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Offshore ocean structure with oil drilling and related facilities
An oil platform, also called an oil rig, offshore platform, or oil production platform, is a large structure with facilities to extract and process petroleum
Oil_platform
Oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico
Petronius is a deepwater compliant tower oil platform built from 1997 to 2000 and operated by Chevron in the Gulf of Mexico, 210 km (130.5 mi) east-southeast
Petronius_(oil_platform)
Oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico
tall, pile-supported fixed steel oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Installed in 1988, the total weight of the platform is 77,000 tons, of which the steel
Bullwinkle_(oil_platform)
Deepwater oil platform
oil platform in the world at a water depth of about 2,450 meters (8,040 feet) operated by the Shell Oil Company in the Gulf of Mexico. The platform is
Perdido_(oil_platform)
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
List_of_tallest_oil_platforms
Permanent offshore drilling and production tension-leg oil platform
Mars is a permanent offshore drilling and production tension-leg oil platform (TLP) operating in Mississippi Canyon blocks 762, 763, 806, 807, 850 and
Mars_(oil_platform)
Offshore compliant tower oil platform near the coast of Louisiana
Baldpate is a 579.7 metres (1,902 ft) offshore compliant tower oil platform near the coast of Louisiana, owned and operated by Hess Corporation. It was
Baldpate_(oil_platform)
Norwegian semi-submersible drilling rig
semi-submersible drilling rig that, on 27 March 1980, capsized in the Ekofisk oil field in the North Sea, killing 123 people. The capsize was the worst disaster
Alexander L. Kielland (platform)
Alexander_L._Kielland_(platform)
Environmental disaster in California, United States
28, 1969, blow-out on Union Oil's Platform A, located 6 miles (10 km; 5 nmi) from the coast in the Dos Cuadras Offshore Oil Field. Within a ten-day period
1969_Santa_Barbara_oil_spill
2010 oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico
state the platform had historically been used for deeper wells, including the deepest underwater gas and oil well. The $560 million platform was built
Deepwater_Horizon_explosion
Oil field in the North Atlantic Ocean
Newfoundland, Canada, in 80 m of water. The production platform Hibernia is the world's largest oil platform (by mass) and consists of a 37,000 t (41,000 short
Hibernia_oil_field
Oil platform, and former tallest structure in the world
Magnolia is an offshore oil drilling and production Extended Tension Leg Platform in the Gulf of Mexico. It was the world's deepest ETLP, reaching 1,432 m
Magnolia_(oil_platform)
Gas platform in the Norwegian North Sea
risers and two riser platforms standing in 70 m (230 ft) water depth and linked by a bridge. Draupner E is the first major oil platform using jacket-type
Draupner_platform
Topics referred to by the same term
Jumping platform, naturally occurring platforms, or platforms made in an ad hoc way for cliff jumping Oil platform, a structure built for oil production
Platform
Drilling in state and federal zones
United States. California oil and gas industry Offshore oil and gas in the United States Offshore oil drilling Oil platform Rigs-to-Reefs US offshore
Offshore oil and gas in California
Offshore_oil_and_gas_in_California
American energy company
Houston. As of December 31, 2025, the company had 1,056 million barrels of oil equivalent (6.46×109 GJ) of estimated proved reserves, of which 74% was in
APA_Corporation
Major petroleum-producing area
include Eugene Island block 330 oil field, Atlantis Oil Field, and the Tiber Oil Field (discovered 2009). Notable oil platforms include Baldpate, Bullwinkle
Offshore oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico (United States)
Offshore_oil_and_gas_in_the_Gulf_of_Mexico_(United_States)
Marine vessel used in offshore roles with good stability and seakeeping
semi-submersible platform is a specialised marine vessel used in offshore roles including as offshore drilling rigs, safety vessels, oil production platforms, and
Semi-submersible_platform
Release of petroleum into the environment
on land. Oil spills can result from the release of crude oil from tankers, offshore platforms, drilling rigs, and wells. They may also involve spills of
Oil_spill
2010 environmental disaster
