List of tallest oil platforms

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This is a list of the tallest oil platforms over {{convert|300|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} in height. It includes compliant towers, condeep gravity-based structures, and fixed platforms, but not other types of oil platform, which can be much taller (see Oil platform#Deepest platforms by type). The current highest oil platform among these types is the Petronius platform operated by Chevron Corporation and Marathon Oil in the Gulf of Mexico, 210 km southeast of New Orleans, United States.

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Name

! colspan="2" | Pinnacle height (metres / feet)

! Year

! Type

! Built in

! Waterbody

! Built by(Jacket/Main structure)

! Owner/Operator

! Cost

! Water Depth{{Cite web |url=https://www.bsee.gov/sites/bsee.gov/files/tap-technical-assessment-program/639aa.pdf |title=GULF OF MEXICO DEEP WATER DECOMMISSIONING STUDY |author=PROSERV OFFSHORE |date=October 2009}}

! Jacket Weight

! Remarks

Petronius Compliant Tower

| 640

| 2,100

| 2000

| Compliant tower

| {{Flagu|United States}}

| Gulf of Mexico

| Gulf Island Fabrication{{cite web |url=https://www.offshore-technology.com/projects/petronius/ |title=Petronius Field Project, Gulf of Mexico |date=5 June 2000 |website=Offshore Technology}}

| Chevron (originally Texaco) and Marathon Oil

| 500$ million

| 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

| {{Flagu|United States}}

| Gulf of Mexico

| McDermott Engineering & Aker Gulf Marine{{cite web |url=https://www.offshore-technology.com/projects/baldpate/ |title=Amerada Hess oil and gas field project |website=Offshore Technology}}

| Hess Corporation (originally Amerada Hess)

| 300$ million{{cite web |url=https://www.offshore-mag.com/business-briefs/equipment-engineering/article/16757589/compliant-towers-the-next-generation |title=StackPath|date=July 1999 }}

| 1647

| 57,269

| Tallest freestanding structure in the world 1998-2000.

Bullwinkle Platform

| 529

| 1,736

| 1989

| Truss tower

| {{Flagu|United States}}

| Gulf of Mexico

| Gulf Marine Fabricators{{cite web |url=http://abarrelfull.wikidot.com/bullwinkle-oil-and-gas-field |title=Bullwinkle Oil and Gas Field - A Barrel Full}}

| Shell

| 500$ million{{cite web |url=https://www.portandterminal.com/maritime-image-of-the-day-the-bullwinkle-oil-platform/ |title=Maritime Image of the Day: "The Bullwinkle" oil platform {{!}} PortandTerminal.com |website=www.portandterminal.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921025841/https://www.portandterminal.com/maritime-image-of-the-day-the-bullwinkle-oil-platform/ |archive-date=2020-09-21}}

| 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){{Cite web |url=https://cdn.southampton.ac.uk/assets/imported/transforms/content-block/UsefulDownloads_Download/2015F191205A4FB492B68B6FC2FC4501/alecture7%20choo.pdf |title=Installation Engineering and Execution of Offshore Projects |author=Professor Yoo Sang Choo}}

Benguela-Belize Lobito-Tomboco Platform{{cite web|url=https://chevroncorp.gcs-web.com/news-releases/news-release-details/chevron-announces-first-oil-production-benguela-belize|title = Chevron Announces First Oil Production from Benguela-Belize Development, Deepwater Block 14, Offshore Angola | Chevron Corporation}}

| 512

| 1,680

| 2008

| Compliant tower

| {{Flagu|United States}}

| Congo Basin

| Gulf Marine Fabricators (now owned by Gulf Island) & Kiewit Offshore Services{{cite web|url=https://www.offshore-mag.com/business-briefs/equipment-engineering/article/16754508/chevron-starts-production-from-first-compliant-tower-outside-gom|title = StackPath| date=February 2006 }}

| Chevron

|

| 1280

| 43,500https://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|date=February 2022}}

|

Pompano Platform

| 477

| 1,565

| 1994

| Truss tower

| {{Flagu|United States}}

| Gulf of Mexico

| McDermott Engineering{{cite web|url=http://abarrelfull.wikidot.com/pompano-oil-and-gas-field|title = Pompano Oil and Gas Field - A Barrel Full}}

