Oilrig

Word OILRIG
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Definitions and meanings of "Oilrig"

What do we mean by oilrig?

A rig, consisting of platform and machinery, used to drill for oil and other petroleum products like natural gas.

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The word "oilrig" in example sentences

Added to his gum problems was the state of his eyes: one was clouded by a cataract and the other stitched shut from where he'd been clubbed in the head on the oilrig back in the 70s. ❋ James Claffey (2011)

But we cannot protect the Gulf, or protect oilrig workers from potentially deadly accidents, if in the wake of this catastrophe we rush right back to "drill, baby, drill." ❋ Ian Somerhalder (2010)

And aren't we furious when we find out that people like the engineers at the Deepwater Horizon oilrig, have downplayed the dangers? ❋ Unknown (2010)

There is also the effects of uncontrolled oil disasters - we are currently seeing the effects of one oilrig explosion off New Orleans and the huge roll out of manpower required to just try and keep it under some sort of control. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In April, BP's oilrig exploded and poured more than 200 million gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of ❋ Unknown (2010)

The famous oil troubleshooter, Red Adair, who died a few years ago, mentioned in a biography that an oilrig in the gulf of Mexico, which in that particular instance belonged to the Mexican government, had been the most difficult problem he had ever been called to fix. ❋ Unknown (2010)

WASHINGTON — A litany of half-truths, withholding crucial video, blocking media access to the site and a failure to share timely and complete information about efforts to contain the largest oil spill in U.S. history have created the widespread impression that BP is withholding information about the April 20 oilrig blowout in the Gulf of Mexico, if not misleading the public and the government. ❋ Unknown (2010)

From the top of an oilrig for Jesus: "Mr. Demille, I'm ready for my gawddamn close-up." ❋ Unknown (2009)

He tells the story of finding a hand-printed message in a bottle from a schoolgirl in Holland who had thrown it from an oilrig on a school outing. ❋ Roger Deakin (2009)

But remember last week, when Barack Obama had all of these images from abroad, what McCain wanted to do and his advisers wanted to do was go to an oilrig off the coast of New Orleans. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Orion climbed the high oilrig, one of the thousands that dotted the small cities, built to drill hopelessly through dry earth. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Thus instantly turning it from what was useful information to meaningless political propaganda suitable only for wrapping the jewfish we powerheaded 25 fathoms below the oilrig this morning. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Downtown streets awash in floodwaters there, winds from the storms outer bands literally whipping an oilrig loose. ❋ Unknown (2005)

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