oil platform

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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Satellite imagery reveals that the offshore oil platform has the potential for functionality beyond aquaculture. — Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025 Greenpeace members scaled a chemical plant's smokestack to protest toxic pollution in 1981, and occupied a North Sea oil platform in 1995. — CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026 The Viking Energy, an oil platform supply shipundergoing a pioneering retrofit to run on ammonia fuel, is now scheduled to begin operations in 2026—two years later than initially planned. — IEEE Spectrum, 10 Mar. 2025 Transocean Barents, an oil platform passes through Canakkale Strait as vessel traffic suspended in both directions in Canakkale, Turkiye on November 12, 2024. — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for oil platform

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“Oil platform.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oil%20platform. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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