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Troll oil and gas field is about 65km west of Bergen in the northern part of the North Sea. It is one of the largest oil fields on the Norwegian continental shelf and is operated by Statoil.

This oil rig stock photo shows the Troll B platform, a semi-submersible platform fabricated from concrete (probably the only one). In the distance on the left is the Troll C oil rig platform, a conventional steel hull semi-submersible.

The photo was taken from the M/V Geofjord. Originally owned and operated by DOF Subsea, the Geofjord is now owned by Jas Marine in Malaysia.

  • Taken: 04-08-2008 04:54
  • Exposure: 0.017s at f/5.6, ISO100
  • Focal Length: 35mm
  • Camera: Canon EOS 5D
  • Copyright: ©Leon Steber