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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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.
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New Atlas, 29 Aug. 2025
Technicians stand next to an oil rig which is manufactured by Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Limited (MEIL) at an Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) plant, during a media tour of the plant in Dhamasna village in the western state of Gujarat, India, August 26, 2021.
—Emma Graham, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2025
The Deepwater Horizon oil rig was spewing crude off the coast of Louisiana and Axelrod said Trump was offering to help.
—Tamara Keith, NPR, 29 July 2025
Kevin O'Connor spends four weeks at a time working on an offshore oil rig.
—Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 24 May 2025
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New Atlas, 29 Aug. 2025
Technicians stand next to an oil rig which is manufactured by Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Limited (MEIL) at an Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) plant, during a media tour of the plant in Dhamasna village in the western state of Gujarat, India, August 26, 2021.
—Emma Graham, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2025
The Deepwater Horizon oil rig was spewing crude off the coast of Louisiana and Axelrod said Trump was offering to help.
—Tamara Keith, NPR, 29 July 2025
Kevin O'Connor spends four weeks at a time working on an offshore oil rig.
—Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 24 May 2025
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“Oil rig.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oil%20rig. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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