Meanings
nounoil rig (plural oil rigs)
plural oil rigs · alternative oilrig
- A rig, consisting of a platform and machinery, used to drill for oil and other petroleum products, such as natural gas.
Near-synonyms: (broadly synonymous) drill rig, drilling rig, oil platform
Synonyms: drill rig, drilling rig, oil platform
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA rig, consisting of a platform and machinery, used to drill for oil and other petroleum products, such as natural gas.
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Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 石油鑽塔 /石油钻塔, 石油鑽台
- 石油鑽塔 /石油钻塔 (shíyóu zuàntǎ)oil-drilling platform
- 石油鑽台 (shíyóu zuàntái)oil-drilling platform
Czech ropná plošina
- ropná plošinaoil-drilling platform
Danish borerig
- borerigoil-drilling platform
Dutch boortoren
- boortorenoil-drilling platform
Finnish öljynporauslautta, öljylautta
- öljynporauslauttaoil-drilling platform
- öljylauttaoil-drilling platform
French foreuse
- foreuseoil-drilling platform
German Bohrturm
- Bohrturmoil-drilling platform
Hebrew אַסְדַּת קִדּוּחַ, אַסְדַּת נֵפְט
- אַסְדַּת קִדּוּחַ (asdát qiddúaẖ)oil-drilling platform
- אַסְדַּת נֵפְט (asdát neft)oil-drilling platform
Hungarian fúrótorony
- fúrótoronyoil-drilling platform
Indonesian rig pengeboran
- rig pengeboranoil-drilling platform
Italian impianto di trivellazione
- impianto di trivellazioneoil-drilling platform
Japanese 石油プラットフォーム, 石油リグ
- 石油プラットフォーム (sekiyu purattofōmu)oil-drilling platform
- 石油リグ (sekiyu rigu)oil-drilling platform
Norwegian borerigg
- boreriggoil-drilling platform
Norwegian Bokmål oljerigg
- oljeriggoil-drilling platform
Polish wieża wiertnicza
- wieża wiertniczaoil-drilling platform
Portuguese plataforma de poço de petróleo
- plataforma de poço de petróleooil-drilling platform
Russian бурова́я вы́шка
- бурова́я вы́шка (burovája výška)oil-drilling platform
Scottish Gaelic rioga ola
- rioga olaoil-drilling platform
Spanish torre petrolera, plataforma petrolífera
- torre petroleraoil-drilling platform
- plataforma petrolíferaoil-drilling platform
Swedish oljeborrtorn, oljeplattform
- oljeborrtornoil-drilling platform
- oljeplattformoil-drilling platform
Ukrainian бурова́ ви́шка
- бурова́ ви́шка (burová výška)oil-drilling platform
Cite this entry
APA
oil rig. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oil%20rig
MLA
“oil rig.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oil%20rig. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oil rig,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oil%20rig.
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