in the aftermath of a blowout and explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil platform, the United States federal government estimated the total discharge at
Deepwater_Horizon_oil_spill
Removal of petroleum from the earth
mostly recovered from oil drilling. Seismic surveys and other methods are used to locate oil reservoirs. Oil rigs and oil platforms are used to drill long
Extraction_of_petroleum
Mechanical process where a wellbore is drilled below the seabed
using dynamic positioning. Around 1891, the first submerged oil wells were drilled from platforms built on piles in the fresh waters of the Grand Lake St
Offshore_drilling
Oil platform
Devils Tower is a deep-water oil and gas production Spar oil platform located in the Gulf of Mexico and named after Devils Tower National Monument. Devils
Devil's_Tower_(oil_platform)
Platform designed to provide living quarters for people
as well, such as the wind farm Horns Rev 2. In the oil and gas industry an accommodation platform may be a flotel, providing living quarters for personnel
Accommodation_platform
Oil platform (1978-2017) located in the North Sea
Ninian Central Platform is an oil platform in the North Sea. When constructed in Loch Kishorn, Scotland in 1978 the 600,000 tonne platform was the world's
Ninian_Central_Platform
Episode of The X-Files (S8 E18)
stranded on a quarantined oil platform with Doggett. They soon discover that the crew has been infected with the "black oil" (an alien virus that Mulder
Vienen
Ship used to supply offshore platforms
A platform supply vessel (PSV) is a ship specially designed to supply offshore oil and gas platforms and other offshore installations. They typically range
Platform_supply_vessel
crude oil production A6/B4, gas field 300 km in the North Sea, gas transport via the NOGAT pipeline Schwedeneck-See oil field (Baltic Sea) A6-A platform No
List of oil and gas fields of the North Sea
List_of_oil_and_gas_fields_of_the_North_Sea
2003 legal case between Iran and the United States
The Oil Platforms case (formally, Oil Platforms (Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America) ICJ 4) is a public international law case decided
Oil_Platforms_case
Oil and natural gas drilling project in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia
pipelines Oil export terminal LNG plant [1] Plans for an additional platform (the PA-C) The Molikpaq drilling and oil production platform (Piltun-Astokhskoye-A
Sakhalin-II
Lake in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, US
Island, located near the southeast side of the lake. On November 20, 1980, an oil rig contracted by Texaco was drilling on Jefferson Island, when the drilling
Lake_Peigneur
Pair of partially active oil fields in California
Numerous directionally-drilled oil wells originate at the platform, and several pipelines connect the platform to an onshore oil processing facility adjacent
Ellwood_Oil_Field
1988 US attack on Iran in the Iran-Iraq War
operation. On 18 April, the attack destroyed, damaged, or sank two Iranian oil platforms, two frigates, a fast-attack craft, several armed boats, and two fighter
Operation_Praying_Mantis
Place in Baku, Azerbaijan
the first oil platform in Azerbaijan, and the first operating offshore oil platform in the world, incorporating numerous drilling platforms. It is featured
Neft_Daşları
Oil platform destroyed by explosion and fire in 1988
Piper Alpha was an oil platform located in the North Sea about 120 miles (190 km) north-east of Aberdeen, Scotland. It was operated by Occidental Petroleum
Piper_Alpha
Apparatus constructed for oil drilling
floating apparatus for offshore oil drilling Oil platform, an apparatus for offshore oil drilling Oil well, a boring from which oil is extracted This set index
Oil_rig
Marine structure used for floating oil/gas platforms
marine structure, used for floating oil/gas platforms. Named after navigation channel Spar buoys, spar platforms were developed as an extreme deepwater
Spar_(platform)
American oil well firefighter (1915–2004)
Australian gas and oil platform off Victoria's southeast coast. Also in 1968, Adair stopped a 6-day oil well fire at the Aliso Canyon Oil Field near Porter
Red_Adair
Semi-submersible oil platform that sank in 2001
semi-submersible oil platform. Prior to its sinking on 20 March 2001, it was the largest in the world. It was operated by Petrobras, a semi-public Brazilian oil company
Petrobras_36
Offshore oil drilling platform
