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drilling platform

British

noun

a structure, either fixed to the sea bed or mobile, which supports the machinery and equipment (the drilling rig), together with the stores, required for digging an offshore oil well

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An oil and gas drilling platform stands offshore in Dauphin Island, Alabama, October 5, 2013.

From Reuters

The company proposes outright abandoning a fourth bucket of assets consisting of more than 1,170 wells, 280 pipelines, and 270 drilling platforms.

From Salon

He told her he worked on a drilling platform in Houston, Texas and asked her to send money for drilling equipment.

From Seattle Times

There are 55 drilling platforms on its territory, across 20 oil and gas fields.

From BBC

Port Arthur, Texas, is home to the nation's largest oil refinery, and workers have been taken off at least 281 offshore drilling platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, officials said on Monday.

From BBC

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