Behold the Beauty of the Absolute Unit Deep-Sea Oil Rigs

Peter Rapine Published 04/26/2023 in ftw

Thanks to @FedeItaliano76, we have a collection of deep-sea oil rigs in all their magnificent beauty. If you're like me, you love all things big machines. A few months ago we covered the enormous Bagger 288, the mega-machine eating up Germany's countryside.

And today we have deep-sea oil rigs. If the beauty, size, and general aura of these monstrosities doesn't open something up inside you, then do you even like big shit?

In a world run by aesthetics, we don't give a shit what fantasy landscapes you'd choose to live in or what anime style speaks to you, we only want to know which these oil rigs would you want to live on. For me, it has to be #1.

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Brage oil field, located in the North Sea 120 km northwest of the city of Bergen
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The Cormorant Alpha platform, located 161 kilometres north east of Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland
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Franklin Field, central North Sea. Photograph by Peter Iain Campbell
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The Troll: A platform off the west coast of Norway
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The Draugen platform, Norway
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Oil platform seen from Devereux Lagoon - [Photograph by Nandaro]
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The Goliat field, one of the biggest offshore oil fields in the world, located in the Norwegian sector of the Barents Sea. Photographs by Evgenia Arbugaeva
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Hibernia platform, Canada
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The Berkut platform, especially designed for working in harsh subarctic conditions, is the biggest oil and gas platform in the world. It is located in the Sea of Okhotsk off the Russian Pacific Coast
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A petroleum drilling site near Port Fourchon, La. Photograph by Chris Carmichael
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Statoil’s Heidrun Platform, Norwegian Sea. Photograph by Anna Henly
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Total Alwyn platform and connecting bridge to accommodation. Photograph by Anna Henly
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West Alpha drilling rig, and supply vessel, in rough conditions in the North Sea as photographed by Anna Henly.

1.
Brage oil field, located in the North Sea 120 km northwest of the city of Bergen
2.
The Cormorant Alpha platform, located 161 kilometres north east of Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland
3.
Franklin Field, central North Sea. Photograph by Peter Iain Campbell
4.
The Troll: A platform off the west coast of Norway
5.
The Draugen platform, Norway
6.
Oil platform seen from Devereux Lagoon - [Photograph by Nandaro]
7.
The Goliat field, one of the biggest offshore oil fields in the world, located in the Norwegian sector of the Barents Sea. Photographs by Evgenia Arbugaeva
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Hibernia platform, Canada
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The Berkut platform, especially designed for working in harsh subarctic conditions, is the biggest oil and gas platform in the world. It is located in the Sea of Okhotsk off the Russian Pacific Coast
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A petroleum drilling site near Port Fourchon, La. Photograph by Chris Carmichael
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Statoil’s Heidrun Platform, Norwegian Sea. Photograph by Anna Henly
18.
Total Alwyn platform and connecting bridge to accommodation. Photograph by Anna Henly
19.
West Alpha drilling rig, and supply vessel, in rough conditions in the North Sea as photographed by Anna Henly.