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UKDrilling platform
/dɹˈɪlɪŋ plˈatfɔːm/
/dɹˈɪlɪŋ plˈætfɔːɹm/Drilling platform
[NOUN]1
drilling rig consisting of an offshore platform (floating or fixed to the sea bed) from which many oil wells can be bored radially
synonyms : offshore rig
Examples
1. How was it that it's possible to launch such an experimental drilling platform, as the Deepwater Horizon, without extensive environmental impact and risk studies?
2. In season two, as you saw, Greenpeace is followed as they go head to head with oil drilling in the Arctic, with the outcome of oil drilling in the Yamal Peninsula of the Russian Arctic and in the drilling platform in the Norwegian Arctic.
3. So, exactly how much was required before they were able to build the experimental deep water drilling platform, which was the Deepwater Horizon?
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