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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
| 43,500[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|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 Engineering[ftp://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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Statfjord A Platform
| 270
| 886
| 1979
| Condeep
| {{Flagu|Norway}}
| North Sea
| Norwegian Contractors
| Equinor (originally Statoil)
|
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