This is a list of the tallest oil platforms over 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.
Name Pinnacle height (metres / feet) Year Type Built in Waterbody Built by(Jacket/Main structure) Owner/Operator Cost Water Depth Jacket Weight Remarks Petronius Compliant Tower 640 2,100 2000 Compliant tower Gulf of Mexico Gulf Island Fabrication Chevron (originally Texaco) and Marathon Oil $500 million 1754 43,000 Tallest freestanding structure in the world 2000–2006 Jacket height 509 m (1,671 ft). Baldpate Compliant Tower 581.5 1,908 1998 Compliant tower Gulf of Mexico McDermott Engineering & Aker Gulf Marine Hess Corporation (originally Amerada Hess) $300 million 1647 57,269 Tallest freestanding structure in the world 1998–2000. Bullwinkle Platform 529 1,736 1989 Truss tower Gulf of Mexico Gulf Marine Fabricators Shell $500 million 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) Benguela-Belize Lobito-Tomboco Platform 512 1,680 2008 Compliant tower Congo Basin Gulf Marine Fabricators (now owned by Gulf Island) & Kiewit Offshore Services 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. Pompano Platform 477 1,565 1994 Truss tower Gulf of Mexico McDermott Engineering Stone Energy (originally BP) 1289 39,890 Tombua Landana platform 474 1,554 2009 Compliant tower Congo Basin Gulf Marine Fabricators & Daewoo Chevron 1200 56,400 Troll A platform 472 1,549 1996 Condeep North Sea Norwegian Contractors Equinor (originally Statoil) $650 million 994 683,600 Tallest object ever moved Coelacanth Platform 400 1,312 2016 Truss tower Gulf of Mexico Gulf Marine Fabricators Walter Oil & Gas Corporation (50.5%) 1186 30,000 Jacket height 366 m (1,200 ft) Lena Platform 396 1,300 1983 Compliant tower, Guyed Gulf of Mexico Brown & Root Exxon 1014 24,000 or 27,000 Jacket height 328.5 m (1,078 ft) Cognac Platform 385.5 1,265 1977 Truss tower Gulf of Mexico McDermott Engineering Shell $100 or $265 million 1027 59,000 Gullfaks C 380 1,250 1995 Condeep 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 Harmony Platform 366+ 1,200+ 1992 Truss tower California Hyundai Heavy Industries Exxon 1198 42,900 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 354.5 1,163 1976 Truss tower California Kaiser Steel Corporation Exxon 842 12,200 Virgo Platform 344+ 1,130+ 1999 Truss tower 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 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 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 Gulf of Mexico McDermott Engineering Unocal Corporation $90 million 935 26,000 Jacket Height 952 ft Cerveza Light Platform 327 1,073 1981 Truss tower Gulf of Mexico McDermott Engineering Unocal Corporation $60 million 925 14,991 Draugen platform 285.1 935 1993 Condeep 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 Statfjord B Platform 271 889 1982 Condeep North Sea Norwegian Contractors Equinor (originally Statoil) Statfjord A Platform 270 886 1979 Condeep North Sea Norwegian Contractors Equinor (originally Statoil)
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