offshore platform
Sea drilling structure
An offshore platform is a large structure in the sea used to extract oil or gas from beneath the ocean floor.
These installations support drilling equipment, processing facilities, and crew quarters, sometimes housing hundreds of workers for weeks at a time.
Platforms may be fixed to the seabed or float while anchored in place: The company operates three offshore platforms in the Gulf of Mexico.
- rigEquipment arrangement or vehicle
- drillingHole-making by rotation
- drill bitRotating hole-cutting attachment
- oilSlippery viscous fluid
- gasFormless, expanding substance
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