Why are oil and gas platforms significant? These platforms are like tiny cities in the ocean, where workers live and work to keep our world going.
Oil and gas platforms are large structures built in the sea to remove oil and gas from deep under the sea bed. These platforms have various components, such as decks, columns, and tools to bring that oil and gas up. They’re constructed of durable material like steel to withstand the rigors of the open ocean.
Oil and gas drilling rigs are critical in the production and transportation of oil and gas. They tend to have distinct levels for where workers live and work. These platforms have machinery — drills, pumps and storage tanks — to pull and retain the oil and gas that comes out from under the ocean floor.
Life on an oil and gas rig can be exciting and tough. Workers on these platforms put in long hours in rotation in order to ensure the oil and gas extraction runs smoothly. They sleep in cabins or dorms out on the platform and are provided spaces, like dining halls, gyms and recreation rooms, to relax in when not working.
Oil and gas platforms are critically significant for sustaining our way of life around the world. They extract oil and gas, which we use for all sorts of things, from cars and airplanes to electricity. The world would struggle to meet its energy needs without oil and gas platforms.
There is special technology on oil and gas platforms to bring up oil and gas from deep beneath the sea floor. They also deploy drilling tools to penetrate to the oil and gas, pumps to push it to the surface and storage tanks to maintain a stockpile until it is sent to refineries to be processed. This technology is a way to make oil and gas easier to get and less hard on the environment.
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