Some of the survivors were initially taken to oil platforms.

On the morning of April 18, 1988, the oil platforms were knocked out.

The giant rig was much more than an oil platform.

Seen from the sea the museum looks like a small oil platform.

The 52 is the biggest Brazilian oil platform and third in the world.

However, opposition to the operation of D-6 met little international support and the oil platform was opened in 2004.

And some have been found many miles out at sea, clinging to oil platforms.

An oil platform is a large structure placed in the sea.

Consideration has also to be given to the welfare of employees on the oil platform, where there is very little space.

We do have to look like a functioning oil platform, after all.

The first set of offshore platforms were completed by 1979.

This can also be done when a ship or offshore floating platform is in service.

It passes the space station and returns to Earth, landing at an offshore platform.

He tells her it is an offshore platform but that only men work in such a place.

Many permanent offshore platforms have full oil production facilities on board.

It is important to remember that everything used on an offshore platform has to come from somewhere onshore.

"Imagine that we are on an offshore platform - only here the sea is green."

It involves construction of three offshore platforms in addition to the land based facilities.

There are, at present, hundreds of offshore platforms, drilling for both oil and natural gas.

The single offshore platform where production is already under way lies in just 160 feet of water.

On the next page, we'll take a look at the different types of offshore production platforms.

There is no production platform installed in the field.

These basic components can be used for a variety of applications and all share a common production platform.

Employees finished a production platform that would service Brazil's new offshore fields, located beneath 6,000 feet of water.

In shallower waters, the production platform may rest directly on the seabed.

Skip to the next page to learn about the four remaining types of offshore production platforms.

This is because safety requirements may mandate the temporary shut down of offshore production platforms.

We were on maneuvers on one of the Dutch production platforms earlier this evening.

The company built and sold tailor-made cars based on production platforms.

The field is developed by a single central combined drilling and production platform.