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.

Name	Pinnacle height (metres / feet)		Year	Type	Built in	Waterbody	Built by(Jacket/Main structure)	Owner/Operator	Cost	Water Depth^[1]	Jacket Weight^[1]	Remarks
Petronius Compliant Tower	640	2,100	2000	Compliant tower	United States	Gulf of Mexico	Gulf Island Fabrication^[2]	Chevron (originally Texaco) and Marathon Oil	500$ million^[2]	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^[3]	Hess Corporation (originally Amerada Hess)	300$ million^[4]	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^[5]	Shell	500$ million^[6]	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)^[7]
Benguela-Belize Lobito-Tomboco Platform^[8]	512	1,680	2008	Compliant tower	United States	Congo basin	Gulf Marine Fabricators (now owned by Gulf Island) & Kiewit Offshore Services^[9]	Chevron		1280	43,500^[10]
Pompano Platform	477	1,565	1994	Truss tower	United States	Gulf of Mexico	McDermott Engineering^[11]	Stone Energy (originally BP)		1289	39,890
Tombua Landana platform^[12]	474	1,554	2009	Compliant tower	United States	Congo basin	Gulf Marine Fabricators & Daewoo^[13]	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^[14]	400	1,312	2016	Truss tower	United States	Gulf of Mexico	Gulf Marine Fabricators^[15]	Walter Oil & Gas Corporation (50.5%)		1186	30,000	Jacket height 366 m (1,200 ft)^[16]
Lena Platform^[17]^[4]	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^[18]	385.5	1,265	1977	Truss tower	United States	Gulf of Mexico	McDermott Engineering	Shell	100$ or 265$ million	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^[19]
Harmony Platform^[20]	366+	1,200+	1992	Truss tower	South Korea	California	Hyundai Heavy Industries^[21]	Exxon		1198	42,900^[22]	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^[23]	354.5	1,163	1976	Truss tower	United States	California	Kaiser Steel Corporation^[24]	Exxon		842	12,200^[22]
Virgo Platform^[20]	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^[1]	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^[20]	326+	1,075+	1992	Truss tower	South Korea	California	Hyundai Heavy Industries^[21]	Exxon		1075	32,420^[22]	Height is only to water level, likely to be taller than the Cognac Platform.
Cerveza Platform^[7]	327	1,073	1981	Truss tower	United States	Gulf of Mexico	McDermott Engineering^[25]	Unocal Corporation	90$ million^[26]	935	26,000	Jacket Height 952 ft
Cerveza Light Platform^[7]	327	1,073	1981	Truss tower	United States	Gulf of Mexico	McDermott Engineering^[27]	Unocal Corporation	60$ million^[26]	925	14,991
Draugen platform^[28]	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^[29]
Statfjord B Platform^[30]	271	889	1982	Condeep	Norway	North Sea	Norwegian Contractors	Equinor (originally Statoil)
Statfjord A Platform^[30]	270	886	1979	Condeep	Norway	North Sea	Norwegian Contractors	Equinor (originally Statoil)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c PROSERV OFFSHORE (October 2009). "GULF OF MEXICO DEEP WATER DECOMMISSIONING STUDY" (PDF).
^ ^a ^b "Petronius Field Project, Gulf of Mexico". Offshore Technology. 5 June 2000.
^ "Amerada Hess oil and gas field project". Offshore Technology.
^ ^a ^b "StackPath". July 1999.
^ "Bullwinkle Oil and Gas Field - A Barrel Full".
^ "Maritime Image of the Day: "The Bullwinkle" oil platform | PortandTerminal.com". www.portandterminal.com. Archived from the original on 2020-09-21.
^ ^a ^b ^c Professor Yoo Sang Choo. "Installation Engineering and Execution of Offshore Projects" (PDF).
^ "Chevron Announces First Oil Production from Benguela-Belize Development, Deepwater Block 14, Offshore Angola | Chevron Corporation".
^ "StackPath". February 2006.
^ https://www.epcengineer.com/projects/details/1797/benguela-belize-lobito-tomboco-bblt-platform/profile#:~:text=The%20platform%20had%20the%20largest,injection%20up%20to%20420%2C000%20BWPD. ^{[dead link]}
^ "Pompano Oil and Gas Field - A Barrel Full".
^ "Tombua-Landana Project - Offshore Technology | Oil and Gas News and Market Analysis".
^ "Tombua Landana Oil Field - A Barrel Full".
^ "Coelacanth Project - Walter Oil & Gas Corporation".
^ "Coelacanth platform installed in U.S. Gulf of Mexico". December 2015.
^ "IRO Netherlands Oil & Gas Catalogue 2016". 29 February 2016.
^ "First Guyed Tower Platform Installed in Gulf of Mexico".
^ "Oil Rig – A-Cognac". 12 September 2017.
^ "Heaviest man-made object moved".
^ ^a ^b ^c Mike Utt. "The Offshore Industry - middle-aged, but still learning" (PDF) – via www.smalldeadanimals.com.
^ ^a ^b Fry, R.K.; Rhude, D.E. (1988). "Fabrication of the Harmony and Heritage Jackets for 1,200 and 1,075 Ft of Water in California's Santa Barbara Channel". Offshore Technology Conference. doi:10.4043/5773-MS.
^ ^a ^b ^c TSB Offshore, Inc (October 2016). "Decommissioning Cost Update for Pacific OCS Region Facilities, Volume 1" (PDF). www.bsee.gov.
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^ Walvoord, James M. (1982). "Fabrication of Platform Cerveza". All Days. doi:10.4043/4187-MS.
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[autogenerated1-1] PROSERV OFFSHORE (October 2009). "GULF OF MEXICO DEEP WATER DECOMMISSIONING STUDY" (PDF).

