Alexander Kielland (platform)

Alexander Kielland was a Norwegian oil platform in the Ekofisk field. The platform, located approximately 320 km east from Dundee, Scotland, was owned by the US company Phillips Petroleum. The platform was named after the Norwegian writer.

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Norwegian - Oil platform - Km - Dundee - Scotland - US - Phillips Petroleum - Norwegian writer

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After 40 months of service, the floating drill platform was no longer used for drilling purposes but served as a living quarters for the nearby Edda platform. On March 27, 1980, while most of the crew were in the platform's cinema, a support-bracing collapsed and the platform capsized. Of the 212 people aboard, 123 were killed, making it, as of 2005, the worst disaster in Norwegian offshore history. Most of the workers were from Rogaland.

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March 27 - 1980 - As of 2005 - Rogaland

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One year later, in March 1981, the investigative report concluded that the platform collapsed owing to a fatigue crack in one of its six bracings, (bracing D-6), which connected the collapsed D-leg to the rest of the platform. The platform was recovered in 1983.

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1981 - Fatigue - 1983

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Not long after the Alexander Kielland platform capsized, its sister platform Henrik Ibsen tilted over, but was straightened up again.

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