drilling platform
Sea extraction station
A drilling platform is a large structure used to drill wells for oil or gas extraction, typically located offshore.
Platforms may be fixed to the seabed or float while anchored in position.
The drilling platform operated twenty miles off the coast.
Also called an oil platform or oil rig.
- offshoreAway from land
- oil rigOffshore petroleum extraction structure
- rigEquipment arrangement or vehicle
- oilSlippery viscous fluid
- black goldSlang for petroleum
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