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offshore rig

NOUN
  1. drilling rig consisting of an offshore platform (floating or fixed to the sea bed) from which many oil wells can be bored radially

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  • Hoteliers in Takoradi, the four square mile port town near the crude find, are scrambling to build new lodging for the influx of oilmen from Hess Corp. and Tullow Oil PLC who are handling offshore rigs. In an African Dynamo's Expansion, the Perils of Prosperity
  • Lead anodes also have high resistance to corrosion by seawater, making them economical to use in systems for the cathodic protection of ships and offshore rigs.
  • He was involved in the oil business, making parts for cranes used on offshore rigs. Times, Sunday Times
  • Even a relatively small leak in the pipelines that carry oil and gas from offshore rigs to onshore facilities could leave hundreds of miles of coastline on Alaska's North Slope awash in oil.
  • But soon, by God's power, her little oil jar began pumping like an offshore rig, and she had as much oil as she could contain.
  • If the drill is a success, it could reduce the numbers of offshore rigs needed for drilling at sea.
  • Traders were hoping that Wednesday's US petroleum inventories report would suggest how badly the young Atlantic hurricane season had hurt production at offshore rigs.
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