oil rig
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Cruise’s Digger Rockwell rises from bed and tries to feed his bizarrely acting cat before learning of an explosion on his oil rig in Greenland.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
They noted that a nearby oil rig, Platform Grace, has already ceased operating due to declining production and is now being decommissioned.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
AI capacity can be added far quicker to the electrical grid via solar panels, he says, while building a nuclear power plant, oil rig, or gas pipeline takes years.
From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026
In April 2010, a state-of-the-art offshore oil rig operated by BP exploded in the Gulf of Mexico.
From Slate ● Jan. 14, 2026
Someone'd got a letter from a North Sea oil rig, another from a canning factory in Alaska.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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