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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Levels like the oil rig Blackheart are just a circle, but one route around must be jumped across like a trampoline park — that’s the extent of creativity for many.
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Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
In May, the company drilled 40 feet into a granite core using a full-scale oil rig near Houston.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2025
South Korea has also objected to a former oil rig that China set up in the Yellow Sea, within a zone jointly designated for fishing and navigation.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
Since that time, Spots have been dispatched to Italy to patrol ancient ruins in Pompeii; to New Zealand to herd sheep; and to Norway to work on an oil rig.
—New Atlas, 29 Aug. 2025
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Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
In May, the company drilled 40 feet into a granite core using a full-scale oil rig near Houston.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2025
South Korea has also objected to a former oil rig that China set up in the Yellow Sea, within a zone jointly designated for fishing and navigation.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
Since that time, Spots have been dispatched to Italy to patrol ancient ruins in Pompeii; to New Zealand to herd sheep; and to Norway to work on an oil rig.
—New Atlas, 29 Aug. 2025
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“Oil rig.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oil%20rig. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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