Drilling Platform

Definition: Drilling Platform

Drilling Platform

Noun

1. Drilling rig consisting of an offshore platform (floating or fixed to the sea bed) from which many oil wells can be bored radially.

Domain	Definition
Mining	Auxiliary equipment for drilling at heights above head level. The drilling platform is generally assembled and dismantled for each series of drillingoperations. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: Drilling Platform

Synonym: offshore rig (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Drilling Platform

English words defined with "drilling platform": drilling pipe. (references)

Specialty definitions using "drilling platform": dynamic positioning system, dynamic stationing system. (references)

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Azerbaijan	ACG Full Field Development Phase One also envisages the construction of a drilling platform for 48 wells, a gas compression facility, an underwater pipeline from the Azeri field, and modernization of the Sangachal terminal. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expression using "drilling platform": jackup drilling platform. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "drilling platform"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		jack up (jackup drilling platform, jack-up platform, jack-up rig, mat-supported jack-up, self-elevating rig), boreplatform på ben (jackup drilling platform, jack-up platform, jack-up rig, mat-supported jack-up, self-elevating rig). (various references)

Dutch		opvijzelbaar booreiland (jackup drilling platform, jack-up platform, jack-up rig, mat-supported jack-up, self-elevating rig). (various references)

Finnish		jack-up-lautta (jackup drilling platform, jack-up platform, jack-up rig, mat-supported jack-up, self-elevating rig). (various references)

French		plate-forme auto-élévatrice (jackup drilling platform, jack-up drilling rig, self-elevating drilling rig), installation auto-élévatrice � treillis sur semelle (jackup drilling platform), auto-élévatrice sur semelle (jackup drilling platform). (various references)

German		mattengestützter Kran (jackup drilling platform, jack-up platform, jack-up rig, mat-supported jack-up, self-elevating rig). (various references)

Greek		αυτοανυψούμενη γεωτρητική εξέδρα (jackup drilling platform, jack-up platform, jack-up rig, mat-supported jack-up, self-elevating rig), αυτοανυψούμενο θαλάσσιο γεωτρύπανο (jackup drilling platform, jack-up platform, jack-up rig, mat-supported jack-up, self-elevating rig). (various references)

Pig Latin		illingdray atformplay

Portuguese		auto-elevador assente em esteira (jackup drilling platform, jack-up platform, jack-up rig, mat-supported jack-up, self-elevating rig). (various references)

Spanish		plataforma autoelevadora (jackup drilling platform, jack-up platform, jack-up rig, mat-supported jack-up, self-elevating rig). (various references)

Swedish		plattform med höj-och sänkbara ben (jackup drilling platform, jack-up platform, jack-up rig, mat-supported jack-up, self-elevating rig). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Scrabble® YAWL-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-f-g-i-i-l-l-l-m-n-o-p-r-r-t"
	-5 letters: diplomating, granitiform, lapilliform, platforming.
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

44 72 69 6C 6C 69 6E 67 50 6C 61 74 66 6F 72 6D

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 01110010 01101001 01101100 01101100 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01010000 01101100 01100001 01110100 01100110 01101111 01110010 01101101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#114 &#105 &#108 &#108 &#105 &#110 &#103 &#32 &#80 &#108 &#97 &#116 &#102 &#111 &#114 &#109

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0072 0069 006C 006C 0069 006E 0067 0050 006C 0061 0074 0066 006F 0072 006D

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Drilling Platform

Definition: Drilling Platform