fixed offshore platform
11Troll A platform — The Troll A platform is a condeep offshore natural gas platform in the Troll gas field. It is the tallest construction that has ever been moved to another position, relative to the surface of the Earth, and is among the largest and most complex… …
12oil platform — noun A steel and/or concrete structure, either fixed or mobile, used in offshore drilling to support the rig and to keep stores, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑oil * * * ˈoil rig [oil rig oil rigs] ( …
13Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… …
14Floating Production Storage and Offloading — A Floating Production, Storage and Offloading vessel (FPSO; also called a unit and a system ) is a type of floating tank system used by the offshore oil and gas industry and designed to take all of the oil or gas produced from a nearby platform… …
15Butler Flats Light — Infobox Lighthouse caption = Lighthouse in 2007 location = New Bedford Channel, Acushnet River coordinates = coord|41|36|13|N|70|53|40|W|region:US type:landmark yearbuilt = 1805 yearlit = 1898 (current tower) automated = 1978 yeardeactivated =… …
16Singapore — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Singapore <p></p> Background: <p></p> Singapore was founded as a British trading colony in 1819. It joined the Malaysian Federation in 1963 but separated two years… …
17Norwegian Ship Register — The Norwegian Ship Register (Norwegian: Norsk Ordinært Skipsregister) or NOR is a domestic ship register for Norway. The register is managed by Norwegian Ship Registers (NIS NOR). Registration All ships over 15 metres must register, as must… …
18Framnaes — Infobox Company name = Grenland Framnæs AS company type = Private company foundation = location city = location country = location = flagicon|Norway Sandefjord, Norway locations = key people = area served = industry = Engineering products =… …
19Dynamic positioning — Offshore Support Vessel Toisa Perseus with, in the background, the fifth generation deepwater drillship Discoverer Enterprise, over the Thunder Horse Oil Field. Both are equipped with DP systems. Dynamic positioning (DP) is a computer controlled… …
20Offshoring — Offshore may refer to oil and natural gas production at sea; see Oil platform. For the Philippine outsourcing company, see Offshoring Inc. Offshoring describes the relocation by a company of a business process from one country to another… …
