production platform

British

noun

(in the oil industry) a platform from which development wells are drilled that also houses a processing plant and other equipment necessary to keep an oilfield in production

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Publicis said its AI production platform grew strongly, and that the group experienced no slowdown in client demand.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025

Construction is well underway for the production platform for the gas field.

From BBC • Sep. 3, 2025

Undersea wells owned by Taylor Energy have been seeping into the Gulf of Mexico since 2004, when a production platform about 10 miles off the Louisiana coast was damaged by Hurricane Ivan.

From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2022

Sixteen wells off Louisiana have been leaking since September 2004, when a subsea mudslide caused by Hurricane Ivan knocked over a Taylor production platform, dragging and breaking a cluster of pipes.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 22, 2021

The 16-inch diameter, 17-mile-long pipeline runs from Amplify's Elly oil production platform offshore to Long Beach, where the oil is stored and transported for refining.

From Reuters • Oct. 8, 2021

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