| Stone Energy (originally BP)

|

| 1289

| 39,890

|

Tombua Landana platform{{cite web|url=https://www.offshore-technology.com/projects/tombua-landana/#:~:text=Tombua%20Landana%20platform,seafloor%20by%2012%20foundation%20piles.|title = Tombua-Landana Project - Offshore Technology | Oil and Gas News and Market Analysis}}

| 474

| 1,554

| 2009

| Compliant tower

| {{Flagu|United States}}

| Congo Basin

| Gulf Marine Fabricators & Daewoo{{cite web|url=http://abarrelfull.wikidot.com/tombua-landana-oil-field|title = Tombua Landana Oil Field - A Barrel Full}}

| Chevron

|

| 1200

| 56,400

|

Troll A platform

| 472

| 1,549

| 1996

| Condeep

| {{Flagu|Norway}}

| North Sea

| Norwegian Contractors

| Equinor (originally Statoil)

| 650$ million

| 994

| 683,600

| Tallest object ever moved

Coelacanth Platform{{cite web|url=http://www.walteroil.com/e-p-operations/coelacanth-project.html|title=Coelacanth Project - Walter Oil & Gas Corporation}}

| 400

| 1,312

| 2016

| Truss tower

| {{Flagu|United States}}

| Gulf of Mexico

| Gulf Marine Fabricators{{cite web|url=https://www.offshore-energy.biz/coelacanth-platform-installed-in-u-s-gulf-of-mexico/|title=Coelacanth platform installed in U.S. Gulf of Mexico|date=December 2015}}

| Walter Oil & Gas Corporation (50.5%)

|

| 1186

| 30,000

| Jacket height 366 m (1,200 ft){{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/pms72/docs/iro_noc_2016/26|title = IRO Netherlands Oil & Gas Catalogue 2016| date=29 February 2016 }}

Lena Platform{{cite web|url=https://magazines.marinelink.com/Magazines/MaritimeReporter/198308/content/platform-installed-mexico-204158|title = First Guyed Tower Platform Installed in Gulf of Mexico}}

| 396

| 1,300

| 1983

| Compliant tower, Guyed

| {{Flagu|United States}}

| Gulf of Mexico

| Brown & Root

| Exxon

|

| 1014

| 24,000 or 27,000

| Jacket height 328.5 m (1,078 ft)

Cognac Platform{{cite web|url=https://maritimelegalhelp.com/oil-rig-cognac/|title=Oil Rig – A-Cognac|date=12 September 2017}}

| 385.5

| 1,265

| 1977

| Truss tower

| {{Flagu|United States}}

| Gulf of Mexico

| McDermott Engineering

| Shell

| 100$ or 265$ million

| 1027

| 59,000

|

Gullfaks C

| 380

| 1,250

| 1995

| Condeep

| {{Flagu|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{{cite web|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/467630-heaviest-man-made-object-moved#:~:text=The%20heaviest%20man%2Dmade%20object,ft%2011.7%20in)%20tow%20draft.|title = Heaviest man-made object moved}}

Harmony Platform{{Cite web |url=http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/secondarypages/MIDDLE%20AGES.pdf |title=The Offshore Industry - middle-aged, but still learning |author=Mike Utt |via=www.smalldeadanimals.com}}

| 366+

| 1,200+

| 1992

| Truss tower

| {{Flagu|South Korea}}

| California

| Hyundai Heavy Industries{{Cite book |chapter-url=https://www.onepetro.org/conference-paper/OTC-5773-MS|doi = 10.4043/5773-MS |chapter =Fabrication of the Harmony and Heritage Jackets for 1,200 and 1,075 Ft of Water in California's Santa Barbara Channel |title=Offshore Technology Conference |year=1988 |last1=Fry |first1 = R.K. |last2=Rhude |first2=D.E.}}

