Alexander L. Kielland

The Alexander L. Kielland platform contained accommodation blocks for 386 workers and operated as both a drilling unit and floating hotel in the Ekofisk field.

On March 27, 1980, the platform experienced a structural failure when a support brace cracked, leading to the death of 123 personnel in Norway's largest offshore disaster.

The platform received its name from Alexander Lange Kielland, reflecting Norway's practice of naming maritime structures after national literary figures.

The platform operated 320 kilometers east of Dundee, Scotland, serving as a base for Phillips Petroleum workers in the North Sea oil extraction operations.

Following the disaster, the recovered platform structure underwent detailed engineering analysis before being permanently submerged in Nedstrand Fjord.

Part of: North Sea oil

GPS coordinates: 56.46472,3.10444

Latest update: May 26, 2025 21:05