List of tallest oil platforms

This is a list of the tallest oil platforms over 300 m (984 ft) in height. The current highest oil platform is the Petronius platform operated by Chevron Corporation and Marathon Oil in the Gulf of Mexico, 210 km southeast of New Orleans, United States.

Tomb

Name Pinnacle height (metres / feet) Year Type Built in Waterbody Built by(Jacket/Main structure) Owner/Operator Cost Water Depth[1] Jacket Weight[2] Remarks
Petronius Compliant Tower 640 2,100 2000 Compliant tower  United States Gulf of Mexico Gulf Island Fabrication[3] Chevron (originally Texaco) and Marathon Oil 500$ million[4] 1754 43,000 Tallest freestanding structure in the world 2000-2008. Jacket height 509 m (1,671 ft)
Baldpate Compliant Tower 581.5 1,908 1998 Compliant tower  United States Gulf of Mexico McDermott Engineering & Aker Gulf Marine[5] Hess Corporation (originally Amerada Hess) 300$ million[6] 1647 57,269 Tallest freestanding structure in the world 1998-2000
Bullwinkle Platform 529 1,736 1989 Truss tower  United States Gulf of Mexico Gulf Marine Fabricators[7] Shell 500$ million[8] 1348 or 1353 54,427 or 49,375 Tallest fixed steel structure in the world no structural changes required if the structure was built on land. Jacket height 416 m (1,365 ft)[9]
Benguela-Belize Lobito-Tomboco Platform[10] 512 1,680 2008 Compliant tower  United States Congo basin Gulf Marine Fabricators (now owned by Gulf Island) & Kiewit Offshore Services[11] Chevron 1280 43,500[12]
Pompano Platform 477 1,565 1994 Truss tower  United States Gulf of Mexico McDermott Engineering[13] Stone Energy (originally BP) 1289 39,890
Tombua Landana platform[14] 474 1,554 2009 Compliant tower  United States Congo basin Gulf Marine Fabricators & Daewoo[15] Chevron 1200 56,400
Troll A platform 472 1,549 1996 Condeep  Norway North Sea Norwegian Contractors Equinor (originally Statoil) 650$ million 994 683,600 Tallest object ever moved
Coelacanth Platform[16] 400 1,312 2016 Truss tower  United States Gulf of Mexico Gulf Marine Fabricators[17] Walter Oil & Gas Corporation (50.5%) 1186 30,000 Jacket height 366 m (1,200 ft)[18]
Lena Platform[19][20] 396 1,300 1983 Compliant tower, Guyed  United States Gulf of Mexico Brown & Root Exxon 1014 24,000 or 27,000 Jacket height 328.5 m (1,078 ft)
Cognac Platform[21] 385.5 1,265 1977 Truss tower  United States Gulf of Mexico McDermott Engineering Shell 1027 59,000
Gullfaks C 380 1,250 1995 Condeep  Norway North Sea Norwegian Contractors Equinor (originally Statoil) 709 500,000 Heaviest object ever moved, weight of structure plus ballast resulted in a total displacement of 1.4 to 1.5 million tons[22]
Harmony Platform[23] 366+ 1,200+ 1992 Truss tower  South Korea California Hyundai Heavy Industries[24] Exxon 1198 42,900[25] Tallest steel jacket built outside of the United States. Height is only to water level, likely to be taller than the Cognac Platform and Coelacanth Platform
Hondo Platform[26] 354.5 1,163 1976 Truss tower  United States California Kaiser Steel Corporation[27] Exxon 842 12,200[28]
Virgo Platform[29] 344+ 1,130+ 1999 Truss tower  United States Gulf of Mexico W&T Offshore Inc (64%) 1130 24,000 Height is only to water level, likely to be taller than the Cognac Platform
Amberjack Platform[30] 314+ 1,100+ 1991 Truss tower  United States Gulf of Mexico Stone Energy 1100 or 1030 Height is only to water level, likely to be taller than the Cognac Platform
Heritage Platform[31] 326+ 1,075+ 1992 Truss tower  South Korea California Hyundai Heavy Industries[32] Exxon 1075 32,420[33] Height is only to water level, likely to be taller than the Cognac Platform
Cerveza Platform[34] 327 1,073 1981 Truss tower  United States Gulf of Mexico McDermott Engineering[35] Unocal Corporation 90$ million[36] 935 26,000 Jacket Height 952 ft
Cerveza Light Platform[37] 327 1,073 1981 Truss tower  United States Gulf of Mexico McDermott Engineering[38] Unocal Corporation 60$ million[39] 925 14,991
Draugen platform[40] 285.1 935 1993 Condeep  Norway North Sea Norwegian Contractors Equinor (originally Statoil) 825 Height is only to the concrete base, likely to be similar in height to Gullfaks C. Displacement during tow; 518,000[41]


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