ExxonMobil joint venture semi-submersible oil platform on location over the Mississippi Canyon Thunder Horse Oil Field (Block 778/822), in deepwater Gulf
Thunder_Horse_PDQ
Type of offshore platform used in production of oil or gas
tension-leg platform (TLP) or extended tension leg platform (ETLP) is a vertically moored floating structure normally used for the offshore production of oil or
Tension-leg_platform
interval BLP – bridge-linked platform BO – back-off log BO – barrel of oil boe – barrels of oil equivalent boed – barrels of oil equivalent per day BOEM –
List of abbreviations in oil and gas exploration and production
List_of_abbreviations_in_oil_and_gas_exploration_and_production
1987 US attack on Iranian oil platforms in the Iran-Iraq War
Operation Nimble Archer was the 19 October 1987 attack on two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf by United States Navy forces. The attack was a response
Operation_Nimble_Archer
Hydrocarbons from the North Sea
Oil industry in Scotland It's Scotland's oil List of oil and gas fields of the North Sea Oil and gas industry in the United Kingdom Oil platform Oil reserves
North_Sea_oil
Open bottomed tube anchor embedded and released by pressure differential
anchoring large offshore installations, like oil platforms, offshore drillings and accommodation platforms to the seafloor at great depths. In recent years
Suction_caisson
Planned offshore tourist attraction
of the Persian Gulf. The project will be designed after an offshore oil Platform and will cover over 300,000 m2, double what was originally announced
The_Rig,_Saudi_Arabia
US offshore platform in the Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Mexico. The platform was originally installed as an oil and gas drilling and production platform in early 1980. The platform was owned by Mariner
Vermilion_Block_380_platform
Integrated system to drill wells
more permanent land or marine-based structures (such as oil platforms, commonly called 'offshore oil rigs' even if they don't contain a drilling rig). The
Drilling_rig
Unincorporated community in Louisiana, United States
Gulf oil platforms and drilling rigs as well as the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port pipeline. Fourchon's primary service markets are domestic deepwater oil and
Port_Fourchon,_Louisiana
Offshore oil and gas disaster
production platform. The fire caused 22 fatalities (of whom 11 recovered and 11 missing) and material damage estimated at $370 million. The Mumbai High oil field
2005_Mumbai_High_fire
Type of mobile platform
Jackup platforms are almost exclusively used as exploratory oil and gas drilling platforms and as offshore and wind farm service platforms. Jackup rigs
Jackup_rig
Former railway station in Victoria, Australia
next to the oil refinery in the suburb of Altona North. The station opened in 1953 as the Standard Oil Platform, serving workers of the oil refinery operated
Mobiltown_railway_station
Freestanding framework tower
tallest oil platforms Additionally guyed tower Architectural structure Hyperboloid structure Partially guyed tower "Shell Will Build Skyscraper-Sized Oil Rig"
Lattice_tower
Oil spill in Timor Sea in 2009
considered one of Australia's worst oil disasters. The slick was released following a blowout from the Montara wellhead platform on 21 August 2009, and continued
Montara_oil_spill
Offshore oil rig that sank in 1982
Ocean Ranger was a semi-submersible mobile oil platform that sank in Canadian waters on 15 February 1982. It was drilling an exploration well on the Grand
Ocean_Ranger
Offshore oil field
largest offshore production platform in the Gulf, with a processing capacity of 250 thousand barrels per day (40×10^3 m3/d) of oil and 200 million cubic feet
Thunder_Horse_Oil_Field
Oil spill off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico
of the destruction of a Taylor Energy oil platform during Hurricane Ivan in 2004. It is the longest-running oil spill in U.S. history. It was first brought
Taylor_Energy_oil_spill
1987–88 US operation of the Iran-Iraq War
Guard bases in the Sirri and Sassan oil fields. After U.S. warships bombarded the Sirri base, located on an oil platform, and set it ablaze, a UH-60 helicopter
Operation_Earnest_Will
Semisubmersible heavy-lift ship
first cargo of Dockwise Vanguard was Chevron Corporation's Jack/St. Malo oil platform, moved from Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea to the Gulf of Mexico
BOKA_Vanguard
Offshore platform in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea
