Meanings
nounoil platform (plural oil platforms)
plural oil platforms
- A large structure used to house workers and machinery needed to drill and then produce oil and natural gas in the ocean.
Near-synonyms: (broadly synonymous) oil rig, drill rig, drilling rig
Synonyms: oil rig, drill rig, drilling rig
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA large structure used to house workers and machinery needed to drill and then produce oil and natural gas in the ocean.
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Translations
Finnish öljynporauslautta
- öljynporauslauttastructure for oil
German Bohrinsel
- Bohrinselstructure for oil
Norwegian Bokmål oljeplattform
- oljeplattformstructure for oil
Polish platforma wiertnicza
- platforma wiertniczastructure for oil
Portuguese plataforma de petróleo, plataforma
- plataforma de petróleostructure for oil
- plataformastructure for oil
Romanian platformă petrolieră
- platformă petrolierăstructure for oil
Russian нефтяна́я платфо́рма
- нефтяна́я платфо́рма (neftjanája platfórma)structure for oil
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“oil platform.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oil%20platform. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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