Offshore drilling platforms extend the search for oil to the ocean's continental shelves—those gently sloping submarine regions at the edges of the continents.

海底钻井平台将寻找石油的区域延伸到了海洋大陆架——大陆边缘那些平缓倾斜的海底区域。

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Lights from offshore drilling platforms twinkled on the horizon.

近海钻探平台的灯光在海平线上闪动着。

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The illustration compares the operating profiles of some offshore drilling platforms.

插图为几种钻井平台的作业情况的比较。

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Hurricane Katrina and other storms in 2005 blew away offshore drilling platforms--and there were no spills to speak of.

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Tidewater does boats out to the offshore drilling platforms.

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Hornbeck, which provides transportation to offshore drilling rigs and production platforms, said its business was being unjustly interrupted by the moratorium.

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