Definition of "oilrig" [oilrig]

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

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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."
• "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.""
• "In April, BP's oilrig exploded and poured more than 200 million gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of"