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- noun A
rig , consisting ofplatform and machinery, used to drill for oil and other petroleum products like natural gas.
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Examples
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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: The Oil Isn't Gone, but the People Are Still Here Ian Somerhalder 2010
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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: The Oil Isn't Gone, but the People Are Still Here Ian Somerhalder 2010
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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.
mad dogs and irishmen James Claffey 2011
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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: The Oil Isn't Gone, but the People Are Still Here Ian Somerhalder 2010
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And aren't we furious when we find out that people like the engineers at the Deepwater Horizon oilrig, have downplayed the dangers?
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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.
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In April, BP's oilrig exploded and poured more than 200 million gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of
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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.
BP, LLC | RedState 2010
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In April, BP's oilrig exploded and poured more than 200 million gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of
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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.
Oil Spill Taking Toll On BP's, Government's Credibility 2010
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