Oil Platform - Deepest Oil Platforms

Deepest Oil Platforms

The world's deepest oil platform is the floating Perdido which is a spar platform in the Gulf of Mexico in a water depth of 2,438 metres (7,999 ft).

Non-floating compliant towers and fixed platforms, by water depth:

  • Petronius Platform, 535 m (1,755 ft)
  • Baldpate Platform, 502 m (1,647 ft)
  • Bullwinkle Platform, 413 m (1,355 ft)
  • Pompano Platform, 393 m (1,289 ft)
  • Benguela-Belize Lobito-Tomboco Platform, 390 m (1,280 ft)
  • Tombua Landana Platform, 366 m (1,201 ft)
  • Harmony Platform, 366 m (1,201 ft)
  • Troll A Platform, 303 m (994 ft)
  • Gulfaks C Platform, 217 m (712 ft)

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