| Exxon

|

| 1198

| 42,900{{Cite web |url=https://www.bsee.gov/sites/bsee.gov/files/tap-technical-assessment-program/decommissioning-cost-update-for-pacific-ocs-region-facilities-volume-1-rev5.pdf |title=Decommissioning Cost Update for Pacific OCS Region Facilities, Volume 1 |author=TSB Offshore, Inc |date=October 2016 |website=www.bsee.gov}}

| 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{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/11/10/archives/exxon-nears-completion-of-deepest-offshore-rig-exxon-crews-near.html |title=Exxon Nears Completion of Deepest Offshore Rig |newspaper=The New York Times |date=10 November 1976}}

| 354.5

| 1,163

| 1976

| Truss tower

| {{Flagu|United States}}

| California

| Kaiser Steel Corporation{{Cite book|chapter-url=https://www.onepetro.org/conference-paper/OTC-2959-MS|doi = 10.4043/2959-MS|chapter = Construction of the Hondo Platfrom [sic] in 850 Feet of Water in the Santa Barbara Channel|title = Offshore Technology Conference|year = 1977|last1 = Bardgette|first1 = John J.|last2 = Irick|first2 = J.T.}}

| Exxon

|

| 842

| 12,200

|

Virgo Platform

| 344+

| 1,130+

| 1999

| Truss tower

| {{Flagu|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

| 314+

| 1,100+

| 1991

| Truss tower

| {{Flagu|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

| 326+

| 1,075+

| 1992

| Truss tower

| {{Flagu|South Korea}}

| California

| Hyundai Heavy Industries

| Exxon

|

| 1075

| 32,420

| Height is only to water level, likely to be taller than the Cognac Platform.

Cerveza Platform

| 327

| 1,073

| 1981

| Truss tower

| {{Flagu|United States}}

| Gulf of Mexico

| McDermott Engineering{{Cite book|chapter-url=https://www.onepetro.org/conference-paper/OTC-4187-MS|doi = 10.4043/4187-MS|chapter = Fabrication of Platform Cerveza|title = All Days|year = 1982|last1 = Walvoord|first1 = James M.}}

| Unocal Corporation

| 90$ million{{Cite web |url=https://dsps.lib.uiowa.edu/mars-deepwater-gulf/wp-content/uploads/sites/66/2019/06/Hewett-The-Shape-of-These-Monsters-June-2019.pdf |title=The Shape of These Monsters: from Fixed to Floating Offshore Oil and Gas Production, 1976–2006 |author=Joel Hewett |date=2015 |website=dsps.lib.uiowa.edu}}

| 935

| 26,000

| Jacket Height 952 ft

Cerveza Light Platform

| 327

| 1,073

| 1981

| Truss tower

| {{Flagu|United States}}

| Gulf of Mexico

| McDermott Engineeringftp://ftp.library.noaa.gov/noaa_documents.lib/DWH_IR/reports/HistoryofDrillingStaffPaper22.pdf {{dead link|date=February 2022}}

| Unocal Corporation

| 60$ million

| 925

| 14,991

|

Draugen platform{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EPkAgV9PdvEC&q=Draugen+condeep+height&pg=PA490|title=Fracture of Brittle Disordered Materials: Concrete, Rock and Ceramics|isbn=9780203223451|last1=Baker|first1=G.|last2=Karihaloo|first2=B. L.|date=14 January 2004|publisher=CRC Press }}

| 285.1

| 935

| 1993

| Condeep

| {{Flagu|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{{cite web|url=https://www.nb.no/items/1b6e94b8d906c819df44783217e1ba3f|title = Nasjonalbiblioteket}}

Statfjord B Platform{{cite web|url=https://www.offshore-technology.com/features/the-longest-standing-fixed-offshore-platforms/#:~:text=The%20Cognac%20drilling%20and%20production,features%20a%20tubular%20steel%20frame.|title = KGI Network -|date = 8 August 2019}}

| 271

| 889

| 1982

| Condeep

| {{Flagu|Norway}}

| North Sea

| Norwegian Contractors

| Equinor (originally Statoil)

|

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|

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Statfjord A Platform

| 270

| 886

| 1979

| Condeep

| {{Flagu|Norway}}

| North Sea

| Norwegian Contractors

| Equinor (originally Statoil)

|

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