drilling rig

British  

noun

1. the full name for rig 1

2. a mobile drilling platform used for exploratory offshore drilling

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Example Sentences

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

America’s real comparative advantage is its workers of all stripes—everywhere from factory floors to drilling rigs, corporate cubicles to garage startups—who devise new ways of doing business.

From The Wall Street Journal

Critics think that the economics of Fervo’s power plants might never be competitive with the natural-gas and oil resources with which they must compete for drilling rigs.

From The Wall Street Journal

Seven offshore drilling rigs stand in the vicinity, with three permanently shuttered, and four temporarily out of operation.

From Los Angeles Times

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