drilling platform

British  

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

Platkin argued that although the companies lied to the public about climate change, they took steps to shield their own investments from risk, including raising offshore drilling platforms to account for sea level rise.

From Scientific American

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

From Reuters

But Ukrainian officials defended the targeting of Russian offshore drilling infrastructure, saying that Moscow was converting its drilling platforms to military installations by installing high-tech surveillance and communications systems on the rigs.

From New York Times

On the ground, the head of Russian-controlled Crimea said Ukrainian forces had struck several offshore drilling platforms in the peninsula - in what would be the first such attack since the war started.

From BBC

The new findings doubled the number of known natural slicks, and the researchers also noticed many more coinciding with shipping routes, oil pipelines and drilling platforms.

From Scientific American