Offshore platforms of the world

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Brent Delta

Shell · 140 m

Its 24,000 t topside was removed in 2017 in a single piece, a world record.

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Buzzard

CNOOC · 100 m

The largest British discovery in a decade, key to the Forties Blend benchmark crude.

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Ekofisk

ConocoPhillips · 75 m

Norway's first major field (1971); a complex with the historic Ekofisk concrete tank.

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Troll A

Equinor · 303 m

The tallest concrete structure ever moved by man (472 m).

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Statfjord A

Equinor · 145 m

Condeep platform of the largest field in the Norwegian North Sea.

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Oseberg

Equinor · 100 m

Central complex of one of Norway's largest fields.

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Draugen

OKEA · 251 m

The first Norwegian development north of the 62°N parallel, a single-column Condeep platform.

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Heidrun

Equinor · 350 m

The world's only TLP with a floating concrete hull.

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Aasta Hansteen

Equinor · 1300 m

Norway's first Spar platform and the largest of its kind in the world.

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Goliat

Vår Energi · 400 m

The first oil field in production in the Barents Sea, Sevan circular FPSO.

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Thunder Horse

BP · 1840 m

Notorious for nearly capsizing in 2005; the largest semi-submersible production platform in the Gulf.

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Perdido

Shell · 2450 m

One of the deepest production platforms in the world.

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Mars

Shell · 896 m

The iconic TLP of the prolific Mars field, damaged by Katrina and rebuilt.

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Bullwinkle

Fieldwood Energy · 412 m

One of the tallest fixed jacket platforms ever built.

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Shenzi

Woodside · 1330 m

Deepwater TLP of the Shenzi field.

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P-51

Petrobras · 1255 m

The first semi-submersible platform built entirely in Brazil (Marlim Sul field).

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Manifa

Saudi Aramco · 40 m

A megaproject with drilling islands and 41 km of causeways in shallow water.

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Das Island

ADNOC

Abu Dhabi's historic island terminal for LNG processing and export.

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Neft Daşları

SOCAR · 20 m

The world's first and oldest offshore oil city (1949), a network of walkways on piles.

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Kashagan

NCOC · 4 m

The largest discovery in decades; ice-resistant artificial islands in shallow water.

Brent A

Shell · 140 m

The first platform of the iconic Brent field, a historic landmark for saturation diving.

Brent Bravo

Shell · 140 m

Concrete Condeep platform; an iconic removal in the decommissioning of the North Sea.

Brent Charlie

Shell · 140 m

The last Condeep structure of the Brent field, still being removed.

Forties

Apache · 105 m

Britain's first major North Sea oil field, in production since 1975.

Ninian Central

CNR International · 136 m

A huge concrete gravity platform, one of the largest structures in the North Sea.

Piper Alpha

Occidental · 144 m

The site of the worst offshore disaster (1988, 167 dead); a milestone in safety and diving.

Piper Bravo

Repsol Sinopec · 144 m

Piper Alpha's replacement, a symbol of rebuilding after the disaster.

Clair Ridge

BP · 140 m

A development in rough waters west of Shetland, over the UK's largest field.

Glen Lyon

BP · 400 m

The FPSO that replaced the pioneering Schiehallion in deep Atlantic waters.

Magnus

EnQuest · 186 m

The deepest fixed platform in the UK sector, an engineering milestone.

Beryl Alpha

Apache · 120 m

Concrete Condeep platform operating since 1976.

Cormorant Alpha

TAQA · 150 m

A gravity platform and hub of the Brent pipeline network.

Gullfaks C

Equinor · 220 m

A huge Condeep platform, a benchmark for deep diving in Norway.

Sleipner A

Equinor · 82 m

Famous for the sinking of its Condeep base during construction in 1991, later rebuilt.

Snorre A

Equinor · 350 m

A pioneering tension-leg platform in deep Norwegian waters.

Åsgard A

Equinor · 300 m

The FPSO of the major Åsgard development, with a pioneering subsea compression system.

Johan Sverdrup

Equinor · 120 m

One of Norway's largest fields, a complex of bridge-linked fixed platforms (2019).

Mad Dog

BP · 1300 m

A truss-hull spar in the Mad Dog field, expanded with the Argos platform.

Atlantis

BP · 2130 m

One of the largest semi-submersible installations in ultra-deep water.

Petronius

Chevron · 535 m

A compliant tower, one of the tallest self-supporting structures on the planet.

Olympus

Shell · 900 m

The TLP of the Mars B development, Shell's first large floating platform in the Gulf.

Appomattox

Shell · 2200 m

Shell's largest floating platform in the Gulf, the first in the Norphlet play (2019).

Na Kika

Shell · 2100 m

A semi-submersible hub that gathers several subsea fields in ultra-deep water.

Auger

Shell · 872 m

The first deepwater TLP in the Gulf (1994), a technological pioneer.

