TYPES OF STRUCTURES: Types of offshore oil and gas structures 1,2) Conventional fixed platforms (deepest: Shell’s Bullwinkle in 1991 at 1,353 ft GOM); 3) compliant tower (deepest: ChevronTexaco’s Petronius in 1998, 1,754 ft GOM); 4,5) Vertically moored tension leg and mini-tension leg platform (deepest: ConocoPhillips’ Magnolia in 2004 4,674 ft GOM); 6) Spar (deepest: Dominion’s Devils Tower in 2004, 5,610 ft GOM); 7,8) Semi-submersibles (deepest: Shell’s NaKika in 2003, 6,300 ft GOM); 9) Floating production, storage, and offloading facility (deepest: 2005, 4,429 ft Brazil); 10) Sub-sea completion and tie-back to host facility (deepest: Shell’s Coulomb tie to NaKika 2004, 7,570 ft.) (all records from 2005 data)
