Alexander L. Kielland (platform)
Alexander L. Kielland was a Norwegian semi-submersible drilling rig that, on 27 March 1980, capsized in the Ekofisk oil field in the North Sea, killing 123 people. The capsize was the worst disaster in Norwegian waters since the Second World War. The rig, located approximately 320 km east of Dundee, Scotland, was owned by the Stavanger Drilling Company of Norway and was on hire to the U.S. company Phillips Petroleum at the time of the disaster.
Edda 2/7C and Alexander L. Kielland (right) | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Alexander L. Kielland |
| Owner | A. Gowart-Olsen A/S |
| Operator | Stavanger Drilling II |
| Builder | Compagnie Francaise d’Entreprises Métalliques (CFEM), Dunkerque, France |
| Launched | 5 June 1976 |
| Fate | Capsized / sunk at 56.464839°N 3.104464°E |
| General characteristics | |
| Length | 103 m (338 ft) |
| Beam | 99 m (325 ft) |
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