# How Offshore Oil Rigs Work | Wendover Productions Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/wendover-productions-7264431/how-offshore-oil-rigs-work-wendover-productions Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/wendover-productions-7264431/how-offshore-oil-rigs-work-wendover-productions.md Podcast: [Wendover Productions](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wendover-productions-7264431) Published: 2026-07-10T16:12:00+00:00 Episode link: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PODAGEN5264973264.mp3?updated=1778675479 Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PODAGEN5264973264.mp3?updated=1778675479 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wendover-productions-7264431/episodes/how-offshore-oil-rigs-work-wendover-productions Duration seconds: 964 ## Resource How Offshore Oil Rigs Work Get a free audiobook plus unlimited Audible originals for free by signing up at http://Audible.com/wendover or by texting “wendover” to 500-500Listen to Extremities at http://ExtremitiesPodcast.comBuy a Wendover Productions t-shirt: https://standard.tv/collections/wendover-productions/products/wendover-productions-shirtSubscribe to Half as Interesting (The other channel from Wendover Productions): https://www.youtube.com/halfasinterestingYoutube: http://www.YouTube.com/WendoverProductions Instagram: http://Instagram.com/sam.from.wendover Twitter: http://www.Twitter.com/WendoverPro Sponsorship Enquiries: wendover@standard.tv Other emails: sam@wendover.productions Reddit: http://Reddit.com/r/WendoverProductionsAnimation by Josh Sherrington Sound by Graham Haerther (http://www.Haerther.net) Thumbnail by Simon BuckmasterMusic by http://epidemicsound.com Select footage courtesy the AP ArchiveReferences: [1] https://www.rystadenergy.com/globalassets/products/ep-solutions/ucube/cost-of-supply-oil-gas.jpg?w=281&h=211 [2] https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/crude-oil [3] https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=7&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj42ojRyPDoAhXig3IEHYO6BvQQFjAGegQIBRAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ferrovial.com%2Fen-us%2Fbusiness%2Fprojects%2Faberdeen-airport%2F&usg=AOvVaw0xcfjq2cLo2RatByMpAy0P [4] https://www.offshore-mag.com/business-briefs/equipment-engineering/article/16760123/reviewing-rig-construction-cost-factors [5] https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2019/10/25/americans-would-rather-reduce-oil-gas-exploration-than-drill-baby-drill/ [6] https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=28552 Wendover Productions is all about explaining how our world works. From… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wendover-productions-7264431/episodes/how-offshore-oil-rigs-work-wendover-productions/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/wendover-productions-7264431/how-offshore-oil-rigs-work-wendover-productions.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.