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Oil rig oil Derick
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My parent is a radio operator in the North Sea and makes $140,000 CDN/year
Pipes under sea
Yes and No The "derrick" is the drilling tower which is part of the complete oil platform (which could be moored at sea and have crew quarters etc) which is the "oil rig"
They are built on land and towed to sea to the drilling site where the oil or gas is.
....the north sea
Oil deposits were found beneath the ocean, too far from the shore to drill from the land. Eventually someone had the bright idea to go and produce these rigs that drill at sea and the first oil rig was born. So, oil rigs were invented to pump the oil located beneath the sea bed far from shore.
people in the north sea make sure the sea is not polluted, or gets oil spills.
The North Sea.
There is not one, but there numerous oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. Their purpose is to pump the oil from the oil deposits located deep within the sea bed in that region.