An oil platform, (offshore platform or colloquially oil rig) is a large structure with ... may be fixed to the ocean floor, may consist of an artificial island, or may float. ... In the early 1930s, the Texas Company developed the first mobile steel .... A typical oil production platform is self-sufficient in energy and water needs, housing...
Offshore aquaculture, also known as open ocean aquaculture, is an ... space where aquaculture production can expand to meet the increasing demands for fish. ... in the world as a result of declining wild fisheries stocks and profitable business. ..... B. (2007) "Offshore aquaculture: the frontier of redefining oceanic property" ...
Offshore drilling presents environmental challenges, both from the produced... bottom founded or floating platforms, and deepwater mobile offshore drilling units ... The first purpose-built drilling semi-submersible Ocean Driller was launched in ...