drilling platform

noun

1. a structure, either fixed to the sea bed or mobile, which supports the machinery and equipment (the drilling rig), together with the stores, required for digging an offshore oil well

Example Sentences

Meanwhile, the operators of a North Sea drilling platform said it was "secure" despite losing four of its eights anchors during Storm Babet.

From BBC

Meanwhile, staff manning a North Sea drilling platform, around 146 miles east of Aberdeen, were airlifted to other sites on Saturday after four of its eight of its anchors came loose during the storm.

From BBC

Elsewhere, coastguard helicopters airlifted 45 workers off a North Sea drilling platform after it lost anchors during the extreme weather.

From BBC

Three decades-old drilling platforms were shuttered in the wake of the disaster.

From Seattle Times

On Monday, Ukraine claimed it recaptured strategic gas and oil drilling platforms in the Black Sea that Russia seized in 2015.

From Washington Times