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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What works on an oil rig will not work in a hospital or on a truck.
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Jason Andersen, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
The Paramount+ Western drama created by Taylor Sheridan stars Billy Bob Thornton as Tommy Norris, a landman for an independent oil rig in West Texas who navigates the near-constant crises of lawsuits, dangerous working conditions, family drama and the fight for fortune.
—Emily Blackwood, People.com, 13 Jan. 2025
And Barack Obama visited the city and other parts of Louisiana affected by the most damaging oil spill in American history, brought about by a blowout on the Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig in 2010.
—Kate Selig, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Photo: The Chinese Room Christmas 1975: an oil rig off the eastern coast of Scotland.
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
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Jason Andersen, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
The Paramount+ Western drama created by Taylor Sheridan stars Billy Bob Thornton as Tommy Norris, a landman for an independent oil rig in West Texas who navigates the near-constant crises of lawsuits, dangerous working conditions, family drama and the fight for fortune.
—Emily Blackwood, People.com, 13 Jan. 2025
And Barack Obama visited the city and other parts of Louisiana affected by the most damaging oil spill in American history, brought about by a blowout on the Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig in 2010.
—Kate Selig, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Photo: The Chinese Room Christmas 1975: an oil rig off the eastern coast of Scotland.
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Oil rig.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oil%20rig. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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