered turbines if they do, but diesel generators are pretty rigid. LOX will most likely be done on land as the amount of oxygen and power needed will use allot of space to create enough for a large cadence. Also, a LNG tanker has enough LNG for at least 8 launches, so it is very likely one rig will be used for bulk storage and the other for launching.
yeah. I don't see why Elon wouldn't power it with methane if he's already needing to fuel starship. His methane plant in Boca Chica is going to be interesting for sure.
Why not simply use the tankers to store and transfer to the launch pad rig? When empty run back to a depot dock to refill.
That way there can be three or four tanker ships (each for LOX & L CH4) in a rotation pattern to enable almost continual lauches. Also they can be independently driven away from the launch pad as to minimise accidents and bad weather.
@@matildastanford7019 I'm pretty sure that no LNG ship captain would be willing to sit next to a rig launching rockets. If the rocket blew up, the ship could low up. So docking over and over and over again becomes mundane. Keeping extra LNG onboard could cause excessive dmg from a larger explosion. I envision a bulk storage on one rig feeding multiple launch rigs with pipelines. In this manner, it would decrease the number of dockings, reduce the amount of potential damage.
Ive heard a lot of people talk about this and speculate as to whats happening, but this video was by far the most informative out of everything ive seen.
Congrats guys (or guy) you easily beat the competition with the work you did on this video
we've known for like a month now that the purchased oil rigs. this is nothing new
@@conchaiii4167 Lol, weve know its for Space X sure, i never said they didnt, but we did not know a lot of the details. Weve had people speculate to the details, but actual information? Videos have been light on that
@@nicosmind3 im not saying this video is bad. i loved it. but i already knew most of the things.
Fishes when SpaceX launches a Starship: 😳😳😳🔥🔥🔥💀💀💀
So true
Even worse if one crashes
Fishes will get their own Hiroshima
I think they're fed up with SpaceX 1st stages in the ocean
great video - really informative and interesting.
VERY informative episode!!
My friend: Are you..are you crying?
Me: The oil rig idea is so beautiful! 😭
I think this is the one of the most underrated educational channels. Keep up the good work❤️👍🏻
Both of these rigs are in Pascagoula, Mississippi right now. They are absolutely massive they even dwarf the Navy destroyers nearby in the harbor
5:06 lmao, renewables wouldn't suffice. That's just an outlandish speculation
Thank you
@Xp Reflex depends on what? Are you going to put windturbines and solar panels on the rig where space is limited as is? What happens when there is no wind or sun? Its not like there is an electricity outlet in the middle of the sea either.
@@tank7474
Wouldn't hydrogen be a possibility?
Create it in a renewable way elsewhere and ship it to the platform like the diesel.
@@Nighterlev Ah, I got it backwards... I meant fuel cells that utilize hydrogen.
Thats why I wrote "and ship it [the hydrogen] to the platform".
@@tank7474 I would think they would build an offshore wind or solar farm nearby and use a bunch of Tesla batteries for reliability... But I would think that would be a much longer term solution
Imagine being a fish in the sea near this rig when a rocket goes off
Yeah the environmental impacts of this idea are frightening
@@StudioCluiss potentially make exon valdez crash on the west coast look like someone dropped a bottle of baby oil in the water ... 100k liters of kerosene in the ocean ... yeah talk about killing off life on this planet
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dont forget the seas provide us with 70% of our breathable air ... and he wants to launch from a place where he can kill off a large portion of that when he crashes ... MAJOR environmental problem there
@@0623kaboom Well it is a risk worth taking to become a interplanetary species
Great commentary!
Thanks for this very informative video ✌️
This world is changing SO FAST!! Stuff like this is not normally in the news. At age 68 I only hope I live long enough to see us land a person on Mars, and bring them back! 😱😱😱
I’m so happy at your attitude! I am fairly confident we will get a person on Mars in your lifetime. I like your contrasting views to the majority of the older generation as most people I’ve spoken to have opposed space exploration. Thank you for you additions!
@Smit Shilpatul I think that it will be hard but is definitely not impossible, Elon Musk wants to send the first people to Mars in just two years so I think it is definitely possible.
No return tickets.
@@crhu319 LOL!! They were going to leave them there, but now they are talking about bringing them back. They will use a huge 3D printer to print space ship parts. - Seriously, NOT April fools joke.
These are exciting times!
Ayo the new rust oil rig update looking sick
Amazing and informative presentation 👍
Damm that transition at ~ 8:57 is real smooth
Thought oil rigs' columns were based on the sea floor on shallower areas or something
Holy shit this is insane
Several problems regarding things like "everything covered in oil residue" and the part about them powering it with wind or solar instead of the diesel engines, but other than that great video.
