offshore platforms
Sea drilling structures
Offshore platforms are structures built in bodies of water, typically oceans, to support drilling operations for oil and gas extraction.
They range from fixed platforms anchored to the seafloor to floating rigs that can be repositioned.
The term extends to any large marine installation: workers rotating shifts on offshore platforms, an offshore platform visible from the beach.
Platform disasters like Deepwater Horizon have made the term synonymous with both energy production and environmental risk.
- oil rigOffshore petroleum extraction structure
- pipelinesTubes for transporting fluids
- drillingHole-making by rotation
- petroleumNatural underground hydrocarbon liquid
- oil extractionRemoving petroleum from reservoirs
semisubmersible · crude oil · wellheads · natural gas · corrosion resistance · Gulf of Mexico · helidecks · deepwater · hydrocarbons · oil · blowout · safety valve · subsea · cranes · exploration · waves · anchor · gas
offshore platformsoffshore wind farms
Ocean-sited electricity generators
solar farms · hydroelectric dams · nuclear power plants · geothermal plants