production platform

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production platform
 
n
(in the oil industry) a platform from which development wells are drilled that also houses a processing plant and other equipment necessary to keep an oilfield in production

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Main Entry:  production platform
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  a structure from which development wells are drilled for extracting gas or oil from a sea bed
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