CONCRETE GRAVITY PLATFORMS
CONCRETE GRAVITY PLATFORMS
Construction was undertaken in a dry basin before the platforms were floated out for completion offshore.
General Information
We constructed three concrete gravity platforms for the North Sea oil industry at Ardyne Point on the West Coast of Scotland between 1974 and 1978.
Weighing over 300,000 tonnes, at the time of construction Cormorant ‘A’ was the largest oil production platform ever built. The 100m square, 56m high caisson had a storage capacity of one million barrels and carried four 116m high towers.
Fast facts
- Client
- Shell
- Duration
- 1974 - 1978
- Location
- Ardyne Point, Scotland
- Region
- Scotland
- Sector
- Industrial & Energy
