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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Offshore workers examine hydrocarbon samples aboard the Chevron Corp. Jack/St. Malo deepwater oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana, U.S., on Friday, May 18, 2018.
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Jesse Pound, CNBC, 31 Jan. 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
The rockets lifted off from the San Marco platform, a converted oil platform in equatorial waters off the Kenyan coast.
—Ars Technica, 28 Nov. 2024
Staying on the Frying Pan Originally intended to house a crew of 17 Coast Guard personnel, Frying Pan looks like an oil platform.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 11 Sep. 2024
The museum features interactive exhibits for kids, including a rescue slide, life raft, and a mini oil platform.
—David Nikel, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
Big dollars at stake Oil company BP agreed to pay $4 billion in penalties to settle criminal charges, including felony manslaughter charges, related to the explosion and oil spill at its Deepwater Horizon oil platform in 2010.
—Chris Isidore, CNN, 29 June 2024
Such errors can be expensive: the 1991 collapse of the Norwegian oil platform mentioned earlier caused damages amounting to more than $1.6 billion in today’s dollars.
—Manil Suri, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
After the Deepwater Horizon oil platform blew up in the Gulf of Mexico, for example, the Democratic political strategist James Carville grew frustrated.
—Joe Klein, Foreign Affairs, 13 June 2017
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Jesse Pound, CNBC, 31 Jan. 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
The rockets lifted off from the San Marco platform, a converted oil platform in equatorial waters off the Kenyan coast.
—Ars Technica, 28 Nov. 2024
Staying on the Frying Pan Originally intended to house a crew of 17 Coast Guard personnel, Frying Pan looks like an oil platform.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 11 Sep. 2024
The museum features interactive exhibits for kids, including a rescue slide, life raft, and a mini oil platform.
—David Nikel, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
Big dollars at stake Oil company BP agreed to pay $4 billion in penalties to settle criminal charges, including felony manslaughter charges, related to the explosion and oil spill at its Deepwater Horizon oil platform in 2010.
—Chris Isidore, CNN, 29 June 2024
Such errors can be expensive: the 1991 collapse of the Norwegian oil platform mentioned earlier caused damages amounting to more than $1.6 billion in today’s dollars.
—Manil Suri, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
After the Deepwater Horizon oil platform blew up in the Gulf of Mexico, for example, the Democratic political strategist James Carville grew frustrated.
—Joe Klein, Foreign Affairs, 13 June 2017
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“Oil platform.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oil%20platform. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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