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Troll A – The Tallest Structure Ever Moved by Mankind

Located about 80 km off the west coast of Norway is ‘Troll A’, A colossal natural gas platform and the tallest structure ever moved by mankind.

When you think about tall structures, the mind generally flies to skyscrapers, business centers or hotels. But oil rigs can be pretty big too, and the tallest moved structure in the world (one of the tallest structures ever built) is an oil platform – Troll A.

Troll A is an offshore natural gas platform in the Troll gas field off the west coast of Norway. This colossal platform is one of the most complex engineering projects ever attempted, and its launch in 1996 was widely popular, presented on multiple televisions.

The Troll A platform has an overall height of 472 metres (1,549 ft), weighs 683,600 tons (1.2 million tons with ballast), standing on the sea floor 303 metres (994 feet) below the surface of the sea. The walls from the legs alone are over 1 metre thick made of steel reinforced concrete formed in one continuous pour, smoothly covering the great diameter of the legs.

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El Guiri 1y ago

Not sure if it was Troll so don't quote me but before starting operations on one of these monsters of engineering, the lead on the project, who was a music buff, said its tragic to fill the concrete jacket without appreciating the acoustics so held a concert inside for the workers. It had already been installed so the concert was carried out below sea level. One never knows in the industry if the stories told are really true and doubt that would've been public but from a just kinda cool appreciation, I like to believe it was

Anarko 1y ago

Absolutely correct 💯.

I appreciate your message 🙏

Here is some information on that:

'Although Troll is primarily a gas field, it also holds vast quantities of oil. Output for 2008 from the entire field is about 138,000 barrels of oil per day and 120Mmscm/d (Million Metric Standard Cubic Meter Per Day) of gas are extracted through three platforms. Singer Katie Melua and her band performed the deepest concert ever, singing at 100 meters below sea level on Troll A, in 2006.'

https://youtu.be/o5Wrk7GRiS4

El Guiri 1y ago

Thanks for confirming

El Guiri 1y ago

Also... Pretty crazy!

Anarko 1y ago

Thank brother for the info. 🧡 Have an awesome day wherever you are.

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