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The Troll A offshore natural gas platform in the North Sea is the tallest man-made structure that has ever been moved to another position , relative to the surface of the earth . The Troll platform was towed over 200 km from Vats , in the northern part of the Norwegian county of Rogaland to the current location , 80 km north-west of Bergen , the second largest Norwegian city . The pic depicts the event .
Cracked by Kutti Mash , Big Fat Panda , Kaustuba and Kamal Rathi . Half credits to Rithwik , Subin and Anil Raghavan .
Tallest man made lingam to ever have been moved, with respect to earth
tallest/largest ever man made structure to be moved
tallest structure ever moved by humans over the surface of the earth
An Off shore gas platform owned by Shell was towed from rogaland in norway to the troll gas field in the north sea
a total of 174 nautical miles (says google)
Troll A platform – largest offshore gas platform-In 2006, the 10th anniversary of Statoil’s operatorship of Troll gas production was celebrated with a concert by Katie Melua held at the base of the Troll A platform. As well as entertaining the workers on the rig, the concert set a new world record for the deepest underwater concert at 303 metres below sea level
he Troll A platform is a condeep offshore natural gas platform in the Troll gas field. It is the tallest construction that has ever been moved to another position, relative to the surface of the Earth, and is among the largest and most complex engineering projects in history. The platform was a televised sensation when it was towed into the North Sea in 1996, where it is now operated by StatoilHydro.
this is an oil/gas platform used for housing workers and machinery needed for oil drilling.
the ships in the picture are drill ships.
A drillship is a maritime vessel that has been fitted with drilling apparatus. It is most often used for exploratory drilling of new oil or gas wells in deep water or for scientific drilling.
Troll A platform???
oil&gas drillig.this is the largest called gromadina in the north sea