Other drilling platforms stand above the sea surface on legs that are rooted in the seafloor.
Not exact matches
Although the war that claimed more American lives than any
other can hardly be seen as entertainment, the re-creation of battles, military
drills and battlefront encampments gives visitors an intimate, educational glimpse of the grim, early 1860s, providing a
platform for continuing family discussions.
The most recent plan provides a policy
platform for the protection of marine ecosystems and the restoration of fisheries within China's exclusive economic zone — an area of coastal water and seabed to which China claims exclusive rights for fishing,
drilling, and
other economic activities.
This month, from a
drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico, scientists will try to sink a diamond - tipped bit into the heart of Chicxulub crater — the buried remnant of the asteroid impact 66 million years ago that killed off the dinosaurs and most
other life on Earth.
And it's certainly true that as Barton winds into her recitative --» I Set Out To Build a
Platform Called Book Country» — we're reminded of the many times we've read what seemed like a wholly informative blog post from an author only to find the
other shoe dropping: «So that's why I wrote this how - to book, to help you with your writing,» etc., you know the
drill.
The current operator of the
drilling platform, along with the
other three
platforms on the Dos Cuadras field, is the private firm DCOR LLC, of Ventura, California.
WWF and
other organizations campaigned to stop an offshore oil
drilling platform from being built in that critically endangered population's habitat.
Changing sea ice condition and permafrost thawing may cause damage to bridges, pipelines,
drilling platforms, hydropower and
other infrastructure.
Early excerpts from the
platform appear flush with Mitt Romney's positions in calling for
drilling in ANWR (which would require congressional approval), opening more coastal regions to oil - and - gas leasing, and
other policies.