oil rigs
Deepwater extraction towers
Oil rigs are large structures used to drill for petroleum beneath the earth's surface or ocean floor.
Offshore rigs may be fixed platforms anchored to the seabed or floating vessels that can be repositioned.
The term covers both the drilling equipment and the entire installation where crews live and work: He spent three weeks on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico.
- roughneckOil platform laborer
- hard hatProtective headgear for worksites
- petroleumNatural underground hydrocarbon liquid
- drillingHole-making by rotation
- offshoreAway from land
Christmas tree · platform · semisubmersible · roustabout · derrick · extraction · crew quarters · danger pay · production · separator · deepwater · black gold · offshore drilling · blowout · seabed · gusher · pipeline · Gulf
- TexasAlamo, Dallas, Houston, Austin, San Antonio
- industrial photographyassembly line, production photos, manufacturing, heavy machinery, chemical plants
- marine pollutionchemical spills, fuel spills, industrial waste, toxic waste, marine debris
- UK seasfishing fleets, trawlers, Royal Navy, coastal waters, cod
- Permian BasinOdessa, pump jacks, pumpjacks, drilling rigs, West Texas
- energyelectricity, power, fuel, gas, battery
oil rigswind farms
Grouped turbines generating electricity
solar farms · wind turbines · solar panels · hydroelectric dams · geothermal plants
oil rigsrefineries
Facilities that purify raw materials
oil refineries · petrochemical plants · gas stations · fuel depots
oil rigsnature reserves
Protected ecosystems for conservation
wildlife sanctuaries · pristine wilderness · national parks · marine sanctuaries · coral reefs
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