He was also working on an oil rig at this time.

He got through to the new number he'd been given from the oil rig and asked for the general again.

He got the job on the oil rig, hard, real work.

In the next section, we'll take a look at life on an oil rig.

They were all made before the attack on the oil rig.

To the east we could see the oil rigs at work.

His father worked on oil rigs so the family moved around quite a bit.

In the office at the oil rig the Americans sat listening.

It takes place out on a deep sea oil rig.

I was afraid to turn my head and look at the oil rigs.

The face fades to a shot of an oil rig.

Down to the beach to see the oil rigs at sea.

He knew the oil rigs were always in my nightmare.

There has also been the recent development of a new hotel for the use by the gas and oil rig workers.

Stanton got back to the oil rig three or four days later.

These are critical for use when operating to and from oil rigs.

Figure 1 shows the result of a 2002 study on offshore oil rigs.

The occupation of the oil rigs began two weeks ago over labor issues.

The oil rig could be worked by hand, but the cold was extreme and after the first day no one suggested it.

The oil rig has a blowout and two men are killed.

One worked offshore on an oil rig, the other was a junior in college.

"We're seeing some increase in the order books of all these companies, the oil rig manufacturers."

They were nearly out of visual range when the oil rig exploded.

It appears that it's on the other end of the abandoned oil rig from our position.

An offshore oil rig also became grounded on the island.

Seen from the sea the museum looks like a small oil platform.

An oil platform is a large structure placed in the sea.

On the morning of April 18, 1988, the oil platforms were knocked out.

The 52 is the biggest Brazilian oil platform and third in the world.

The giant rig was much more than an oil platform.

And some have been found many miles out at sea, clinging to oil platforms.

Some of the survivors were initially taken to oil platforms.

However, opposition to the operation of D-6 met little international support and the oil platform was opened in 2004.

Offshore, three oil platforms in the same state of readiness.

We do have to look like a functioning oil platform, after all."

Fuel, water, and chemicals are almost always required by oil platforms.

Damage to the oil platforms was eventually repaired, and they are now back in service.

Consideration has also to be given to the welfare of employees on the oil platform, where there is very little space.

The navy is also responsible for the security of offshore oil platforms.

We're mostly looking for the oil platform in the Black Sea.

In general, oil platforms are located on the continental shelf.

But I cannot understand what someone means by an airplane crash, an oil platform."

Damage to the American-operated oil platform was believed to be light.

Bess has difficulty living without Jan when he is away on the oil platform.

A recent test showed two underwater leaks, he said, and the oil platform is not expected to be back online until early in 2007.

In the next section, we'll take a look at the various kinds of oil platforms in use today.

In addition, offshore oil platforms are served from the helicopter terminal.

Filming on the oil platform occurred between sunrise and sunset in one day.

Most of the ship's cargoes were oil platforms and related gear.

At least 52 oil platforms were damaged by Ike.

On the next page, we'll take a look at the different types of offshore production platforms.

The field is developed by a single central combined drilling and production platform.

He put the number or production platforms damaged by the storm at 120, up from 100 on Monday.

There is no production platform installed in the field.

These basic components can be used for a variety of applications and all share a common production platform.

The company built and sold tailor-made cars based on production platforms.

Skip to the next page to learn about the four remaining types of offshore production platforms.

Until 2001, the field was developed using Petrobras 36 oil production platform.

In shallower waters, the production platform may rest directly on the seabed.

It serves to connect oil production platforms with refineries on shore.

The rig had just been winched away from the Edda production platform.

This is because safety requirements may mandate the temporary shut down of offshore production platforms.

We were on maneuvers on one of the Dutch production platforms earlier this evening.

A summary of offshore semi-submersible oil production platforms is given in the following table derived from industry data.

An explosion and resulting fire on a North Sea oil production platform kills 167 men.

Established oilfields have production platforms on legs which contain numerous wells.

There will be many more production platforms established as smaller accumulations are identified and exploited in the North sea.

Employees finished a production platform that would service Brazil's new offshore fields, located beneath 6,000 feet of water.

Oil companies also evacuated nearly all their production platforms and rigs in the Gulf of Mexico.

But some of those gas production platforms won't be repaired until October or November.

Floating production platforms can also be used.

It marked the first time that an Offshore Division production platform has been used to process oil or natural gas from a third party well.

In early 2007, the lights were installed on the Shell production platform L15.

Fixed water-cannon on the after columns to cool the underside of production platforms.

A spar production platform floats at sunset in the Gulf of Mexico.

The first set of offshore platforms were completed by 1979.

The single offshore platform where production is already under way lies in just 160 feet of water.

He tells her it is an offshore platform but that only men work in such a place.

"Imagine that we are on an offshore platform - only here the sea is green."

Many permanent offshore platforms have full oil production facilities on board.

There are, at present, hundreds of offshore platforms, drilling for both oil and natural gas.

An enormous offshore platform lights up the night off the coast of Norway.

There are definitely pros and cons to working on an offshore platform.

It involves construction of three offshore platforms in addition to the land based facilities.

It is important to remember that everything used on an offshore platform has to come from somewhere onshore.

It passes the space station and returns to Earth, landing at an offshore platform.

The deepest production from an offshore platform in the past has been in 1,025 feet of water.

The oil would be produced on offshore platforms and loaded onto tankers, officials said.

These principles also apply to ships, submarines, and offshore platforms.

"Standards have been taking a gradual step up in the last couple of decades on offshore platforms.

March 6: American helicopters are fired on from offshore platform and small boats, but fire is not returned.

Last May, fires on three offshore platforms burned for almost three weeks.

There are currently seven different varieties of offshore platforms.

This saves capital cost and reduces weight borne by offshore platforms.

A second oil leak has been discovered from an offshore platform in the North Sea.

Similar concept has also been extended to applications in the analysis of offshore platforms under water waves.

Everything needed to run an offshore platform, from tissue paper to heavy electric generators, is loaded there.

But after only a few days working as the only woman on an offshore platform, she left for a job onshore.

Many sets were exported and many found use on offshore platforms.

The first offshore platform was installed by 1976.

I'd say we'd have the drilling rig up here within a month.

Since then the company has bought a number of drilling rigs.

Most of the costs are related to the three drilling rigs.

In addition to the drilling rig, they had to mine ice for water.

Now every drilling rig for miles is booked in advance.

The two men walked across the platform in the direction of the drilling rig.

The number of drilling rigs in operation here has increased by about 25 percent, to 123, during the last year.

"Wages for work on a drilling rig have not kept pace with the general economy."

At the peak, in 1981, these companies ran 4,500 drilling rigs.

The term is commonly used in the context of an oil well drilling rig.

He began his career on oil drilling rigs and in truck yards.

A drilling rig is a machine which creates holes in the ground.

The company also said that two drilling rigs were adrift.

But the stock is cheap based on what it would cost to build drilling rigs.

Some had live pictures, such as one of a drilling rig preparing a hole for a future test.

The small drilling rig he was referring to weighs about 10,000 pounds.

If there were very many drilling rigs like this one, they could put a tremendous amount on the surface.

A large permanent camp had been set up at its base, and a big drilling rig was already in operation.

Both of these fields use offshore drilling rigs as a production base.

Semi-submersibles are the most common type of offshore drilling rig.

But that's too big a margin if you're trying to hit the upper deck of a drilling rig.

A few minutes later Harrison took off, leaving the two doctors standing beside their drilling rig.

She looks like what she is: a drilling rig with wings.

This includes the oil production plant, the accommodation block and the drilling rig.

Offshore drilling rigs have been approved by all levels of the Chinese government.