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Record 1 2006-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
CONT

Maritime communications by satellite are already contributing substantially to the improved efficiency and economic operation of cargo, passenger and fishing vessels as well as oil and gas exploration rigs. [Inmarsat - Global Communications for Shipping 1982, p. 3 satellites]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
OBS

Pluriel : des plateformes, des plates-formes.

OBS

plateforme (sing.); plateformes (pl.) : Ces graphies, puisées des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, sont attestées dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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