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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Shell is demanding $1 million in damages plus legal costs after six protestors occupied a moving oil platform in the Atlantic for 13 days in January and February last year.
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Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 24 Jan. 2024
Usually, though, Berkshire Hathaway spreads the risk among oil platform explosions, wind storms, earthquakes and other disasters.
—Matt Schifrin, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
Beta Offshore, the company operating the ocean oil platform where 28,000 gallons of crude oil spilled in 2021, racked up $1.5 million in fees.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2023
An offshore oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, owned by Shell.
—Carol Ryan, WSJ, 27 July 2023
Four boats have been sent to control the fires on the oil platform.
—Florencia Trucco, CNN, 7 July 2023
On September 22, in a vivid display of the spreading dangers in African waters, pirates armed with Kalashnikov rifles attempted to seize an oil platform off the coast of Nigeria.
—Michael Lyon Baker, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2010
And also there was some damage on the oil platform at that same height.
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 14 June 2023
Read more Gulf Coast: Hazards minimal from Mobile River oil platform fire.
—Warren Kulo | Wkulo@al.com, al, 10 Mar. 2023
Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 24 Jan. 2024
Usually, though, Berkshire Hathaway spreads the risk among oil platform explosions, wind storms, earthquakes and other disasters.
—Matt Schifrin, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
Beta Offshore, the company operating the ocean oil platform where 28,000 gallons of crude oil spilled in 2021, racked up $1.5 million in fees.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2023
An offshore oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, owned by Shell.
—Carol Ryan, WSJ, 27 July 2023
Four boats have been sent to control the fires on the oil platform.
—Florencia Trucco, CNN, 7 July 2023
On September 22, in a vivid display of the spreading dangers in African waters, pirates armed with Kalashnikov rifles attempted to seize an oil platform off the coast of Nigeria.
—Michael Lyon Baker, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2010
And also there was some damage on the oil platform at that same height.
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 14 June 2023
Read more Gulf Coast: Hazards minimal from Mobile River oil platform fire.
—Warren Kulo | Wkulo@al.com, al, 10 Mar. 2023
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“Oil platform.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oil%20platform. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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