jack-up offshore platform

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• jack-up — ˈ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: jack up, verb : a drilling rig used offshore whose platform is a barge from which legs are lowered to the bottom when over the drill site and which is raised above the water and supported on the legs to conduct… …   Useful english dictionary

• jack-up — noun Date: 1965 a drilling rig used in offshore drilling whose drilling platform is a barge from which legs are lowered to the bottom when over the drill site and which is raised above the water and supported on the legs to conduct drilling… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• jack-up rig — an offshore drill rig or platform having a floating hull fitted with retractable legs that can be lowered to the seabed to elevate the hull above wave level. Cf. semisubmersible. [1965 70] * * * …   Universalium

• jack-up rig — an offshore drill rig or platform having a floating hull fitted with retractable legs that can be lowered to the seabed to elevate the hull above wave level. Cf. semisubmersible. [1965 70] …   Useful english dictionary

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