drilling platform
offshore rig

See remains of old drilling platforms scattered out in the bay.

But for the months it takes a crew to size up a location, a mobile drilling platform provides everything a team needs with minimal investment.

There was no space where one could operate a lowered drilling platform.

And there were no submerged drilling platforms around here with convenient bubbles of air.

There is a drilling platform behind the Shoney's 24-hour restaurant.

The oil was allegedly under so much pressure that it almost destroyed the drilling platform.

The extent of the drilling platform near the wharf can still be seen on satellite images today.

There was no reason for the people on the drilling platform to do anything other than dismantle.

They ventured into the neutral zone, were going to attack a drilling platform, and we opened fire.

This included proposals to place new drilling platforms in offshore oil leases.