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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Where to watch: Netflix 'Last Breath' The true-life survival thriller stars Woody Harrelson and Simu Liu as deep-sea divers working to replace a pipe on an oil rig manifold 300 feet below sea level.
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
The accident would remain the nation’s worst oil spill until an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in 2010 killed 11 people and dumped 210 million gallons of crude into the Gulf of Mexico, scattering oil slicks across an area of 57,000 square miles.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025
The institute's investigators identified a new lung disease in workers at factories that made microwave popcorn, and helped assess what went wrong during the Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster.
—Arkansas Online, 6 Apr. 2025
Imagine an oil rig that detects safety threats in real time, a factory that predicts downtime at a fraction of the cost, or a wind farm that maximizes output across every turbine.
—Amir Husain, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
The accident would remain the nation’s worst oil spill until an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in 2010 killed 11 people and dumped 210 million gallons of crude into the Gulf of Mexico, scattering oil slicks across an area of 57,000 square miles.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025
The institute's investigators identified a new lung disease in workers at factories that made microwave popcorn, and helped assess what went wrong during the Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster.
—Arkansas Online, 6 Apr. 2025
Imagine an oil rig that detects safety threats in real time, a factory that predicts downtime at a fraction of the cost, or a wind farm that maximizes output across every turbine.
—Amir Husain, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
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“Oil rig.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oil%20rig. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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