Haha, there is NO WAY anything but a type of combustion engine would supply the horsepower required to use those water thrusters.
Man this is so amaizing. I cant belive it.
sounds like they got a good deal on those rigs, even with the refit costs
Do you have any sources for the 112db at @ 8km? Is that based off of any estimates or current measurements?
Yeah i imagine it being much higher
And a lot of sealife will die thanks to loud sounds. Just as sea turtles already do in boca chica
nice subtle product placement at the end there
I see the idea of an Oil rig being a useful launch pad idea. With the proper modifications, it is possible to do launching off these modified oil rigs.
Your graphic at 2:43 is pretty misleading in explaining how florida-launched rockets reach geostationary orbit. Rockets don't do equatorial plane-change maneuvers in low earth orbit. You could have just said that because the equator is the farthest from the earth's axis, rockets launched from nearer to the equator gain more horizontal speed from the earth's spinning.
yea but also no one cares. focus on elon
This is amazing!Sea launch
Great video as always
That was the best transition to an ad lol Linus should call you
Amazing content, new sub here
The power in Names. Then again I thought it would be more efficient and secure to build their own rigs.
Great video, thanks
Very insightful. I subbed
5:16 I was thinking you were going to say something clean and cost effective like nuclear but I guess he could also go with something less economical. Offshore wind maintenance is too much and you need more area for solar to be viable.
I know right.. wind or solar?!?
@@AsteroidM749A totally agree. when i heard that i rolled me eyes....some people are a bit to far into fantasy land...
Uh... middle of the ocean?
WAVE ENERGY!
@@sproctor1958 hahahahaa nooooooooooo
@@AsteroidM749A hahahaha.....
edit:
After significant consideration, using "Wave Energy" may cause too much drag and slow the Earth's rotation, advancing climate change, and maybe even accelerate the pole reversal event... earthquakes... volcanic eruptions... tidal waves......(hmm...more energy...)... maybe even destroy the ozone layer and disperse the Van Allen Belts... eventually the Moon will escape Earth orbit, the oceans will stop having waves, and that energy source will then be exhausted....
No, after careful consideration, there is really little or no future in "Wave Energy".
Side note, these platforms are not called "oil rigs" they are drilling rigs. If oil gets to the surface its a bad time. Their only purpose is to drill a hole in the ground
And how do they get profit out of drilling? I mean, how do they get the oil afterwards?
Some platforms can drill and exstract oil
Very exciting. I just wonder about all the problems we don´t even think about they have to solve before it can work as planned.
WOW MAN, love your research
history will repeat itself. the same way apple lost their way after steve died, spacex will soon follow suit after elon passes as well.
SpaceX IS Elon Mask. So yes.
Fuel and oxygen will probably be stored inside the legs of the platform.
Has been many ideas on the internetz for how to use the space on the rig. Interesting to see yours, not bad! :)
Yeah, that's a good idea if you're looking to sink the platform... Fuel maybe but not likely, oxygen, definitely not.
@@Unmannedair
You might be right, the future will tell. :)
FYI, rigs already store fluids inside the legs. Those are called "reserve pits". And they hold several thousand barrels of fluid, while also making the rig more stable when they're full. Think of it like ballast tanks. No, it won't sink the rig - remember Archimedes.
what I could imagine is, to use both rigs together. One for the tank farm andoff-shore fuel production and the other one as a launchg and landing pad. Separated by a safe distance and connected by flexible pipelines?
It's like SpaceX went to a thrift store and found an off shore oil rig: "Look, Harold! Well we have to buy this!"
Wow. They be launching starship at sea!
"lone star" is a spaceballs reference
The future is here. Hope will live long enough to be able to fly to space
Great video 👍
I saw the Sea Launch ships in LA harbor. they would show it when in on the Harbor Cruises. They would tow it from Calif. down nearer the equator which is easier to get into space! Very cool!
how crazy it would be of spacex actually started mining in space! I would love to see that happen in my lifetime.
It won't. Neither will manned missions to mars.
@@user-zb8tq5pr4x Ew. A down earther.
@@notarmchairhistorian7779 I don't know what that is
Will that shock wave of engines affect the marine life as sound travels faster in water.
IIRC on another video that I cannot remember, it was proposed that they will be using air bubbles as dampener for the noise generated by the rocket.
Well yes, but actually no.
th-cam.com/video/9tbxDgcv74c/w-d-xo.html
A rocket launch would cause a lot of localized damage, but not much else.
It will.
