oil platform

noun

: a structure above an oil well on land or in the sea that has special equipment attached to it for drilling and removing oil from the ground

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Recent Examples on the Web

Ukraine said Thursday its long-range drones had struck a major offshore oil platform in the Caspian Sea this week, in a previously undisclosed mission that signals a new expansion of its target list in a mounting campaign to cut off the Russian energy revenues funding its war. —Vasco Cotovio, CNN Money, 11 Dec. 2025

Federal investigators determined that a passing ship's anchor ruptured the pipeline connected to a coastal oil platform, causing the spill. —Tom Wait, CBS News, 9 Dec. 2025

Transocean Barents, an oil platform passes through Canakkale Strait as vessel traffic suspended in both directions in Canakkale, Turkiye on November 12, 2024. —Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025

Satellite imagery reveals that the offshore oil platform has the potential for functionality beyond aquaculture. —Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025

The Viking Energy, an oil platform supply shipundergoing a pioneering retrofit to run on ammonia fuel, is now scheduled to begin operations in 2026—two years later than initially planned. —IEEE Spectrum, 10 Mar. 2025

In a novel development, one unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) appeared to take off from a Ukrainian sea drone before making its way to an oil platform, where it was seen behind two fleeing figures before the camera cuts out, presumably as the drone exploded. —Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024

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