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Ocean & Marine · Recorded milestone

Offshore oil platform

Recorded year1947

Kerr-McGee drills the first well out of sight of land in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Built on

Gusher-era oil extractionRecorded · 1901enables

Led to

Ocean drilling shipRecorded · 1968enables
Carbon capture and storageRecorded · 1996enables
Floating wind turbinesRecorded · 2009enables

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.