Using a separate tanker as a fuel farm seems more sensible if launches are frequent. Not only would it mean that the launch rig would be less prone to rapid unscheduled disassembly in the inevitable event of a failure, but there would be less risk from explosion while pumping from the tanker to the on-board storage. During launch and landing, the tanker can also serve to evacuate personnel from the danger zone.
The development of the sabatier process is exciting!
Hopefully this doesn’t disturb marine wildlife
It most certainly will kill most of it due to the extremely loud noises and vibrations
"will smash windows if close enough"
SpaceX platform: *literally every angle has 30 windows*
Windows can be engineered to take this pressure, but normal houses aren't meant to take it.
AWESOME STUFF
🙌🙌🙌
Pretty impressive company with some very impressive goals--and the likely skills to carry them out. They will be--and are--very interesting to watch.
One word: ARMAGEDDON - everyone knows they need oil drilling equipment!!
😆🤣😅
5:12 How the hell do you put 20 MW of solar energy on that rig? And the batteries to operate at night? And wind turbines... putting wind turbines on an oil rig to power its thrusters is like putting a turbine on a moving car.
I understand that you all like green energy very much but maybe think before shoving solar panels everywhere.
DAMN this is cool to see. i can alreadt imagine flying with one of them starship Spaceliners series X haha
Are there any updates to the oil rig conversion progress? It's been about a year and I haven't heard anything in the news.
Why would they mess with the original diesel engines of the platforms? they are already going to have giant methane reserves onboard... those engines would run fine on CNG, and the de-rating from less energy in the fuel wouldn't be a problem because they will still probably be oversized for what spacex is doing
I'm not so sure diesel engines would run fine on CNG. Those are compression ignition. NG has been widely used on spark ignition generators for home power backup, and NG has also augmented diesel engines still using diesel fuel. But I expect some modifications would have to be made to those 7 big diesel engines of the drilling rig.
@@PeterLawton I mean, i'm sure there are methods of conversion. I'd be interested in seeing how CNG tanker ships are run, whether it's still using bunker fuel or bulk fuel.
According to you, someone noticed the oil rigs were sitting at port with Diemos and Phobos written on them. At which point sleuthing was done, and it was determined they had been purchased by a SpaceX subsidiary. Following the logic of your story, the NASASpaceFlight channel then sent a cameraman back in time, to film them coming into port.
On all of the large offshore platforms, the drilling fluids are stored in the legs of the platform, and in the underwater hulls, if a platform has one. Likewise, the fuel could be stored in the legs, and underwater hulls.
I wouldn't be surprised if the fully stacked system would launch half submerged like the conceptual Sea Dragon rather than from the rig itself. 304 Stainless has great corrosion resistance and is widely used in the marine industry, so the Super Heavy should (theoretically) be well suited for semi-submerged launches.
Interesting and worthwhile video. As stated, this sort of endeavor has been done before. Presently, China and UAE are pursuing similar endeavors.
I worked as a oilfield hand on one of the rigs spaceX bought.
so cool, what you used to do?
@@v44n7 I was a roustabout....chase the crane all day lol. It sucked. Paid well though
clear explanation.. thankyou
8:30 Sounds like lots of torches followed by primer paint.
And I was dreaming to start a company which will be the future competitor of SPACEX
go for it 🌠
The dislike are people from SpaceX that still want to keep it private :)
What's wrong with it being private? Can you please explain
@@GauravSharma-dy8xv no nothing is wrong lol it was a joke
They just want to keep it secret :)
@@SpaceflightRocketShorts oh👍🏻
JFF, how many previously capped off-shore oil wells/bores are there? is there potential for pre existing methane sources?
that sponsor segue was dangerously smooth
Really feeling for the aquatic life below the thrusters...
Wishing spaceX much success in paving the way human kinds future.
Yeah by using million pounds of fossil fuels to pollute even more right!
And killing animals in the process. Dolphin, whales, fish are super sensitive to loud sounds. Scientists think that whales and dolphins commit suicides throwing themselves on beaches because of the super loud sounds created by ships, submarines, oil exploration devices. It looks that SpaceX have found another way to destroy the sea living world. Humankind is the name of the sixth mass extinction of animal life on this planet. Just one more reason to be proud to be human, and the sh.t with all those useless animals.
@Black Stone You, SpaceX PR people, have very primitive selling brochures.
@Black Stone Truth is never a broken record. On the other hand, oligarchs robbing nations and their servants yapping around - that's been around for a long time.
6:55 there is something wrong with "shielding the tank farm under deck" and this sketch lol. Or are they shrapnell proof but just a little light sensitive
Re tank farm space, aren't the legs of these rigs typically hollow tanks used for storing oil? Seems like a lot of methane tanks could fit in that volume.