[offshore-technology-2] "Petronius Field Project, Gulf of Mexico". Offshore Technology. 5 June 2000.

[3] "Amerada Hess oil and gas field project". Offshore Technology.

[offshore-mag1-4] "StackPath". July 1999.

[5] "Bullwinkle Oil and Gas Field - A Barrel Full".

[6] "Maritime Image of the Day: "The Bullwinkle" oil platform | PortandTerminal.com". www.portandterminal.com. Archived from the original on 2020-09-21.

[southampton1-7] Professor Yoo Sang Choo. "Installation Engineering and Execution of Offshore Projects" (PDF).

[8] "Chevron Announces First Oil Production from Benguela-Belize Development, Deepwater Block 14, Offshore Angola | Chevron Corporation".

[9] "StackPath". February 2006.

[10] ttps://www.epcengineer.com/projects/details/1797/benguela-belize-lobito-tomboco-bblt-platform/profile#:~:text=The%20platform%20had%20the%20largest,injection%20up%20to%20420%2C000%20BWPD. ^{[dead link]}

[11] "Pompano Oil and Gas Field - A Barrel Full".

[12] "Tombua-Landana Project - Offshore Technology | Oil and Gas News and Market Analysis".

[13] "Tombua Landana Oil Field - A Barrel Full".

[14] "Coelacanth Project - Walter Oil & Gas Corporation".

[15] "Coelacanth platform installed in U.S. Gulf of Mexico". December 2015.

[16] "IRO Netherlands Oil & Gas Catalogue 2016". 29 February 2016.

[17] "First Guyed Tower Platform Installed in Gulf of Mexico".

[18] "Oil Rig – A-Cognac". 12 September 2017.

[19] "Heaviest man-made object moved".

[smalldeadanimals1-20] Mike Utt. "The Offshore Industry - middle-aged, but still learning" (PDF) – via www.smalldeadanimals.com.

[onepetro1988-21] Fry, R.K.; Rhude, D.E. (1988). "Fabrication of the Harmony and Heritage Jackets for 1,200 and 1,075 Ft of Water in California's Santa Barbara Channel". Offshore Technology Conference. doi:10.4043/5773-MS.

[autogenerated2-22] TSB Offshore, Inc (October 2016). "Decommissioning Cost Update for Pacific OCS Region Facilities, Volume 1" (PDF). www.bsee.gov.

[23] "Exxon Nears Completion of Deepest Offshore Rig". The New York Times. 10 November 1976.

[24] Bardgette, John J.; Irick, J.T. (1977). "Construction of the Hondo Platfrom [sic] in 850 Feet of Water in the Santa Barbara Channel". Offshore Technology Conference. doi:10.4043/2959-MS.

[25] Walvoord, James M. (1982). "Fabrication of Platform Cerveza". All Days. doi:10.4043/4187-MS.

[uiowa1-26] Joel Hewett (2015). "The Shape of These Monsters: from Fixed to Floating Offshore Oil and Gas Production, 1976–2006" (PDF). dsps.lib.uiowa.edu.

[27] tp://ftp.library.noaa.gov/noaa_documents.lib/DWH_IR/reports/HistoryofDrillingStaffPaper22.pdf ^{[dead link]}

[28] Baker, G.; Karihaloo, B. L. (14 January 2004). Fracture of Brittle Disordered Materials: Concrete, Rock and Ceramics. CRC Press. ISBN 9780203223451.

[29] "Nasjonalbiblioteket".

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