Offshore platforms may also lose oil, creating oil slicks that drift ashore and foul the beaches, harming the environment.

近海勘探平台也可能会泄露石油，这样会导致油膜的形成，这些油膜漂流到海岸上而且会污染海滩，从而破坏了环境。

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The future safety of offshore drilling for both the roughnecks and the environment will be shaped by what happens a mile below.

对于石油产业员工和生态环境而言，今天在海面一英里下发生的一切将会塑造明天海上钻井安全的新格局。

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But it included long 'to do' lists to make sure old platforms, operating in very challenging corrosive conditions, are not putting offshore workers or the environment at risk.

BBC: Statoil platforms

Instead, these researchers claim, it would be both cheaper for oil companies and better for the environment if decommissioned offshore oil rigs were allowed to remain and be transformed into artificial reefs.

FORBES: Environmental Scientists Urge That Decommissioned Oil Rigs Be Transformed Into Artificial Reefs

Safety - both for the marine environment and those who work offshore - must be a priority.

BBC: Braer oil spill: Warning 20 years after Shetland disaster