semisubmersible drilling platform

  • 1semisubmersible — adjective Date: 1962 being a floating deepwater drilling platform that is towed to a desired location and then partially flooded for stabilization and usually anchored • semisubmersible noun …

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  • 2semisubmersible — ˌ adjective Etymology: semi + submersible (I) : being a floating deepwater drilling platform that is towed to a desired location and then partially flooded for stabilization and usually anchored • semisubmersible noun …

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  • 3Oil platform — A typical offshore oil/gas platform. An oil platform, also referred to as an offshore platform or, somewhat incorrectly, oil rig, is a lаrge structure with facilities to drill wells, to extract and process oil and natural gas, and to temporarily… …

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  • 4полупогружная буровая платформа — полупогружное буровое основание — [http://slovarionline.ru/anglo russkiy slovar neftegazovoy promyishlennosti/] Тематики нефтегазовая промышленность Синонимы полупогружное буровое основание EN drilling semisubmersiblesemisubmersible… …

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  • 5Deepwater Horizon explosion — This article is about the explosion. For the drilling rig and oil spill, see Deepwater Horizon (disambiguation). Deepwater Horizon explosion Anchor handling tugs and platform supply vessels combat the fir …

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  • 6Transocean — Ltd. Type Publicly traded limited company (NYSE: RIG, SIX: RIGN …

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  • 7petroleum production — Introduction       recovery of crude oil and, often, associated natural gas from the Earth.        petroleum is a naturally occurring hydrocarbon material that is believed to have formed in deep sedimentary (sedimentary rock) beds from animal and …

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  • 8Montara oil spill — Satellite image of the oil slick in the Timor Sea, September 2009. Location Timor Sea, off the northern coast of Western Australia …

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  • 9Jackup rig — A jack up rig is a type of mobile offshore oil and gas drilling platform that is able to stand still on the sea floor, resting on a number of supporting legs. The most popular design uses 3 legs. [cite web… …

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  • 10Norway — /nawr way/, n. Norwegian, Norge. a kingdom in N Europe, in the W part of the Scandinavian Peninsula. 4,404,456; 124,555 sq. mi. (322,597 sq. km). Cap.: Oslo. * * * Norway Introduction Norway Background: Despite its neutrality, Norway was not able …

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