flotel

British  

/ fləʊˈtɛl /

noun

1. (in the oil industry) an oil rig or boat used as accommodation for workers in off-shore oil fields

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Etymology

Origin of flotel

C20: from float + hotel

Example Sentences

"The lifeboat did not work, the workers were not trained, then they put a 'flotel' on top without knowing the calculation of stability," Ms Tungland says, starting to stack the bricks.

From BBC

On the evening of 27 March 1980, their fathers were among 212 men aboard the Kielland, a French-built, semi-submersible platform named after a famous Norwegian writer, which served as a "flotel" for workers of the nearby Edda drilling rig.

From BBC

An original inquiry held behind closed doors a year later said the disaster, which saw 89 survive, was caused by a fatigue crack on a bracing holding one of the five legs supporting the so-called flotel.

From BBC

An official inquiry held behind closed doors said the 27 March disaster, which had 89 survivors, was caused by a fatigue crack on a bracing holding one of the five legs supporting the so-called flotel.

From BBC

On the rue de la Crosse, the Flotel of Bees becomes almost weightless for a moment, lifted in a spiral of flame, before it begins to rain in pieces back to the earth.

From Literature