offshore
Past the shoreline
Offshore means away from the shore, in or toward the water: an offshore breeze, offshore drilling platforms.
The term extends to activities conducted in foreign countries, typically for financial advantage: offshore banking, offshore accounts, offshore tax havens.
Companies that move operations abroad are said to offshore jobs or manufacturing: The company offshored its customer service to the Philippines.
Equipment arrangement or vehicle
- platformRaised flat structure
- oilSlippery viscous fluid
- explorationTraveling through unknown regions
- deepwaterOf oceanic depths
petroleum · wellhead · subsea · drillship · blowout · seismic · reservoir · hydrocarbons
Water-bounded land mass
- reefUnderwater rock or coral formation
- atollRing-shaped reef island
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
- sandbarUnderwater ridge of sediment
shoal · cay · key · archipelago · ledge · shelf · seamount · bank
Bodies of liquid
- fishingCatching aquatic creatures
- sailingWind-propelled water travel
- windAir current outdoors
- anchorageSecure harbor spot
navigation · buoy · current · vessel · patrol · boundary · zone · territorial
Record of dealings
- bankingFinancial institution transactions
- trustConfidence in another
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- anonymityUnknown identity state
capital · assets · secrecy · incorporation · nominee · domicile · loophole · evasion
Strenuous effort; also childbirth
- manufacturingIndustrial product creation
- productionMaking or generating something
- factoryIndustrial production facility
- jobsPositions of employment
relocation · workforce · cost-cutting · contracting · assembly · supply-chain · globalization · operations
rig
Equipment arrangement or vehicle
- platformRaised flat structure
- oilSlippery viscous fluid
- explorationTraveling through unknown regions
deepwater · petroleum · wellhead · subsea · drillship · blowout · seismic · reservoir · hydrocarbons · roughneck
island
Water-bounded land mass
- reefUnderwater rock or coral formation
- atollRing-shaped reef island
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
sandbar · shoal · cay · key · archipelago · ledge · shelf · seamount · bank · ridge
waters
Bodies of liquid
anchorage · navigation · buoy · current · vessel · patrol · boundary · zone · territorial · drift
account
Record of dealings
- bankingFinancial institution transactions
- trustConfidence in another
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
anonymity · capital · assets · secrecy · incorporation · nominee · domicile · loophole · evasion · laundering
labor
Strenuous effort; also childbirth
- manufacturingIndustrial product creation
- productionMaking or generating something
- factoryIndustrial production facility
jobs · relocation · workforce · cost-cutting · contracting · assembly · supply-chain · globalization · operations · employment
- petroleumcrude oil, crude, petroleum, oil wells, oil fields
- nautical directionsport, starboard, bow, stern, fore
- coastal featurescoast, beach, bay, cliff, cove
- place adjectivescoastal, suburban, urban, rural, northern
- place descriptorsregional, local, remote, national, isolated
- product origincountry of origin, imported, domestic, overseas, Swiss made