Engineers there have been stripping CO2 from oil and gas pumped by an offshore platform in the Nordic Sea, and pumping it back down.

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The two offshore platform jackets will be installed in April 2012.

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The spilled oil wasn't from an offshore platform, but it might not have been a great visual backdrop for a candidate who's trying to promote more offshore drilling.

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The one-two punch of PIIGS nations debt woes and the offshore platform explosion in the Gulf of Mexico has crushed BP to the tune of a 36 percent haircut since April 23.

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The spill began after an April 20 explosion on the offshore drilling platform Deepwater Horizon that killed 11 men.

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The official explanation was bad weather from hurricane Dolly, which might have interfered with a planned helicopter trip to an offshore oil platform.

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To make good on that promise, MEND destroyed an offshore loading platform and trunk line of Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) and kidnapped nine of the company's foreign employees (including three Americans).

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Offshore production means any platform structure that is affixed temporarily or permanently to offshore submerged lands and that houses equipment to extract petroleum and natural gas from the ocean or lake floor.

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Visitors to an offshore drilling rig or production platform receive safety training and are outfitted with steel-toed boots, safety goggles, gloves, hearing protection, and a helmet.

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In 1988, the world's worst offshore accident occurred when the Piper Alpha oil platform exploded in the British sector of the North Sea, killing 167 people.

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