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The Sleipner A platform sank during preparation for deck mating in Gandsfjorden outside Stavanger, Norway on 23 August 1991. The platform produces oil and gas in the North Sea. The failure involved a total economic loss of about $700 million.
Several Sources:
 | www.ima.umn.edu/~arnold/disasters/sleipner.html |
| www.offshore-technology.com/projects/sigyn/sigyn2.html |
| www.ocp.tudelft.nl/wbmt/fac/ ONDERW/WPATROON/VAKKEN/WB1416SUM.HTM |