http://www.greenpeace.org/~comms/brent/brent3.html (Einblicke ins Internet, 10/1995)Click on blue text in graphic for information about the Brent Spar platform
Brent Spar is an old, disused oil installation owned by Shell. It is a cylindrical structure measuring 137 metres in height, which is twice as high as Nelson's Column. 109 meters of the platform is submerged.
The Brent Spar platform was de-comissioned in 1991when it was abandoned and left to rust.