oil rig

  • 11oil rig — /ˈɔɪl rɪg/ (say oyl rig) noun the entire structure including all the apparatus needed in drilling for oil …

  • 12oil rig — noun a structure with equipment for drilling an oil well; an oil platform …

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  • 13oil rig — n. oil platform …

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  • 14oil-rig — machinery used to drill oil wells …

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  • 15oil rig — noun (C) a large structure with equipment for getting oil from under the ground, especially from under the sea bottom …

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  • 16ˈoil ˌrig — noun [C] a large structure with equipment on it for getting oil out from underground …

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  • 17Rig — may refer to:* Rig (band), a musical group of the early 1970s *Rig, Afghanistan * Rig, the configuration of sails and other rigging on a sailing vessel * Rigging, in computer animation, grouping the elements of parts such as limbs in a 3D model * …

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  • 18oil 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] ( …

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  • 19Oil Strike North — is a BBC television drama series produced in 1975. The series was created and produced by Gerard Glaister and dealt with life on Nelson One, a North Sea oil rig owned by the fictional company Triumph Oil. Eschewing the corporate power struggles… …

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  • 20rig — Ⅰ. rig [1] ► VERB (rigged, rigging) 1) provide (a boat) with sails and rigging. 2) assemble and adjust (the equipment of a sailing boat, aircraft, etc.) in readiness for operation. 3) (often rig up) set up (a device or structure), typically in a… …

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