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Bullwinkle (oil platform)

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31: 49:. Installed in 1988, the total weight of the platform was 77,000 tons, of which the steel jacket comprises 49,375 tons. At the time of its construction it was the third tallest freestanding structure ever built – shorter than only the 301: 226: 954: 944: 340: 354: 104:. The jacket, which is some 1,400 feet tall, is the second tallest object ever to be moved to another position (relative to the surface of the Earth), after the 148: 143: 279: 949: 905: 959: 510: 964: 886: 891: 861: 153: 806: 316: 397: 812: 640: 530: 480: 823: 800: 635: 138: 752: 460: 57: – and the tallest in the United States, being 6 ft (1.8 m) taller than the pinnacle of the 287: 881: 660: 101: 740: 665: 590: 535: 500: 112: 831: 600: 126: 734: 85: 837: 720: 585: 555: 390: 116: 66: 422: 74: 30: 97: 763: 655: 605: 565: 580: 93: 771: 575: 525: 505: 450: 383: 302:"Manatee Field, Gulf of Mexico - Offshore Technology | Oil and Gas News and Market Analysis" 265: 227:"Manatee Field, Gulf of Mexico - Offshore Technology | Oil and Gas News and Market Analysis" 129:
took ownership of the platform and planned to decommission it at the end of its economic life.
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The Bullwinkle platform was the third tallest freestanding structure built in water after the
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The jacket, i.e. the mainly submerged part of the platform, was built by
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was a 1,736 feet (529 m) tall, pile-supported fixed steel
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February 2, Tom Fowler on; PM, 2010 at 1:05 (2010-02-02).
100:. The platform was shipped using a barge and installed by 69:, approximately 160 miles (260 km) southwest of 77:. The total field development construction cost was 822: 793: 762: 719: 421: 391: 149:Offshore oil and gas in the US Gulf of Mexico 144:List of tallest freestanding steel structures 8: 339:: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( 88:in 1985–1988 at the North Yard location in 511:Jiangsu Nanjing Broadcast Television Tower 398: 384: 376: 361:(Press release). Superior Energy Services 955:Petroleum industry in the Gulf of Mexico 280:"Installing the Bullwinkle Oil Platform" 945:Energy infrastructure completed in 1988 197: 154:List of tallest freestanding structures 807:Zhoushan Island Overhead Powerline Tie 416:indicate structures under construction 332: 73:. 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Bullwinkle Platform

oil platform
Gulf of Mexico
CN Tower
Ostankino Tower
Sears Tower
waterline
Green Canyon Block 65
New Orleans
QuarterNorth Energy, LLC
Gulf Marine Fabricators
Ingleside, Texas
Port Aransas
Corpus Christi
Heerema Marine Contractors
Troll A platform
Petronius
Baldpate
Compliant Towers
Superior Energy Services
List of tallest oil platforms
List of tallest freestanding steel structures
Offshore oil and gas in the US Gulf of Mexico
List of tallest freestanding structures
Info on offshore-technology.com
Towing Largest Oil Rig in History
"Bullwinkle"
SkyscraperPage
"Bullwinkle Platform, All Areas"

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