bottom-supported drilling rig
1Deepwater Horizon oil spill — 2010 oil spill and BP oil spill redirect here. For other oil spills in 2010, see 2010 oil spill (disambiguation). For the 2006 oil spill involving BP, see Prudhoe Bay oil spill. For the drilling rig and explosion, see Deepwater Horizon… …
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3Casing (borehole) — Casing is large diameter pipe that is assembled and inserted into a recently drilled section of a borehole and typically cemented into place.PurposeCasing that is cemented in place aids the drilling process in several ways: * Prevent… …
4jack-up — noun Date: 1965 a drilling rig used in offshore drilling whose drilling platform is a barge from which legs are lowered to the bottom when over the drill site and which is raised above the water and supported on the legs to conduct drilling… …
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6jack-up — ˈ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: jack up, verb : a drilling rig used offshore whose platform is a barge from which legs are lowered to the bottom when over the drill site and which is raised above the water and supported on the legs to conduct… …
7tunnels and underground excavations — ▪ engineering Introduction Great tunnels of the world Great tunnels of the worldhorizontal underground passageway produced by excavation or occasionally by nature s action in dissolving a soluble rock, such as limestone. A vertical opening …
8environment — environmental, adj. environmentally, adv. /en vuy reuhn meuhnt, vuy euhrn /, n. 1. the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu. 2. Ecol. the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors… …
9Rigs-to-Reefs — (RTR) is a nationwide program developed by the Minerals Management Service [ [http://www.gomr.mms.gov/homepg/regulate/environ/rigs to reefs/information.html] Minerals Management Service (MMS) Rigs to Reef Information] of the U.S. Department of… …
10ship — shipless, adj. shiplessly, adv. /ship/, n., v., shipped, shipping. n. 1. a vessel, esp. a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines. 2. Naut. a. a sailing vessel square rigged on all of three or more masts, having jibs, staysails, and a… …
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