A platform which houses equipment necessary to keep an oil or gas field in production, with facilities for temporarily storing the output of several wells.
（石油或天然气的）生产平台
Example sentencesExamples
For the first time in North America, workers aboard an offshore production platform have voted to join a union.
At present, oil operators have to pump the well fluid from a sub-sea reservoir to a production platform, where the mixture is separated into oil and water.
The accident happened as the aircraft was flying between the gas production platform Clipper and the drilling rig Global Santa Fe Monarch.
Because the Lochnagar discovery is in 1,000 metres of water, the easiest way to extract the oil will be through a floating production platform.
The construction of the three parts of the production platform is advanced, and pre-development wells are being drilled in August.
Definition of production platform in US English:
production platform
noun
A platform housing equipment necessary to keep an oil or gas field in production, with facilities for temporarily storing the output of several wells.
（石油或天然气的）生产平台
Example sentencesExamples
Because the Lochnagar discovery is in 1,000 metres of water, the easiest way to extract the oil will be through a floating production platform.
For the first time in North America, workers aboard an offshore production platform have voted to join a union.
At present, oil operators have to pump the well fluid from a sub-sea reservoir to a production platform, where the mixture is separated into oil and water.
The construction of the three parts of the production platform is advanced, and pre-development wells are being drilled in August.
The accident happened as the aircraft was flying between the gas production platform Clipper and the drilling rig Global Santa Fe Monarch.