processing offshore platform at the Sleipner East gas field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. It is a Condeep-type oil platform, built in Norway
Sleipner_A
Distillation process
spiked into the stabilised crude. Oil production plant Oil platform Upstream (oil industry) Oil industry Flotta oil terminal Sullom Voe terminal "Repsol
Crude_oil_stabilisation
Semi-submersible heavy-lift ship
January 2004. Following these improvements, Blue Marlin delivered the oil platform Thunder Horse PDQ, weighing 60,000 tons, to Corpus Christi, Texas, for
MV_Blue_Marlin
Oil platform in miles , southeast of New Orleans
The Ursa tension leg platform is an oil platform with a tension leg structure located at 28°09′14″N 89°06′13″W / 28.154027°N 89.103553°W / 28.154027;
Ursa_tension_leg_platform
Initiation and propagation of cracks in a material due to cyclic loading
caused by metal fatigue. The 1965 capsize of the UK's first offshore oil platform, the Sea Gem, was due to fatigue in part of the suspension system linking
Fatigue_(material)
Ukrainian long-range UAV
strike against a Lukoil-operated offshore oil platform in the Caspian Sea. In February 2026, the Lukoil oil refinery in Ukhta was attacked. The city in
Liutyi
Lighthouse
the Sivand and Dena Oil Fields, Nosrat Oil Field, Alvand Oil Field and the Esfand Oil Field along with the Nasr offshore oil platforms. The airport located
Sirri_Island
Concept of creating permanent dwellings at sea
Proposed structures have included modified cruise ships, refitted oil platforms, and custom-built floating islands. The Seasteading Institute says seasteads
Seasteading
1961 novel by Alistair MacLean
confession, which is relayed to witnesses on the oil platform. Talbot then returns to the oil platform, where Vyland throws himself to his death from a
Fear_Is_the_Key_(novel)
featuring a reinforced concrete core. Oil platforms built using rigid steel jackets, such as the Bullwinkle (oil platform), are included and ranked as the
List of tallest freestanding steel structures
List_of_tallest_freestanding_steel_structures
1995 helicopter accident in the North Sea
was struck by lightning. The flight was carrying 16 oil workers from Aberdeen to an oil platform at the Brae oilfield. All 18 people on board survived
Bristow Helicopters Flight 56C
Bristow_Helicopters_Flight_56C
Oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico
Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible drilling rig Sedco 135 in the Bay of Campeche of the Gulf of Mexico, about 100 km
Ixtoc_I_oil_spill
Part of US ballistic missile defense system
is mounted on a fifth-generation CS-50 twin-hulled semi-submersible oil platform. Conversion of the vessel was carried out at the AmFELS yard in Brownsville
Sea-based_X-band_radar
Former offshore oil drilling rig
roles as semi-permanent production platforms, initially at the Tiber site followed by a return to the Kaskida field, an oil dome 50 miles off the coast of
Deepwater_Horizon
Type of offshore platform used for the extraction of petroleum or gas
considered. List of tallest oil platforms List of tallest freestanding steel structures Bullwinkle Platform Pompano Platform Offshore geotechnical engineering
Fixed_platform
Extraction and sale of petroleum products
Superior Oil erected a drilling/production oil-platform in 20 ft (6.1 m) of water some 18 miles[vague] off Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. Kerr-McGee Oil Industries
Petroleum_industry
Wells located on the seabed
already existing production platform or an onshore facility. The oil platform well is drilled by a movable rig and the extracted oil or natural gas is transported
Subsea_production_system
Mexican state-owned petroleum corporation
offshore oil field. The two companies have been partnered since 2022. The platform that was submitted was for two offshore platforms and 46 wells with oil and
Pemex
Offshore oil field
start in summer 2015 on Goliat oil platform, could only begin in April 2016. Goliat is the northernmost sea oil platform at the moment. Production is estimated
Goliat_field
2015 pipeline leak on the coast of California
California. Venoco's Platform Holly located in the South Ellwood Offshore Oil Field also depended on Lines 901 and 903. The Holly platform is about two miles
Refugio_oil_spill
1989 film by James Cameron
sinks in the Caribbean, a U.S. search and recovery team works with an oil platform crew, racing against Soviet vessels to recover the boat. Deep in the
