oil rig
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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
“But if WTI can occasionally lift back to above the $60 threshold, the oil rig count could remain stable.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
Horror game Still Wakes the Deep, set on a North Sea oil rig in 1975, employs a mostly Scottish voice cast.
From BBC • Aug. 2, 2024
It showed an artist’s colorful rendering of the new ROC, with huge shopping complexes, smiling people in sunglasses toting oversize shopping bags, a Corporation oil rig shining from the blue water in the background.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
