oil rig
Britishnoun
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AI capacity can be added far quicker to the electrical grid via solar panels, he says, while building a nuclear power plant, oil rig, or gas pipeline takes years.
From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026
In April 2010, a state-of-the-art offshore oil rig operated by BP exploded in the Gulf of Mexico.
From Slate • Jan. 14, 2026
“But if WTI can occasionally lift back to above the $60 threshold, the oil rig count could remain stable.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
But poor Marler had a trickier time of it, saying: "I'm not one of the nimble, agile rugby players" and calling himself a bit of an "oil rig".
From BBC • Oct. 30, 2025
A gasket blows five thousand feet underwater beneath an oil rig off the coast of Louisiana, sending millions of barrels of crude oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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