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Statfjord A platform towed out on the Norwegian shelf in 1977. Platform is so large that if you towed the platform in the vgen in Bergen (Norway) it would take up all the space inside the harbor. The production on the Statfjord A started 24 November 1979. * About 200 people work on the platform. * The platform weighs 600,000 tons and a total of 270 meters high. * The platform has storage cells in the concrete that together hold 1.3 million barrels of oil. * Buoy oil is loaded on board the ship carrying it to a number of ports in northwestern Europe. * Statfjord field will likely be in operation out in 2019. If not new technology.