oil rig
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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That's a body of water on land, and then offshore is all the oil rig deep-sea diving.
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Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 10 May 2025
On a platform in the middle of the sea, the industrial machinery of an oil rig attempts to send out a warning of an impending catastrophe.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 May 2025
The structure could house as many as 100 people, a South Korean Fisheries Ministry official told local media, citing technical specification of the former oil rig.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
Vigil has shades of Amazon’s The Rig, which aired first season from an oil rig and the second from an Arctic glacier.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2025
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Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 10 May 2025
On a platform in the middle of the sea, the industrial machinery of an oil rig attempts to send out a warning of an impending catastrophe.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 May 2025
The structure could house as many as 100 people, a South Korean Fisheries Ministry official told local media, citing technical specification of the former oil rig.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
Vigil has shades of Amazon’s The Rig, which aired first season from an oil rig and the second from an Arctic glacier.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Oil rig.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oil%20rig. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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