drilling rig

English

Alternative forms

• drill rig

Noun

drilling rig (plural drilling rigs)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drilling,‎ rig.
   • 2010, Geological Survey (U.S.), Minerals Yearbook 2008, volume 3, pages 19-22:

     DFI planned to commission a drilling rig to begin an extensive evaluation of the Barteajam and the Henry Town gold prospects in 2009

2. An oil rig.

Translations

rig for drilling (oil etc.) wells

• Danish: borerig c, boreplatform c
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: borerigg m

  Nynorsk: borerigg m

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