Ursa

Shell · 1200 m

One of the world's largest TLPs by displacement.

Cognac

Shell · 312 m

A depth record for a fixed platform in its day (1978), built in three sections.

Big Foot

Chevron · 1580 m

An extended tension-leg platform, one of the deepest in the world.

Jack/St. Malo

Chevron · 2100 m

A major semi-submersible hub of the Lower Tertiary play in ultra-deep water.

Stones

Shell · 2900 m

The world's deepest FPSO at start-up (2016), Shell's first FPSO in the Gulf.

Tahiti

Chevron · 1300 m

A high-capacity spar in the Gulf's deepwater corridor.

Hoover-Diana

ExxonMobil · 1450 m

The first drilling and production Spar platform in deep water.

P-52

Petrobras · 1800 m

A large semi-submersible of the Roncador field in deep water.

P-50

Petrobras · 1400 m

The FPSO of the Albacora Leste field that brought Brazil to oil self-sufficiency (2006).

P-74

Petrobras · 1980 m

The first FPSO of the giant pre-salt Búzios field.

P-75

Petrobras · 1980 m

A replicant FPSO of the pre-salt Búzios field, one of the most productive fields in the world.

P-76

Petrobras · 1980 m

A high-capacity FPSO of the pre-salt Búzios field.

P-77

Petrobras · 1980 m

The fourth FPSO of the pre-salt Búzios development.

FPSO Cidade de Angra dos Reis

Petrobras · 2140 m

The first pre-salt FPSO (Lula/Tupi field), a milestone in pre-salt production (2010).

P-66

Petrobras · 2150 m

The first replicant FPSO of the Lula field, part of the standardised pre-salt series.

FPSO Guanabara

Petrobras · 1930 m

The FPSO of the pre-salt Mero field, one of the largest reservoirs in the world.

Girassol

TotalEnergies · 1350 m

One of the first major deepwater FPSOs in West Africa (2001).

Dalia

TotalEnergies · 1500 m

A huge deepwater FPSO with an extensive subsea system.

CLOV

TotalEnergies · 1400 m

An FPSO gathering four fields (Cravo, Lirio, Orquidea, Violeta).

Kaombo Norte

TotalEnergies · 1900 m

One of the largest FPSOs in the world (a converted VLCC) in ultra-deep water.

Kaombo Sul

TotalEnergies · 1900 m

The second giant FPSO of the Kaombo project, Angola's largest subsea network.

Bonga

Shell · 1000 m

Nigeria's first deepwater development (2005).

Egina

TotalEnergies · 1600 m

One of Africa's largest FPSOs, with a high level of Nigerian local content.

Agbami

Chevron · 1460 m

One of Nigeria's largest deepwater fields.

Akpo

TotalEnergies · 1300 m

A high-capacity FPSO of the Akpo condensate field.

Jubilee

Tullow Oil · 1200 m

Ghana's first major offshore development (FPSO Kwame Nkrumah).

Safaniya

Saudi Aramco · 30 m

The world's largest offshore oil field, in production since 1957.

Upper Zakum

ADNOC · 24 m

One of the largest offshore fields in the world, developed with artificial islands.

Chirag

BP · 170 m

A platform of the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli mega-complex, the Caspian's main production.

Shah Deniz Bravo

BP · 550 m

A platform of the Caspian's largest gas field, the source of the Southern Gas Corridor.

North Field

QatarEnergy · 65 m

The world's largest gas field, with numerous wellhead platforms.

North Rankin A

Woodside · 125 m

A pioneering platform of Australia's North West Shelf gas.

Goodwyn A

Woodside · 135 m

A key fixed platform of the North West Shelf gas complex.

Prelude FLNG

Shell · 250 m

The largest floating structure ever built (488 m), Shell's first FLNG.

Ichthys Explorer

INPEX · 250 m

A huge central processing plant of the Ichthys LNG megaproject.

Wheatstone

Chevron · 200 m

A fixed platform feeding one of Australia's largest LNG projects.

Kikeh

Murphy Oil · 1330 m

Malaysia's first deepwater development, with a Spar and an FPSO.

Gumusut-Kakap

Shell · 1200 m

Malaysia's first floating semi-submersible production platform.

Malikai

Shell · 500 m

Malaysia's first tension-leg platform (TLP).

PFLNG Satu

Petronas

The world's first deployed floating liquefied natural gas unit (FLNG) (2016).

Liwan 3-1

CNOOC · 1500 m

China's largest deepwater gas field, with both shallow-water and subsea processing hubs.

Molikpaq

Sakhalin Energy · 30 m

The ice-resistant Molikpaq platform (Sakhalin-2), Russia's first offshore oil (1999).

Orlan

Rosneft · 15 m

An ice-reinforced platform of the Chayvo field (Sakhalin-1), in extreme Arctic conditions.