drilling rig
Britishnoun
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the full name for rig 1
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a mobile drilling platform used for exploratory offshore drilling
Example Sentences
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On Thursday, the company said "a leak of drilling fluid was identified in two auxiliary lines" connecting the drilling rig to a well about 175 kilometers offshore.
From Barron's ● Jan. 6, 2026
They had been propped open to allow cables and pipes to run through, as part of the rapid work going on board to convert the Kielland back into a drilling rig.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2024
The Flower Garden Banks weren’t damaged by the massive oil spill that followed the deadly 2010 explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, but other reefs in the Gulf were.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 18, 2023
It was a drilling rig, of all things, transplanted from the oil fields of North Dakota.
From New York Times ● Aug. 28, 2023
Finding it isn't as easy to run a bank as a drilling rig?
From Flowing Gold by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
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