Oil platform facts for kids

An oil platform is a large structure placed in the sea. It is used to drill for oil or natural gas at the bottom of the sea. The platform may be attached to the sea floor (stationary)or it might be movable(mobile).

In general, oil platforms are located on the continental shelf. As of 2006, drilling for resources up to 8km away from the platform was possible.

Images for kids

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  Oil platform P-51 off the Brazilian coast is a semi-submersible platform.

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  Refurbishment Station for Drilling Rigs – Corpus Christi Bay

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  Oil wells just offshore at Summerland, California, before 1906.

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  Offshore platform, Gulf of Mexico

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  Types of offshore oil and gas structures

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  A fixed platform base under construction on the Atchafalaya River.

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  400 feet (120 m) tall jackup rig being towed by tugboats, Kachemak Bay, Alaska

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  View of the Port of Las Palmas from the dock of La Esfinge

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  Devil's Tower spar platform

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  Troll A natural gas platform, a gravity-based structure, under construction in Norway. Almost all of the 600KT structure will end up submerged.

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  NOAA map of the 3,858 oil and gas platforms extant in the Gulf of Mexico in 2006

See also

In Spanish: Plataforma petrolífera para niños