The_Abyss
Azerbaijani oil platform fire
the platform, which had been in service since 1984, partially collapsed. Fire spread to several oil and gas wells. Production at all 28 wells (24 oil wells
Gunashli_Platform_No.10_fire
Defunct American oil company
the first offshore oil platform off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico. In the 1970s, Superior Oil was involved in the oil shale industry developing
Superior_Oil_Company
Oil field in the United Kingdom
utilities (UQ) and an oil stripper platform (PS). The oil processing facilities comprise a 3-phase (oil/vapour/water) Production Separator. Oil from the separator
Buzzard_oil_field
Offshore oil field in the Gulf of Mexico
the Cleopatra pipeline. The field is operated by using a truss spar oil platform manufactured in Finland. The hull measures are 128 feet (39 m) in diameter
Mad_Dog_oil_field
Driller (oil) Drilling engineer Environmental engineer Hydrologist Landman (oil worker) Mud engineer Mud logging technician Oil platform crew Oil terminal
List of petroleum industry occupations
List_of_petroleum_industry_occupations
Semi-submersible offshore drilling rig
diving in support of the oil and gas industry Saturation diving – Diving mode and decompression technique Piper Alpha – Oil platform destroyed by explosion
Byford_Dolphin
the Caspian Sea, killing a sailor and injuring another. The Filanovsky oil platform was attacked by Ukrainian drones. A Roskomnadzor official, Mikhail Ivanov
Timeline of the Russo-Ukrainian war (1 June 2026 – present)
Timeline_of_the_Russo-Ukrainian_war_(1_June_2026_–_present)
UK oil field in the Shetland Basin
Sandstone) and Shetland Group mudstones. The Tern oil platform is a steel jacket production and drilling platform. It was built by RGC Offshore at Methil yard
Tern_oilfield
Oil platform off the coast of Tabasco, Mexico
Sea Pony-type minimum-facilities light-production oil platform operated by Mexican state-owned oil company PEMEX, and installed about 26 kilometres (16 mi)
Kab_101
Italian spaceport off the Kenyan coast
BSC is not currently used as a launch site. The San Marco platform was a former oil platform, located to the north of Cape Ras Ngomeni on the coastal sublittoral
Broglio_Space_Center
Oilfield in the North Sea
seabed. The platform was designed for simultaneous drilling and production. Piper Alpha was the site of the world's deadliest oil platform disaster when
Piper_oilfield
Make of gravity based oil platform structure
Condeep is a make of gravity-based structure for oil platforms invented and patented by engineer Olav Mo in 1972, which were fabricated by Norwegian Contractors
Condeep
Oil and gas field in the North Sea
displacement between 1.4 and 1.5 million tons. The platform produces 250,000 barrels per day (40,000 m3/d) of oil. The Tordis field, which is located 11 kilometres
Gullfaks_oil_field
Series of offshore lighthouses around the United States
Texas Tower lighthouse is a structure which is similar to an off-shore oil platform. Seven of these structures were built in the 1960s off the shores of
Texas_Tower_(lighthouse)
US Marine unit
to conduct real-world operations during Operation Earnest Will (a Kuwaiti oil tanker escort operation). The 24th MEU(SOC) RRT reinforced by members of
Radio_Reconnaissance_Platoon
Jack-up rig that operated in the Russian Far East
towing operation's compliance with best practices was doubtful since the platform’s manufacturer explicitly stated that "towing is prohibited in the winter
Kolskaya_(jack-up_rig)
Brazilian majority state-owned oil and gas corporation
production on the P-50 oil platform in the Albacora-Leste oil field at Campos Basin, which made Brazil self-sufficient in oil production. During the administration
Petrobras
Force applied in a chamber to remove a fluid
area where there may exist flammable gases such as those found on an oil platform or laboratory cleanroom. This kind of positive pressure is also used
Positive_pressure
Oil field in the Pechora Sea
commercial offshore oil development in the Russian Arctic sector. The field development is based on the single stationary Prirazlomnaya platform, which is the
Prirazlomnoye_field
Oil field and complex of oil platforms
high system of three linked platforms in the Irish Sea, 24 kilometres (15 mi) off the North Wales coast. The Douglas oil field was discovered in 1990
Douglas_Complex
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